Palaeoclimate-induced range shifts may explain current patterns of spatial genetic variation in renosterbos (Elytropappus rhinocerotis, Asteraceae)

Taxon

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 393-408

  Bergh, Nicola G ^a,b   Hedderson, Terry A ^b   Linder, H Peter ^c   Bond, William J ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Institute for Systematic Botany   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Cape flora; Climatic history; Elytropappus rhinocerotis; ISSR; Late Quaternary; Phylogeography; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC VARIATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUGIUM; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASTERACEAE; ELYTROPAPPUS RHINOCEROTIS;

EID: 34347383410     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.562011     Document Type: Article

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