A mitochondrial phylogeographic scenario for the most widespread African rodent, Mastomys natalensis

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 901-916

  Colangelo, Paolo ^a   Verheyen, Erik ^b,c   Leirs, Herwig ^c,d   Tatard, Caroline ^e   Denys, Christiane ^f   Dobigny, Gauthier ^e,g   Duplantier, Jean Marc ^e   Brouat, Carine ^e   Granjon, Laurent ^h   Lecompte, Emilie ⁱ  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

^e CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^f Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^g Centre Regional Agrhymet   (Niger)

^h CIRAD   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

African savannah; Climate changes; Geographic barrier; Isolation by distance; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RODENT; TOPOGRAPHY; VICARIANCE;

AFRICA;

EID: 84875071970     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12013     Document Type: Article

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