Forest refugia and riverine barriers promote diversification in the West African pygmy shrew (Crocidura obscurior complex, Soricomorpha)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-148

  Jacquet, François ^a   Nicolas, Violaine ^a   Colyn, Marc ^b   Kadjo, Blaise ^c   Hutterer, Rainer ^d   Decher, Jan ^d   Akpatou, Bertin ^c   Cruaud, Corinne ^e   Denys, Christiane ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^e CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

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EID: 84894251570     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12039     Document Type: Article

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