Recent evolution and divergence among populations of a rare mexican endemic, chihuahua spruce, following holocene climatic warming

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1815-1827

  Ledig, F Thomas ^a   Jacob Cervantes, Virginia ^b   Hodgskiss, Paul D ^a   Eguiluz Piedra, Teobaldo ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Genetic drift; Inbreeding; Isozymes; Picea; Population decline

Indexed keywords

CHIHUAHUA SPRUCE; CLIMATIC WARMING; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; ISOLATION; POPULATION SIZE;

MEXICO;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA;

EID: 0031425499     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb05105.x     Document Type: Article

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