From southern refugia to the northern range margin: Genetic population structure of the common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1475-1489

  Gassert, Franz ^a   Schulte, Ulrich ^b   Husemann, Martin ^c   Ulrich, Werner ^d   Rödder, Dennis ^e   Hochkirch, Axel ^b   Engel, Edmée ^a   Meyer, Jobst ^b   Habel, Jan Christian ^f  

^a Natural History Museum Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatic oscillations; Europe; Genetic structure; Leading edge; Lizard phylogeography; Microsatellites; Post glacial pathways; Rear edge; Refugia; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BIOMARKER; CLIMATE VARIATION; CYTOCHROME; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALEARCTIC REGION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; RECOLONIZATION; REFUGIUM; THERMOPHILY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880316840     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12109     Document Type: Article

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