West-central African pleistocene lowland forest evolution revealed by the phylogeography of misonne's soft-furred mouse

African Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-112

  Nicolas, Violaine ^a   Missoup, Alain Didier ^a,b   Colyn, Marc ^c   Cruaud, Corinne ^d   Denys, Christiane ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; forest refugia; mammal; phylogeography; river

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MITOCHONDRION; MONTANE FOREST; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFUGIUM; RODENT;

CAMEROON; GABON; KORUP NATIONAL PARK; OGOOUE IVINDO; SANAGA RIVER; SUD OUEST PROVINCE;

MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PRAOMYS MISONNEI; RODENTIA;

EID: 84864253517     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/004.047.0119     Document Type: Article

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