Environmental correlates and co-occurrence of three mitochondrial lineages of striped mice (Rhabdomys) in the Free State Province (South Africa)

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-40

  Ganem, Guila ^a,c   Meynard, Christine N ^b   Perigault, Manon ^a   Lancaster, Jennifer ^c   Edwards, Shelley ^c   Caminade, Pierre ^a   Watson, Johan ^d   Pillay, Neville ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Biodiversity Research   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Contact zones; GIS; Habitat preference; Maxent; Niche modeling

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; MITOCHONDRION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA;

MUS; RHABDOMYS;

EID: 84863202561     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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