Conserving biodiversity under climate change: The rear edge matters

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 461-467

  Hampe, Arndt ^a   Petit, Rémy J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

Author keywords

Demography; Diversification; Extinction; Genetic differentiation; Glacial refugia; Global change; Leading edge; Peripheral populations; Quaternary; Trailing edge

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 18444385410     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00739.x     Document Type: Review

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