Glacial history of high alpine Ranunculus glacialis (Ranunculaceae) in the European Alps in a comparative phylogeographical context

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-195

  Schönswetter, Peter ^a   Tribsch, Andreas ^a   Stehlik, Ivana ^b,c   Niklfeld, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFLP; Comparative phylogeography; Glaciation; Migration; Nunatak; Pleistocene; Ranunculus glacialis; Refugia

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; NUNATAK; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; REFUGIUM;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANDROSACE; ANDROSACE ALPINA; PHYTEUMA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; RANUNCULUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 1042285525     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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