How Isolated Are Pleistocene Refugia? Results from a Study on a Relict Woodrat Population from the Mojave Desert, California
Smith FA, Matocq MD, Melendez KF, Ditto AM, Kelly PA. 2000. How Isolated Are Pleistocene Refugia? Results from a Study on a Relict Woodrat Population from the Mojave Desert, California. Journal of Biogeography. 27(2):483-500
Description of a relict population of dusky-footed woodrats (Neotoma fuscipes) found in a pinyon-juniper-oak community in a small mountain range within the Mojave Desert. Morphological and genetic data are compared for these individuals with two populations within the contiguous range, and with another species of woodrat (Neotoma lepida). The distribution overlap is compared between contemporary oak species and dusky-footed woodrats, and the potential oak woodland habitat available during the late Quaternary is estimated.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Smith, Felisa; Matocq, Marjorie; Melendez, Karla; Ditto, Amy; Kelly, Patrick
- Units
- DEVA , MOJA
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Abundance (Biodiversity), Biogeography, Climate Change, Distribution (Biodiversity), d-loop evolution, Joshua Tree National Park, Mammalia (Mammals), Muridae (Mice Rats Voles), Neotoma fuscipes (Dusky-footed Woodrat), Oak/juniper woodlands, Observations, Pleistocene vicariance, Presence (Biodiversity), Rodentia (Rodents), Taxa Links To Datasets, Taxa Links To References