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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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.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10613 Zoology
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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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
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
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.
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