Conservation genetics and population history of Betula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum, and Campanula rotundifolia in the arctic archipelago of Svalbard

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 408-418

  Alsos, Inger Greve ^a   Engelskjøn, Torstein ^a   Brochmann, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BETULA; BETULA NANA; CAMPANULA; CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM;

EID: 0036868651     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552198     Document Type: Article

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