We provide a review and synthesis of key findings in phylogeographic research on terrestrial
animals in the Aegean archipelago (Greece) and surrounding regions (Greek mainland …

The Aegean continental domain is known to be the site of widespread “back-arc” extension
since at least 13 Ma, on the basis of seismotectonic, stratigraphic and fault analysis studies …

Comparative phylogeographical studies in island archipelagos can reveal lineage‐specific
differential responses to the geological and climatic history. We analysed patterns of genetic …

There is possibly no other location in the world which has been so intensively influenced by
human activity over a prolonged period as the Mediterranean. Virtually no ecosystems have …

The history of the faunas of anurans during the Tertiary and Quaternary in Europe is
presented. Two families (Discoglossidae and Palaeobatrachidae) were recorded from the …

Continental shelf island systems, created by rising sea levels, provide a premier setting for
studying the effects of past fragmentation, dispersal, and genetic drift on taxon …

Sequence data derived from two mitochondrial markers, 16S rRNA and COI genes, were
used to infer the evolutionary history of 47 insular and mainland populations covering most …

Cyrtopodion kotschyi is a small gecko, widely distributed on the islands of the Aegean
archipelago and the adjacent mainland. We unveiled the phylogeography of the species by …

The Mediterranean land snail genus Mastus (Beck, 1837) is highly divergent. Thirty‐two
Mastus species have been recorded throughout the genus range, and 23 of them are …

Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of forty‐three central Aegean islands and islets are
analysed from a biogeographical point of view. The oniscid fauna consists of sixty‐nine …