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Inferring Population Genetic Structure in Widely and Continuously Distributed Carnivores: The Stone Marten (Martes foina) as a Case Study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Vergara María, Basto Mafalda P, Madeira María José, Gómez-Moliner Benjamín J, Santos-Reis Margarida, Fernandes Carlos, Ruiz-González Aritz
Abstract excerpt
The stone marten is a widely distributed mustelid in the Palaearctic region that exhibits variable habitat preferences in different parts of its range. The species is a Holocene immigrant from southwest Asia which, according to fossil remains, followed the expansion of the Neolithic farming cultures into Europe and possibly colonized the Iberian Peninsula during the Early Neolithic (ca. 7,000 years BP). However,...
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