A review of phylogeographic analyses of animal taxa from the Aegean and surrounding regions

摘要: We provide a review and synthesis of key findings in phylogeographic research on terrestrial animals the Aegean archipelago (Greece) surrounding regions (Greek mainland, southern Balkans Asia Minor). A critical more than 100 articles 76 animal genera (30 invertebrates 46 vertebrates) that have been published so far for region leads to recognition three types distribution patterns: old ‘colonizers’ diversified before formation mid-Aegean Trench (MAT – i.e. 9 Mya), post-MAT colonizers arrived late Miocene Pliocene new inhabited Pleistocene or even Holocene. Several problems, mainly regarding use calibration points and/or molecular clock rates clade chronology, identified many analyses. Despite large amount work concerning regions, groups remain unstudied (especially invertebrates, micro-organisms, fungi plants), issues still unresolved. The relative roles extinction, speciation, dispersal vicariance, as well effects adaptive non-adaptive components diversification, need further analyses with modern tools can deeper insights. detailed reconstruction palaeogeography is also prime importance. views presented herein may prove useful evaluation similar other regions.