The uncertainty of Late Pleistocene range expansions in the western Mediterranean: A case study of the colonization of south-eastern Spain by the spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 323-334

  Graciá, Eva ^a   Giménez, Andrés ^a   Anadón, José Daniel ^a,b   Harris, D James ^c   Fritz, Uwe ^d   Botella, Francisco ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d Museum of Zoology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Demographic history; Human mediated dispersal; Mediterranean Basin; Microsatellites; North Africa; Population structure; Species conservation; Strait of Gibraltar; Transmarine dispersal

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; CYTOCHROME; DISPERSAL; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; REPTILE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGERIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MOROCCO; SPAIN;

TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO GRAECA;

EID: 84872607699     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12012     Document Type: Article

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