Pursuing glacier retreat: Genetic structure of a rapidly expanding Larix decidua population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 473-485

  Pluess, Andrea R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

climate warming; founder effects; glacier foreland; range expansion; spatial genetic structure; succession

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICE COVER; LARIX; TIME;

ALLELES; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, PLANT; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; ICE COVER; LARIX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; TIME FACTORS;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA;

EID: 78751667246     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04972.x     Document Type: Article

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