Genetic structure of Anogeissus dhofarica (Combretaceae) populations endemic to the monsoonal fog oases of the southern Arabian Peninsula

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-51

  Oberprieler, Christoph ^a   Meister, Jörg ^a   Schneider, Christine ^a   Kilian, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Fragmentation; Monsoon forest; Oman; Palaeo African relict vegetation; Population genetics; Yemen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HOLOCENE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MONSOON; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELICT COMMUNITY; WOODLAND;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

ANOGEISSUS; APOIDEA; COMBRETACEAE;

EID: 65249131148     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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