Common voles (Microtus arvalis) are common small mammals in some European
landscapes. They can be a major rodent pest in European agriculture and they are also a …

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 …

Phylogenetic reconstruction of the evolutionary history of closely related organisms may be
difficult because of the presence of unsorted lineages and of a relatively high proportion of …

Aim Many species experienced population turnover and local extinction during the Late
Pleistocene. In the case of megafauna, it remains challenging to disentangle climate change …

Our aim in this study was to further the understanding of the taxonomic relationships and the
evolutionary history of grey voles (subgenus Microtus, or arvalis species group) by …

Documenting and preserving the genetic diversity of populations, which conditions their long‐
term survival, have become a major issue in conservation biology. The loss of diversity often …

There is now considerable evidence for the survival of temperate species within glacial
refugia that were situated at relatively high latitudes, notably the Carpathian Basin and …

Aim In this study, we conduct a quantitative meta‐analysis to investigate broad patterns of
genetic variation throughout large geographical regions in order to elucidate concordant …

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of climate on the distribution and
present-day genetic structure of the common vole (Microtus arvalis) and the field vole …

Natural hybridization between species is not a rare event. In arvicoline rodents, hybridization
is known to occur in the wild and/or in captivity. In the Microtus arvalis group, cytogenetic …