Colonization of the Aeolian Islands by Pimelia rugulosa rugulosa Germar, 1824 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) inferred from the genetic structure of populations: Geological and environmental relations

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-37

  Stroscio, Stefania ^a   Baviera, Cosimo ^a   Frati, Francesco ^b   Lo Paro, Giuseppe ^a   Nardi, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Insect distribution; Mediterranean; Mitochondrial cox2; Phylogeography; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COLONIZATION; CYTOCHROME; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VOLCANISM; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PIMELIA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 84860424264     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01701.x     Document Type: Article

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