Molecular phylogeography of endangered sharp-snouted pitviper (Deinagkistrodon acutus; Reptilia, Viperidae) in Mainland China

Testing Hypotheses of Pleistocene Population History Using Coalescent Simulations: Refugial Isolation and Secondary Contact inPseudepidalea raddei (Amphibia: Bufonidae)

“…Subsequent climate oscillations seem to have been moderate in eastern China, where the populations of P. raddei were stably growing throughout the LGM. Recent studies show similar demographic patterns in eastern Chinese non-avian reptiles, frogs and birds; population expansions seem to have begun prior to the LGM (Huang et al, 2007;Zhang et al, 2008;Li et al, 2009;Song et al, 2009;Ding et al, 2011). These correlations further support our conclusions.…”

Comparative phylogeography of the Yellow River schizothoracine fishes (Cyprinidae): Vicariance, expansion, and recent coalescence in response to the Quaternary environmental upheaval in the Tibetan Plateau

“…Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) (Excoffier et al, 1992) was performed at different hierarchical levels: among the three reaches and among populations within each reaches. Mismatch distributions and Fu's Fs test (Fu, 1997) were subsequently carried out using Arlequin 2.000 and the timing of the most important expansion in each species was calculated (Buhay et al, 2007;Huang et al, 2007).…”

Significance of pre-Quaternary climate change for montane species diversity: Insights from Asian salamanders (Salamandridae: Pachytriton)

“…Huangshan is characterized by a heterogeneous topography with numerous high peaks interspersed among low valleys, where refugia may have been abundant and supported habitats with relatively stable microclimates when the global climate underwent major changes (Qian and Ricklefs, 2000;Li et al, 2009;Song et al, 2009). Moreover, nucleotide diversity is highest in the Huangshan population of the Chinese giant salamander and the sharp-snouted pitviper (Murphy et al, 2000;Huang et al, 2007), which further suggests preservation of old gene lineages in this region. Huangshan may have served as a refugium for eastern Asian species during both warming and cooling periods over geologic time.…”