Phylogeography and evolutionary history of the Crocidura olivieri complex (Mammalia, Soricomorpha): From a forest origin to broad ecological expansion across Africa

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jacquet, François ^a   Denys, Christiane ^a   Verheyen, Erik ^b,c   Bryja, Josef ^d,e   Hutterer, Rainer ^f   Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C ^g,h   Stanley, William T ^h   Goodman, Steven M ^h,i   Couloux, Arnaud ^j   Colyn, Marc ^k   Nicolas, Violaine ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f Zoologisches Forschungsmnuseum Alexander Koenig   (Germany)

^g ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

ⁱ ASSOCIATION VAHATRA   (Madagascar)

^j CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

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Author keywords

Crocidura olivieri; Diversification; Forest refuge; Molecular dating; Phylogeography; Pleistocene climate changes; Riverine barrier; Soricidae; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLADISTICS; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARAPATRY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; REFUGIUM; SMALL MAMMAL; TAXONOMY; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NATURAL BARRIER; PHYLOGENETICS; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; CONGO BASIN; EGYPT; MOROCCO; MOZAMBIQUE;

ANIMALIA; CROCIDURA OLIVIERI; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE; SORICOMORPHA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOREST; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SHREW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SHREWS;

EID: 84928805715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0344-y     Document Type: Article

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