Phylogeographic diversification of the Mesalina olivieri species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) with the description of a new species and a new subspecies endemic from North West Africa

Are glacial refugia hotspots of speciation and cytonuclear discordances? Answers from the genomic phylogeography of Spanish common frogs

(2020) Christophe Dufresnes et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Phylogenomic inference of species and subspecies diversity in the Palearctic salamander genus Salamandra

(2020) James D. Burgon et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Biogeography of Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae), with special emphasis on the Mesalina adramitana group from Arabia and the Socotra Archipelago

(2019) Marc Simó-Riudalbas et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Assessing the role of aridity-induced vicariance and ecological divergence in species diversification in North-West Africa using Agama lizards

(2018) Duarte V GonÇalves et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Inferring Continuous and Discrete Population Genetic Structure Across Space

(2018) Gideon S. Bradburd et al.   GENETICS

Living on the edge: Ecological and genetic connectivity of the spiny-footed lizard, Acanthodactylus aureus , confirms the Atlantic Sahara desert as a biogeographic corridor and centre of lineage diversification

(2018) Guillermo Velo-Antón et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms

(2018) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The role of climatic cycles and trans-Saharan migration corridors in species diversification: Biogeography of Psammophis schokari group in North Africa

(2018) Duarte Vasconcelos Gonçalves et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Systematics of the Mesalina guttulata species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Arabia with the description of two new species

(2018) ROBERTO SINDACO et al.   ZOOTAXA

Armed conflicts and wildlife decline: Challenges and recommendations for effective conservation policy in the Sahara-Sahel

(2018) José Carlos Brito et al.   Conservation Letters

Inferring Continuous and Discrete Population Genetic Structure Across Space

(2018) Gideon S. Bradburd et al.   GENETICS

Comparative phylogeography of amphibians and reptiles in Algeria suggests common causes for the east-west phylogeographic breaks in the Maghreb

(2018) Menad Beddek et al.   PLoS One

Mapping underrepresented land cover heterogeneity in arid regions: The Sahara-Sahel example

(2018) João Carlos Campos et al.   ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING

Cutting the Gordian Knot: Phylogenetic and ecological diversification of the Mesalina brevirostris species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae)

(2017) Jiří Šmíd et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

The taxonomy of the Tarentola mauritanica species complex (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae): Bayesian species delimitation supports six candidate species

(2016) Catarina Rato et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Seven Shortfalls that Beset Large-Scale Knowledge of Biodiversity

(2015) Joaquín Hortal et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

tcsBU: a tool to extend TCS network layout and visualization

(2015) António Múrias dos Santos et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

African humid periods triggered the reactivation of a large river system in Western Sahara

(2015) C. Skonieczny et al.   Nature Communications

Biogeographical analysis of the Atlantic Sahara reptiles: Environmental correlates of species distribution and vulnerability to climate change

(2014) Andack Saad Sow et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Historical biogeography of the lacertid lizardMesalinain North Africa and the Middle East

(2014) P. Kapli et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the Sahara-Sahel

(2013) José C. Brito et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Predicting species distribution at range margins: testing the effects of study area extent, resolution and threshold selection in the Sahara-Sahel transition zone

(2013) Cândida G. Vale et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Darwinian shortfalls in biodiversity conservation

(2013) José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

PartitionFinder: Combined Selection of Partitioning Schemes and Substitution Models for Phylogenetic Analyses

(2012) R. Lanfear et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

What are the consequences of combining nuclear and mitochondrial data for phylogenetic analysis? Lessons from Plethodonsalamanders and 13 other vertebrate clades

(2011) M Caitlin Fisher-Reid et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Relative roles of Neogene vicariance and Quaternary climate change on the historical diversification of bunchgrass lizards (Sceloporus scalaris group) in Mexico

(2011) Robert W. Bryson et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The integrative future of taxonomy

(2010) Jose M. Padial et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Conflicting patterns of nucleotide diversity between mtDNA and nDNA in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica

(2010) C. Rato et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

DnaSP v5: a software for comprehensive analysis of DNA polymorphism data

(2009) P. Librado et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Biogeography and conservation of taxa from remote regions: An application of ecological-niche based models and GIS to North-African canids

(2009) José C. Brito et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Genetic admixture between the Iberian endemic lizardsPodarcis bocageiandPodarcis carbonelli: evidence for limited natural hybridization and a bimodal hybrid zone

(2009) C. Pinho et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Morphology and nuclear markers reveal extensive mitochondrial introgressions in the Iberian Wall Lizard species complex

(2009) JULIEN P. RENOULT et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Non-equilibrium estimates of gene flow inferred from nuclear genealogies suggest that Iberian and North African wall lizards (Podarcis spp.) are an assemblage of incipient species

(2008) Catarina Pinho et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Sahara, Northern Africa

(2008) Christopher S. Swezey   JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES

Molecular phylogeny of three Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae) species (M. guttulata, M. brevirostris and M. bahaeldini) from North Africa and the Middle East: Another case of paraphyly?

(2008) P. Kapli et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

How the Sahara Became Dry

(2008) J. A. Holmes   SCIENCE