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	Evolutionary ecology of hares (Lepus spp.) from northwest Africa: the existence of cryptic species and description of a new species (Lepus saharae sp. nov.)
	Soria-Boix, Carmen; Donat-Torres, Maria P.; Idrissi, Hamid Rguibi; Urios, Vicente
通讯作者	Soria-Boix, C (corresponding author), Univ Alicante, Grp Invest Zool Vertebrados, Ctra San Vicente Raspeig S-N, Alicante 03690, Spain.
来源期刊	EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH
ISSN	1522-0613
EISSN	1937-3791
出版年	2019
卷号	20 期号:5 页码:537-555
英文摘要	Objective: We examine the different pressures that lead to the occurrence of new species and thus to their phylogenies. From an evolutionary ecology perspective, we examine the phylogenetic relationships of different lineages, as well as the evolutionary pressures that lead to them and, in some cases, mask them. Organisms and locales: Hares (Lepus spp.) in northwest Africa that are morphologically similar, which, superficially, makes it appear that there is only one species. Methods: We describe different populations of hares in northwest Africa. We describe the morphology of a new species and provide photographs of specimens from across the study area. We analyse five mitochondrial DNA fragments. Results: Mitochondrial DNA analysis revealed the presence of three Lepus species which are different from both Lepus capensis and L. victoriae and which have contiguous, partially overlapping geographical ranges. One of the species, found in the western Sahara (Morocco), is new (Lepus saharae sp. nov.). The other two species (Lepus mediterraneus Wagner, 1841 and Lepus schlumbergeri Remy-St. Loup, 1894) inhabit the northern and central regions of Morocco. The distributions of at least two of the three species extend to countries other than Morocco. Various eco-evolutionary pressures have masked this diversity until now. Certainly, the species have had to adapt to different habitats that include mountains and desert; and isolation of populations by distance, or because of climatic or geographical barriers has led - or at least facilitated - them to appear different. Yet some evolutionary pressures have made them converge morphologically, making it appear that there is only one species.
英文关键词	Africa DNA holotype Lepus mediterraneus Lepus saharae Lepus schlumbergeri phylogeny
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000608695300005
WOS关键词	MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA ; INTROGRESSIVE HYBRIDIZATION ; L-EUROPAEUS ; TREE INFERENCE ; CYTOCHROME-B ; GENUS LEPUS ; L-CAPENSIS ; TIMIDUS ; BIOGEOGRAPHY ; MTDNA
WOS类目	Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology ; Genetics & Heredity
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology ; Genetics & Heredity
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369565
作者单位	[Soria-Boix, Carmen; Urios, Vicente] Univ Alicante, Grp Invest Zool Vertebrados, Ctra San Vicente Raspeig S-N, Alicante 03690, Spain; [Donat-Torres, Maria P.] Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Invest Pans Gest Integrada Zonas Costeras, Valencia, Spain; [Idrissi, Hamid Rguibi] Univ Ibn Zohr, Ecole Super Technol Laoyoune, Laoyoune, Morocco
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Soria-Boix, Carmen,Donat-Torres, Maria P.,Idrissi, Hamid Rguibi,et al. Evolutionary ecology of hares (Lepus spp.) from northwest Africa: the existence of cryptic species and description of a new species (Lepus saharae sp. nov.)[J],2019,20(5):537-555.
APA	Soria-Boix, Carmen,Donat-Torres, Maria P.,Idrissi, Hamid Rguibi,&Urios, Vicente.(2019).Evolutionary ecology of hares (Lepus spp.) from northwest Africa: the existence of cryptic species and description of a new species (Lepus saharae sp. nov.).EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH,20(5),537-555.
MLA	Soria-Boix, Carmen,et al."Evolutionary ecology of hares (Lepus spp.) from northwest Africa: the existence of cryptic species and description of a new species (Lepus saharae sp. nov.)".EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH 20.5(2019):537-555.