Post-hypsithermal plant disjunctions in western Alberta, Canada

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 419-430

  Strong, W L ^a   Hills, L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disjunct species; Holocene palaeoclimate; Palaeoecology; Palaeovegetation; Rare plants

Indexed keywords

DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; HOLOCENE; HYPSITHERMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

AVES; BOYKINIA; BOYKINIA HEUCHERIFORMIS; SAXIFRAGA ODONTOLOMA; TELESONIX HEUCHERIFORMIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0037360316     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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