Phylogeography of an Italian endemic salamander (genus Salamandrina): Glacial refugia, postglacial expansions, and secondary contact

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 903-992

  Mattoccia, Marco ^a   Marta, Silvio ^a   Romano, Antonio ^a   Sbordoni, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Cytonuclar discordance hybridization; MtDNA; NucDNA

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; RANGE EXPANSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ITALY;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRINA; SALAMANDRINA PERSPICILLATA; SALAMANDRINA TERDIGITATA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84857083046     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01747.x     Document Type: Article

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