Trans-Atlantic dispersal and large-scale lack of genetic structure in the circumpolar, arctic-alpine sedge Carex bigelowii s. l. (Cyperaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1006-1014

  Schönswetter, Peter ^a,b   Elven, Reidar ^a   Brochmann, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

AFLP; Arctic alpine flora; Bayesian clustering; Carex bigelowii; Cyperaceae; Plant migration; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOME RANGE; PLEISTOCENE; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; REFUGIUM; SEDGE; TAXONOMY;

BERING SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CAREX BIGELOWII; CYPERACEAE;

EID: 48249152728     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.2007196     Document Type: Article

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