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Species history masks the effects of human-induced range loss--unexpected genetic diversity in the endangered giant mayfly Palingenia longicauda.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Bálint Miklós, Málnás Kristóf, Nowak Carsten, Geismar Jutta, Váncsa Eva, Polyák László, Lengyel Szabolcs, Haase Peter
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Freshwater biodiversity has declined dramatically in Europe in recent decades. Because of massive habitat pollution and morphological degradation of water bodies, many once widespread species persist in small fractions of their original range. These range contractions are generally believed to be accompanied by loss of intraspecific genetic diversity, due to the reduction of effective population sizes and the...
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