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Palaearctic biogeography revisited: evidence for the existence of a North African refugium for Western Palaearctic biota by Husemann, Martin, Schmitt, Thomas, Zachos, Frank E., Ulrich, Werner, Habel, Jan Christian

“…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…”
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Principles for creating a single authoritative list of the world’s species by Garnett, Stephen T, Christidis, Les, Conix, Stijn, Costello, Mark J, Zachos, Frank E, Bánki, Olaf S, Bao, Yiming, Barik, Saroj K, Buckeridge, John S, Hobern, Donald, Lien, Aaron, Montgomery, Narelle, Nikolaeva, Svetlana, Pyle, Richard L, Thomson, Scott A, van Dijk, Peter Paul, Whalen, Anthony, Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, Thiele, Kevin R

“…Lists of species underpin many fields of human endeavour, but there are currently no universally accepted principles for deciding which biological species…”
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Convergent evolution in Afrotheria and non-afrotherians demonstrates high evolvability of the mammalian inner ear by Grunstra, Nicole D. S., Hollinetz, Fabian, Bravo Morante, Guillermo, Zachos, Frank E., Pfaff, Cathrin, Winkler, Viola, Mitteroecker, Philipp, Le Maître, Anne

“…Evolutionary convergence in distantly related species is among the most convincing evidence of adaptive evolution. The mammalian ear, responsible for balance…”
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Opening the treasure chest: A DNA-barcoding primer set for most higher taxa of Central European birds and mammals from museum collections by Schäffer, Sylvia, Zachos, Frank E, Koblmüller, Stephan

“…DNA-barcoding is a rapidly developing method for efficiently identifying samples to species level by means of short standard DNA sequences. However, reliable…”
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Phylogeny and evolution of the genus Cervus (Cervidae, Mammalia) as revealed by complete mitochondrial genomes by Mackiewicz, Paweł, Matosiuk, Maciej, Świsłocka, Magdalena, Zachos, Frank E., Hajji, Ghaiet M., Saveljev, Alexander P., Seryodkin, Ivan V., Farahvash, Tarlan, Rezaei, Hamid Reza, Torshizi, Rasoul Vaez, Mattioli, Stefano, Ratkiewicz, Mirosław

“…Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages are recognized as important components of intra- and interspecific biodiversity, and allow to reveal colonization routes and…”
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Fossil evidence and phylogeography of temperate species: 'glacial refugia' and post-glacial recolonization by Sommer, Robert S., Zachos, Frank E.

“…We present a short synthesis of the Pleistocene distribution dynamics and phylogeographic recolonization hypotheses for two temperate European mammal species,…”
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Phylogeography, population genetics and conservation of the European red deer Cervus elaphus by ZACHOS, Frank E, HARTL, Günther B

“…1 During the Last Glacial Maximum, European red deer Cervus elaphus occurred in refugia in Iberia/southern France, Italy, the Balkans and the Carpathians. Most…”
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Identifying the true number of specimens of the extinct blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus) by Hempel, Elisabeth, Bibi, Faysal, Faith, J. Tyler, Brink, James S., Kalthoff, Daniela C., Kamminga, Pepijn, Paijmans, Johanna L. A., Westbury, Michael V., Hofreiter, Michael, Zachos, Frank E.

“…Native to southern Africa, the blue antelope ( Hippotragus leucophaeus ) is the only large African mammal species known to have become extinct in historical…”
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Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals Holarctic homogeneity and a distinct Mediterranean lineage in the Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) by Nebel, Carina, Gamauf, Anita, Haring, Elisabeth, Segelbacher, Gernot, Villers, Alexandre, Zachos, Frank E.

“…The Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is among the most widespread of the birds of prey, covering basically the whole Palaearctic from Europe and North Africa…”
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Microallopatry caused strong diversification in Buthus scorpions (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the Atlas Mountains (NW Africa) by Habel, Jan C, Husemann, Martin, Schmitt, Thomas, Zachos, Frank E, Honnen, Ann-Christin, Petersen, Britt, Parmakelis, Aristeidis, Stathi, Iasmi

“…The immense biodiversity of the Atlas Mountains in North Africa might be the result of high rates of microallopatry caused by mountain barriers surpassing 4000…”
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Mammals and meaningful taxonomic units: the debate about species concepts and conservation by Zachos, Frank E

“…Mammalian taxonomy based on the diagnosability version of the Phylogenetic Species Concept has recently been declared the only sound approach to mammalian…”
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(New) Species concepts, species delimitation and the inherent limitations of taxonomy by Zachos, Frank E.

“…The species problem, despite decades of heated debates, has not been resolved yet. Recently, two new species concepts have been published, the mitonuclear…”
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Species splitting puts conservation at risk by Zachos, Frank E.

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Natural and anthropogenic influences on the population structure of white‐tailed eagles in the Carpathian Basin and central Europe by Edina Nemesházi, Szilvia Kövér, Frank E. Zachos, Zoltán Horváth, Gábor Tihanyi, Attila Mórocz, Tibor Mikuska, István Hám, Ivan Literák, Suvi Ponnikas, Tadeusz Mizera, Krisztián Szabó

“…European populations of the white‐tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla suffered a drastic decline during the 20th century. In many countries, only a few dozen…”
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Conservation genetics: Linking science with practice by Holderegger, Rolf, Balkenhol, Niko, Bolliger, Janine, Engler, Jan O., Gugerli, Felix, Hochkirch, Axel, Nowak, Carsten, Segelbacher, Gernot, Widmer, Alex, Zachos, Frank E.

“…Conservation genetics is a well‐established scientific field. However, limited information transfer between science and practice continues to hamper successful…”
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Taxonomy: Species splitting puts conservation at risk by Zachos, Frank E

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Taxonomic disagreement about ranks in gray-area taxa: A vignette study by Conix, Stijn, Cuypers, Vincent, Zachos, Frank E, De Block, Andreas

“…Abstract When producing species classifications, taxonomists are often confronted with gray-area cases. For example, because of incipient or shallow…”
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Taxonomic inflation and the poverty of the Phylogenetic Species Concept – a reply to Gippoliti and Groves by Zachos, Frank E, Lovari, Sandro

“…There has been an ongoing debate over mammalian taxonomy, species splitting and the Phylogenetic Species Concept (PSC). As a reply to a recent commentary in…”
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Non-invasive genetic analysis reveals high levels of mtDNA variability in the endangered South-American marine otter (Lontra felina) by Valqui, Juan, Hartl, Günther B, Zachos, Frank E

“…Scats from marine otters were collected from the entire Peruvian distribution range along the Pacific coast. Partial mtDNA control region sequences (265 bp)…”
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Antler tine homologies and cervid systematics: A review of past and present controversies with special emphasis on Elaphurus davidianus by Heckeberg, Nicola S., Zachos, Frank E., Kierdorf, Uwe

“…Antlers are the most conspicuous trait of cervids and have been used in the past to establish a classification of their fossil and living representatives…”
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