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The Effect Of Geographical Isolation On The Spaciation And Distribution Of Spalax Species And Subspecies In Turkey, M. Doğan Gülkaç, Eşref Yüksel Jan 1999

The Effect Of Geographical Isolation On The Spaciation And Distribution Of Spalax Species And Subspecies In Turkey, M. Doğan Gülkaç, Eşref Yüksel

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Changes in the earth in million of years brought about changes on living organism. As a result, the fauna and flora of an area had been subject to changes in geographic and climatic conditions in that particular area. Thus the flora and fauna of Anatolia had been changed parallel to the changes in the topography and climate. In this sudy, geographic evolution of Anatolian Peninsula has been investigated and starting from this point of wiev the distribution and the speciation of Spalax species and subspecies connected with geographic isolation in the Anatolian Peninsula is discussed. At present seven subspecies belonging …