Long-term persistence in a changing climate: DNA analysis suggests very old ages of clones of alpine Carex curvula

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 94-99

  Steinger, Thomas ^a   Körner, Christian ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Climate change; Population genetic structure; RAPD; Tussock sedge

Indexed keywords

CAREX CURVULA;

ALPINE PLANT; CLIMATIC CHANGE; CLONAL PLANT; DNA; RECRUITMENT; SEDGE;

EID: 0029669034     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328796     Document Type: Article

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