Vicariance and marine migration in continental island populations of a frog endemic to the Atlantic Coastal forest.

ABSTRACT: The theory of island biogeography is most often studied in the context of oceanic islands where all island inhabitants are descendants from founding events involving migration from mainland source populations. Far fewer studies have considered predictions of island biogeography in the case of continental islands, where island formation typically splits continuous populations and thus vicariance also contributes to the diversity of island populations. We examined one such case on continental islands in southeastern Brazil, to determine how classic island biogeography predictions and past vicariance explain the population genetic diversity of Thoropa taophora, a frog endemic to the Atlantic Coastal Forest. We used nuclear microsatellite markers to examine the genetic diversity of coastal and

SUBMITTER: Duryea MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4814237 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature