Historical and contemporary demography of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus tuberculosus saxatilis) in the Mexican dry forest

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 419-429

  Blair, Christopher ^a,b,d   Jiménez Arcos, Victor H ^c   de la Cruz, Fausto R Méndez ^c   Murphy, Robert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alamos; Gecko; Migration; MtDNA; Sonora; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DIVERGENCE; DRY FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIZARD; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHILOPATRY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORA;

GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS; PHYLLODACTYLUS; PHYLLODACTYLUS TUBERCULOSUS;

EID: 84924763936     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-014-0668-y     Document Type: Article

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