Population differentiation in Mediterranean plants: Insights into colonization history and the evolution and conservation of endemic species

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-236

  Thompson, John D ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Colonization; Conservation; Distribution; Fragmentation; Islands; Mediterranean; Po pulation differentiation; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; PLANT EVOLUTION;

COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0032950256     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6885040     Document Type: Review

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