Palaearctic biogeography revisited: evidence for the existence of a North African refugium for Western Palaearctic biota

• Main Authors: Husemann, Martin, Schmitt, Thomas, Zachos, Frank E., Ulrich, Werner, Habel, Jan Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity hotspot; climatic oscillations; differentiation centre; genetic structure; North Africa; phylogeography; Quaternary; refugia; sea straits; species assemblages; Arctic; Parsi
• Online Access: http://repozytorium.umk.pl/handle/item/4125

Aim: In contrast to the attention given to southern Europe both as a centre of speciation and differentiation and as a Pleistocene refugium of Western Palae- arctic taxa, North Africa has been relatively neglected. In this paper, we set out to address this shortfall. Location North-West Africa and t...