Biogeography and evolution of Abies (Pinaceae) in the Mediterranean Basin: The roles of long-term climatic change and glacial refugia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 619-630

  Linares, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abies; Firs; Fossil pollen; Mediterranean; Migration; Miocene; Phylogeny; Plant macrofossils; Quaternary refugia; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL RECORD; GENE FLOW; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLIOCENE; POLLEN; REFUGIUM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TRANSGRESSION;

BALKANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; PINACEAE;

EID: 79952675760     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02458.x     Document Type: Article

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