Faunal biodiversity research in the Republic of Georgia: a short review of trends, gaps, and needs in the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot

L Mumladze, B Japoshvili, EP Anderson - Biologia, 2020 - Springer
We evaluated progress towards animal biodiversity research in Georgia, a key area in the
Caucasus biodiversity hotspot. By reviewing recently (1990–2018) published articles in all …

[图书][B] Revision of Helix Linnaeus, 1758 in its eastern Mediterranean distribution area, and reassignment of Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878 to Maltzanella Hesse, 1917 …

E Neubert - 2014 - researchgate.net
The species of the genus Helix Linnaeus, 1758 from the eastern part of Europe and Near
East are revised. Based on the investigation of thousands of shells and more than 100 …

Phylogeography of Potamon ibericum (Brachyura: Potamidae) identifies Quaternary glacial refugia within the Caucasus biodiversity hot spot

E Parvizi, A Keikhosravi, R Naderloo… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Refugia are critical for the maintenance of biodiversity during the periods of Quaternary
climatic oscillations. The long‐term persistence of refugial populations in a large continuous …

Phylogeography of the land snail genus Circassina (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae) implies multiple Pleistocene refugia in the western Caucasus region

MT Neiber, B Hausdorf - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2015 - Elsevier
The phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Caucasian land snail genus Circassina
was reconstructed using multilocus amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) data …

Molecular phylogeny of the genus Helix (Pulmonata: Helicidae)

O Korábek, A Petrusek, E Neubert… - Zoologica Scripta, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The vast diversity of land snail forms is insufficiently understood even in seemingly familiar
taxa. This holds for Helix Linnaeus, 1758, a genus with several common edible species …

Diversity of land snail tribe Helicini (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae): Where do we stand after 20 years of sequencing mitochondrial markers?

O Korábek, L Juřičková, A Petrusek - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sequences of mitochondrial genes revolutionized the understanding of animal diversity and
continue to be an important tool in biodiversity research. In the tribe Helicini, a prominent …

Phylogeography and morphological variation in a narrowly distributed Caucasian rock lizard, Darevskia mixta

M Gabelaia, D Tarkhnishvili, M Murtskhvaladze - Amphibia-reptilia, 2015 - brill.com
The Caucasian rock lizard Darevskia mixta was sampled and studied from throughout its
range, using mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences and scalation. The populations of the …

[PDF][PDF] The Caucasus is neither a cradle nor a museum of diversity of the land snail genus Helix (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Helicidae), while Crimea is home to …

O Korábek, I Balashov, MT Neiber… - Zoosystematics and …, 2023 - zse.pensoft.net
The Caucasus and the adjacent Pontic Mountains in north-eastern Anatolia are home to
numerous endemic land snail genera and species. The diversity of the region is the result of …

Caucasian/Pontic–Mediterranean disjunction and recolonization of Europe by Pomatias (Hyrcania) species (Caenogastropoda, Pomatiidae)

H Lehmann, MT Neiber, B Hausdorf - Zoologica Scripta, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Lehmann, H., Neiber, MT, & Hausdorf, B.(2024) Caucasian/Pontic–Mediterranean
disjunction and recolonization of Europe by Pomatias (Hyrcania) species …

Trapped in a glacial refugium: Phylogeography of the freshwater snail Melanopsis mingrelica (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot

A Bikashvili, L Mumladze, M Glaubrecht… - Zoologica …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Western Caucasus is considered a refugium for several freshwater
invertebrates, but detailed phylogeographic studies are lacking. By using mitochondrial …