Rodents of Choke Mountain and surrounding areas (Ethiopia): the
Blue Nile gorge as a strong biogeographic barrier

J 2020

Rodents of Choke Mountain and surrounding areas (Ethiopia): the Blue Nile gorge as a strong biogeographic barrier

KOSTIN, Danila S., Aleksey A. MARTYNOV, Valeria A. KOMAROVA, Dmitriy Yu ALEXANDROV, Mesele YIHUNE et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Rodents of Choke Mountain and surrounding areas (Ethiopia): the Blue Nile gorge as a strong biogeographic barrier

Authors

KOSTIN, Danila S. (guarantor), Aleksey A. MARTYNOV, Valeria A. KOMAROVA, Dmitriy Yu ALEXANDROV, Mesele YIHUNE, Mohammed KASSO, Josef BRYJA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Leonid A. LAVRENCHENKO

Edition

Journal of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2020, 2694-7684

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10613 Zoology

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00116769

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.25225/jvb.20016

UT WoS

000543817700002

Keywords in English

biogeography; Ethiopian highlands; Lophuromys; Stenocephalemys; small mammals

Abstract

V originále

Faunal studies of rodent assemblages from the areas on and around Choke Mountain (north-western Ethiopia) were conducted during two field seasons in 2012 and 2018. Here we present results of a genetic study of nine rodent species, and evaluate their genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships between conspecific populations from neighbouring montane massifs. Results of comparative analysis of phylogeographic patterns in Lophuromys, Desmomys, Stenocephalemys and Tachyoryctes have emphasized the role of the Blue Nile gorge as a strong biogeographic barrier, separating "northern" and "southern" independently evolved populations. Results of genetic analysis also revealed the presence of a new taxon of Dendromus, presumably belonging to a new species. Our study allows re-evaluation this area as an important "hotspot" of Ethiopian small mammal biodiversity.

Citovat

KOSTIN, Danila S., Aleksey A. MARTYNOV, Valeria A. KOMAROVA, Dmitriy Yu ALEXANDROV, Mesele YIHUNE, Mohammed KASSO, Josef BRYJA and Leonid A. LAVRENCHENKO. Rodents of Choke Mountain and surrounding areas (Ethiopia): the Blue Nile gorge as a strong biogeographic barrier. Journal of Vertebrate Biology. Brno: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2020, vol. 69, No 2, p. 1-12. ISSN 2694-7684. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.25225/jvb.20016.

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KOSTIN, Danila S., Aleksey A. MARTYNOV, Valeria A. KOMAROVA, Dmitriy Yu ALEXANDROV, Mesele YIHUNE, Mohammed KASSO, Josef BRYJA and Leonid A. LAVRENCHENKO. Rodents of Choke Mountain and surrounding areas (Ethiopia): the Blue Nile gorge as a strong biogeographic barrier. \textit{Journal of Vertebrate Biology}. Brno: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2020, vol.~69, No~2, p.~1-12. ISSN~2694-7684. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.25225/jvb.20016.

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