Barriers, rather than refugia, underlie the origin of diversity in toads endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

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Published in Mol Ecol on November 24, 2014

Authors

Maria Tereza C Thomé1, Kelly R Zamudio, Célio F B Haddad, João Alexandrino

Author Affiliations

1: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Campus Rio Claro, Caixa Postal, 199, 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.

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