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

M Husemann, T Schmitt, FE Zachos… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
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 Palaearctic taxa, North Africa has …

[PDF][PDF] Systematics of the Podarcis hispanicus complex (Sauria, Lacertidae) III: valid nomina of the western and central Iberian forms

P Geniez, P Sa-Sousa, CP Guillaume, A Cluchier… - Zootaxa, 2014 - researchgate.net
Recent genetic works have suggested that the Iberian wall lizard Podarcis hispanicus
(Steindachner, 1870) sensu lato is a species complex. Several forms have already been …

Is the whole more than the sum of its parts? Evolutionary trade-offs between burst and sustained locomotion in lacertid lizards

B Vanhooydonck, RS James… - … of the Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Trade-offs arise when two functional traits impose conflicting demands on the same design
trait. Consequently, excellence in one comes at the cost of performance in the other. One of …

Genetic diversity and historical biogeography of the Maltese wall lizard, Podarcis filfolensis (Squamata: Lacertidae)

V Rodríguez, RP Brown, B Terrasa… - Conservation …, 2014 - Springer
Podarcis filfolensis is an endemic lizard from the Maltese archipelago. There is evidence of
human-mediated decline and even extirpation of some insular populations of this species …