Phylogeography of white spruce (Picea glauca) in eastern North America reveals contrasting ecological trajectories

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 741-751

  de Lafontaine, Guillaume ^a,b   Turgeon, Julie ^b   Payette, Serge ^a,b  

^a NSERC Northern Research Chair   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Chloroplast DNA; Demographic decline; Eastern North America; Picea glauca; Post glacial migration; Species range

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DNA; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOME RANGE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; POSTGLACIAL; TRAJECTORY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 77952083362     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02241.x     Document Type: Article

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