[PDF][PDF] Succulent karoo biome

L Mucina, N Jürgens, A Le Roux… - The vegetation of …, 2006 - researchgate.net
The Succulent Karoo Biome covers an interrupted belt of unequal depth spanning the
coastal regions near Lüderitz (Namibia), Namaqualand (on and west of the Escarpment), the …

The population history of extant and extinct hyenas

N Rohland, JL Pollack, D Nagel… - Molecular biology …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
We have analyzed partial DNA sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene from
extant striped, brown, and spotted hyenas as well as from Pleistocene cave hyenas …

The phylogeny of cobras inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: evolution of venom spitting and the phylogeography of the African spitting cobras (Serpentes …

W Wüster, S Crookes, I Ineich, Y Mané, CE Pook… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2007 - Elsevier
We use phylogenetic analysis of 1333bp of mitochondrial DNA sequence to investigate the
phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cobra-like elapid snakes, with special …

Speciation and radiations track climate transitions since the Miocene Climatic Optimum: a case study of southern African chameleons

KA Tolley, BM Chase, F Forest - Journal of Biogeography, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The high amount of species diversity concentrated in southern Africa has been
attributed to palaeoclimatic factors, and the timing of radiations in some taxa corresponds to …

Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reassessment of the widespread agamid lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802)(Squamata, Agamidae) across South Asia

G Gowande, S Pal, D Jablonski, R Masroor… - Vertebrate …, 2021 - eprints.iisc.ac.in
The genus Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Agamidae: Draconinae) is highly diverse, with species
occurring in South and Southeast Asia, and Oceania. Most species of the subfamily except …

Species definitions and conservation: a review and case studies from African mammals

CP Groves, FPD Cotterill, S Gippoliti, J Robovský… - Conservation …, 2017 - Springer
The nature of species, especially as applied to large mammals, is of major concern in
conservation. Here, we briefly comment on recent thinking in alpha taxonomy, and assert …

Biome specificity of distinct genetic lineages within the four-striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa with implications for taxonomy

N du Toit, BJ van Vuuren, S Matthee… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2012 - Elsevier
Within southern Africa, a link between past climatic changes and faunal diversification has
been hypothesized for a diversity of taxa. To test the hypothesis that evolutionary …

Evidence for cryptic diversification in a rupicolous forest-dwelling gecko (Gekkonidae: Afroedura pondolia) from a biodiversity hotspot

T Busschau, W Conradie, SR Daniels - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
We assess the phylogeographic structure and test several species delimitation methods in
the forest-living Pondo flat-gecko, Afroedura pondolia, by sampling specimens from across …

The Bogert Effect and environmental heterogeneity

ML Logan, J van Berkel, S Clusella-Trullas - Oecologia, 2019 - Springer
A classic question in evolutionary biology is whether behavioral flexibility hastens or hinders
evolutionary change. The latter idea, that behavior reduces the number of environmental …

Unravelling evolutionary lineages among South African velvet worms (Onychophora: Peripatopsis) provides evidence for widespread cryptic speciation

SR Daniels, MD Picker, RM Cowlin… - Biological Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The endemic South African velvet worm genus Peripatopsis currently contains eight
recognized species described from variable morphological characters and the current …