Detection of Glacial Refugia and Post-Glacial Colonization Routes of Morphologically Cryptic Marsh Frog Species (Anura: Ranidae: Pelophylax) Using Environmental Niche Modeling
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Current Distribution of Water Frog Species
3.2. Distribution Modeling of Species under the Current Environmental Conditions
3.3. Distribution of Species at the Late-Quaternary
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Litvinchuk, S.N.; Skorinov, D.V.; Ivanov, A.Y.; Ermakov, O.A. Detection of Glacial Refugia and Post-Glacial Colonization Routes of Morphologically Cryptic Marsh Frog Species (Anura: Ranidae: Pelophylax) Using Environmental Niche Modeling. Diversity 2024, 16, 94. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020094
Litvinchuk SN, Skorinov DV, Ivanov AY, Ermakov OA. Detection of Glacial Refugia and Post-Glacial Colonization Routes of Morphologically Cryptic Marsh Frog Species (Anura: Ranidae: Pelophylax) Using Environmental Niche Modeling. Diversity. 2024; 16(2):94. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020094
Chicago/Turabian StyleLitvinchuk, Spartak N., Dmitriy V. Skorinov, Alexander Yu. Ivanov, and Oleg A. Ermakov. 2024. "Detection of Glacial Refugia and Post-Glacial Colonization Routes of Morphologically Cryptic Marsh Frog Species (Anura: Ranidae: Pelophylax) Using Environmental Niche Modeling" Diversity 16, no. 2: 94. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020094