Break zones in the distributions of alleles and species in alpine plants

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 772-782

  Thiel Egenter, Conny ^a,k   Alvarez, Nadir ^b,l   Holderegger, Rolf ^a   Tribsch, Andreas ^c,d   Englisch, Thorsten ^c   Wohlgemuth, Thomas ^a   Colli, Licia ^e   Gaudeul, Myriam ^f,g   Gielly, Ludovic ^f   Jogan, Nejc ^h   Linder, Hans Peter ⁱ   Negrini, Riccardo ^f   Niklfeld, Harald ^c   Pellecchia, Marco ^e   Rioux, Delphine ^f   Schönswetter, Peter ^c,m   Taberlet, Pierre ^f   van Loo, Marcela ^c,j   Winkler, Manuela ^c,j   Gugerli, Felix ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^g MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^k FORNAT   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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Author keywords

AFLP; Allele distribution patterns; Alpine plants; Elevational range; European Alps; Floristic areas; Genetic structure; Glacial survival; Species distribution patterns

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ELEVATION; FLORISTICS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIATION; PLEISTOCENE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS;

EID: 79952677678     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02441.x     Document Type: Article

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