Revised occurrence of rodents from the tribe Praomyini (Muridae) in Zambia based on mitochondrial DNA analyses: Implications for biogeography and conservation

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 268-283

  Bryja, Josef ^a   Mazoch, Vladimír ^b   Patzenhauerová, Hana ^a   Mateke, Clare ^c   Zima, Jan ^b   Šklíba, Jan ^b   Šumbera, Radim ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c Livingstone Museum   (Zambia)

Author keywords

DNA barcoding; Faunistics; mtDNA; Murinae; Phylogeny; Rodentia; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; FAUNISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL RECORD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ZAMBIA;

COLOMYS GOSLINGI; MAMMALIA; MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS COUCHA; MURIDAE; MURINAE; PRAOMYS JACKSONI; PRAOMYS MINOR; RODENTIA;

EID: 84872443044     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v61.i3.a11.2012     Document Type: Article

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