Effects of Pleistocene glaciations on the genetic structure of Saxifraga florulenta (Saxifragaceae), a rare endemic of the Maritime Alps

Taxon

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 532-543

  Szövényi, Péter ^a   Arroyo, Karina ^a   Guggisberg, Alessia ^a   Conti, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endemism; Genetic diversity; Maritime Alps; Pleistocene glaciations; Saxifraga florulenta

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIATION; HERB; ICE SHEET; PLEISTOCENE; RARE SPECIES; REFUGE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MARITIME ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

SAXIFRAGA FLORULENTA; SAXIFRAGACEAE;

EID: 67650004041     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.582017     Document Type: Article

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