@article{fdi:010066704,
  title = {{M}itochondrial demographic history of the {E}gyptian mongoose ({H}erpestes ichneumon), an expanding carnivore in the {I}berian {P}eninsula},
  author = {{B}anos, {T}. and {G}aubert, {P}hilippe and {R}ocha, {R}. {G}. and {B}andeira, {V}. and {S}outo, {L}. and {M}ira, {A}. and {F}onseca, {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}escribing the genetic patterns and the demographic history of expanding species is essential for providing insights into the processes linked with range dynamics. {W}e analysed the mitochondrial diversity of the {E}gyptian mongoose ({H}erpestes ichneumon) across the {I}berian {P}eninsula, where the species is currently expanding north-west. {A} total of 242 individuals were analysed, together with nine representatives from the {N}orth {A}frican dispersal source. {H}aplotype segregation and strong differentiation between {I}berian and {N}orth {A}frican populations confirmed the long-term presence of the species in the {I}berian {P}eninsula. {T}he distribution of mitochondrial diversity fitted the pattern of a historically diversified population in southern {I}beria, from which the recent dispersals into northern areas may have occurred. {H}igher levels of haplotype and nucleotide diversities in the northern areas, together with the heterogeneous distribution of pairwise population differentiations and the weak signal for isolation-by-distance suggest the existence of long-dispersal migrants across the {I}berian {P}eninsula. {S}udden and spatial expansion scenarios of {H}. ichneumon in the {I}berian {P}eninsula were supported by mismatch analysis and marginally supported by neutrality tests. {H}owever, the precise time of occurrence of the detected expansion remains unclear. {F}uture studies should incorporate additional markers in order to further clarify the population dynamics of the {E}gyptian mongoose in its {I}berian range.},
  keywords = {{D}emographic history ; {G}enetic diversity ; {I}berian {P}eninsula ; {H}erpestes ; ichneumon ; {M}itochondrial {DNA} ; {ESPAGNE} ; {PORTUGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}ammalian {B}iology},
  volume = {81},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {176--184},
  ISSN = {1616-5047},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.mambio.2015.09.003},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066704},
}