Article
Phylogeography and demographic history of Lacerta lepida in the Iberian Peninsula: multiple refugia, range expansions and secondary contact zones.
BMC evolutionary biology - 17 Jun 2011
Miraldo Andreia, Hewitt Godfrey M, Paulo Octavio S, Emerson Brent C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Iberian Peninsula is recognized as an important refugial area for species survival and diversification during the climatic cycles of the Quaternary. Recent phylogeographic studies have revealed Iberia as a complex of multiple refugia. However, most of these studies have focused either on species with narrow distributions within the region or species groups that, although widely distributed,...
Topics
- Animals
- Climate
- Europe
- Genetic Variation
- Haplotypes
- Lizards
- Phylogeny
- Phylogeography