Phylogeography of Southern European Refugia Evolutionary perspectives on the origins and conservation of European biodiversity

Phylogeography of Southern European Refugia provides the first synthesis of the remarkable diversity, evolutionary complexity, and conservation importance of the flora and fauna in the Mediterranean region, with emphasis on the three major peninsular refugia. The book frames a number of case studies...

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Other Authors: Weiss, Steven (Editor), Ferrand, Nuno (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2007, 2007
Edition:1st ed. 2007
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Historical Foundations and Perspectives
  • Twenty-five key evolutionary insights from the phylogeographic revolution in population genetics
  • Plant phylogeography based on organelle genes: an introduction
  • Broad Phylogeographical Studies
  • Phylogeography of South European mammals
  • Longitudinal patterns in species richness and genetic diversity in European oaks and oak gallwasps
  • Emerging Phylogeographical Patterns in a Southern European Refugium: The Iberian Peninsula
  • Refugia within Refugia: Patterns of Phylogeographic Concordance in the Iberian Peninsula
  • Historical biogeography and conservation of the golden-striped salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica) in northwestern Iberia: integrating ecological, phenotypic and phylogeographic data
  • The evolutionary history of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus): major patterns of population differentiation and geographic expansion inferred from protein polymorphism
  • Patterns of hemoglobin polymorphism [?-globin (HBA) and ?-globin (HBB)] across the contact zone of two distinct phylogeographic lineages of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
  • Spatial genetic structure of an explicit glacial refugium of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton) in southeastern Spain
  • First Contributions of Islands and Other Peninsulas to the Phylogeography of Southern Europe
  • Endemism in Sardinia
  • Are Macaronesian islands refugia of relict plant lineages?: a molecular survey
  • Nested clade phylogeographical analysis of barbel (Barbus barbus) mitochondrial DNA variation
  • Cross-section of a refugium: genetic diversity of amphibian and reptile populations in the Balkans
  • Conclusions
  • Current perspectives in phylogeography and the significance of South European refugia in the creation and maintenance of European biodiversity