The phylogeography of the rodent genus Malacomys suggests multiple Afrotropical Pleistocene lowland forest refugia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2049-2061

  Bohoussou, Kouakou Hilaire ^a,b   Cornette, Raphael ^c   Akpatou, Bertin ^a,b   Colyn, Marc ^d   Kerbis Peterhans, Julian ^e   Kennis, Jan ^f   Šumbera, Radim ^g   Verheyen, Erik ^f,h   N'Goran, Eliézer ^a   Katuala, Pionus ⁱ   Nicolas, Violaine ^c  

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

^b CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^h ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KISANGANI   (Congo)

Author keywords

Malacomys; Climate changes; Dispersal; Forest refugia; Phylogeography; Plio Pleistocene; Riverine barrier hypothesis; Tropical Africa; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPICAL REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; REFUGIUM; RODENT; VICARIANCE;

CENTRAL AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

MALACOMYS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84943657777     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12570     Document Type: Article

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