Impact of Pleistocene aridity oscillations on the population history of a widespread, vagile Australian mammal, Macropus fuliginosus

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1545-1563

  Neaves, Linda E ^a,b   Zenger, Kyall R ^b,c   Prince, Robert I T ^d   Eldridge, Mark D B ^b,e  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coalescence; Macropus fuliginosus; Marsupial; MtDNA control region; Phylogeography; Pleistocene climate fluctuations; Population history

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ARIDITY; DIVERGENCE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARSUPIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REFUGIUM; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA;

MACROPUS FULIGINOSUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 84864022667     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02702.x     Document Type: Article

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