Phylogeography of the High Alpine Cushion Plant Androsace alpina (Primulaceae) in the European Alps

Plant Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 623-630

  Schonswetter P ^a   Tribsch, A ^a   Niklfeld, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

AFLP; Androsace alpina; Glacial survival; Nunatak; Phylogeography; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; NUNATAK; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANDROSACE; ANDROSACE ALPINA; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 1042267682     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44686     Document Type: Article

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