Phylogeography of striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) in North America: Pleistocene dispersal and contemporary population structure

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-51

  Barton, Heather D ^a   Wisely, Samantha M ^a,b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

generalist species; Mephitis mephitis; phylogeography; Pleistocene; population genetics; Quaternary biogeography; striped skunk

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COLONIZATION; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; FOSSIL RECORD; GENERALIST; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOVEMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGIUM; SPECIALIST; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA;

CARNIVORA; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS;

EID: 84857346511     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-270.1     Document Type: Article

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