No positive correlation between species and genetic diversity in European alpine grasslands dominated by Carex curvula

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 852-861

  Puşcaş, Mihai ^a,c   Taberlet, Pierre ^a   Choler, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Alpine grasslands; Carex curvula island biogeography; Phylogeography; Post glacial history

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; SEDGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CAREX CURVULA;

EID: 49549122372     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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