Biogeography of the Carpathians: evolutionary and spatial facets of biodiversity

P Mráz, M Ronikier - Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The Carpathians are the largest mountain range in Central Europe. Their geographical
position, extent, isolation, landscape heterogeneity, well-preserved environment, and …

The legacy of a vanished sea: a high level of diversification within a European freshwater amphipod species complex driven by 15 My of Paratethys regression

T Mamos, R Wattier, A Burzyński… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of continental Europe in the Neogene was due to the regression of the Tethys
Ocean and of the Paratethys Sea. The dynamic geology of the area and repetitious …

Tracing glacial refugia of Triturus newts based on mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and species distribution modeling

B Wielstra, J Crnobrnja-Isailović, SN Litvinchuk… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - Springer
Introduction The major climatic oscillations during the Quaternary Ice Age heavily influenced
the distribution of species and left their mark on intraspecific genetic diversity. Past range …

Cryptic diversity among Western Palearctic tree frogs: postglacial range expansion, range limits, and secondary contacts of three European tree frog lineages (Hyla …

M Stöck, C Dufresnes, SN Litvinchuk… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2012 - Elsevier
We characterize divergence times, intraspecific diversity and distributions for recently
recognized lineages within the Hyla arborea species group, based on mitochondrial and …

No evidence for nuclear introgression despite complete mtDNA replacement in the Carpathian newt (Lissotriton montandoni)

P Zieliński, K Nadachowska‐Brzyska… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Patterns of interspecific introgression may vary geographically, and the distribution of
introgressed variants can yield insight into the historical dynamics of genetic interactions …

An updated check-list of Italian amphibians and reptiles

R Sindaco, E Razzetti - Natural History Sciences, 2021 - sisn.pagepress.org
This paper represents an update of the list of Italian amphibians and reptiles published 15
years ago by Razzettiet al.(2006) and of the checklist published in 1993 by the late …

Northern glacial refugia and altitudinal niche divergence shape genome‐wide differentiation in the emerging plant model Arabidopsis arenosa

F Kolář, G Fuxová, E Záveská, AJ Nagano… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Quaternary climatic oscillations profoundly impacted temperate biodiversity. For many
diverse yet undersampled areas, however, the consequences of this impact are still poorly …

[HTML][HTML] An extended mtDNA phylogeography for the alpine newt illuminates the provenance of introduced populations

J Robbemont, S van Veldhuijzen, SJR Allain, J Ambu… - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2023 - brill.com
Many herpetofauna species have been introduced outside of their native range. MtDNA
barcoding is regularly used to determine the provenance of such populations. The alpine …

The advantages of going large: genome‐wide SNP s clarify the complex population history and systematics of the threatened western pond turtle

PQ Spinks, RC Thomson, HB Shaffer - Molecular Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
As the field of phylogeography has matured, it has become clear that analyses of one or a
few genes may reveal more about the history of those genes than the populations and …

Evolutionary melting pots: a biodiversity hotspot shaped by ring diversifications around the Black Sea in the Eastern tree frog (Hyla orientalis)

C Dufresnes, SN Litvinchuk, J Leuenberger… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Hotspots of intraspecific genetic diversity, which are of primary importance for the
conservation of species, have been associated with glacial refugia, that is areas where …