Using biogeographical history to inform conservation: The case of Preble's meadow jumping mouse

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 6000-6017

  Malaney, Jason L ^a,b   Cook, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation prioritization; historical biogeography; phylogeography; species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

DIPODIDAE; RODENTIA; ZAPODINAE; ZAPUS HUDSONIUS PALLIDUS; ZAPUS HUDSONIUS PREBLEI;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PRIORITIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RODENT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELLING;

CONSERVATION PRIORITIZATION; HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELLING;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, GENETIC; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84890119978     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12476     Document Type: Article

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