The historical bridge between the Amazon and the Atlantic Forest of Brazil: a study of molecular phylogeography with small mammals

@article{Costa2003TheHB,
  title={The historical bridge between the Amazon and the Atlantic Forest of Brazil: a study of molecular phylogeography with small mammals},
  author={Leonora Pires Costa},
  journal={Journal of Biogeography},
  year={2003},
  volume={30}
}
  • L. P. Costa
  • Published 1 January 2003
  • Environmental Science, Biology
  • Journal of Biogeography
Abstract Aim  To examine how the genetic diversity of selected taxa of forest‐dwelling small mammals is distributed between and within the major rain forest domains of Amazonia and Atlantic Forest and the intervening interior forests of Brazil, as inferred by the relationships between gene genealogies and geography. I also addressed the historical importance of the central Brazilian forests in connecting Amazon and Atlantic Forest populations of rodents and marsupials. 
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