Phylogeography and climatic niche evolution in live oaks (Quercus series Virentes) from the tropics to the temperate zone

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 962-981

  Cavender Bares, Jeannine ^a   Gonzalez Rodriguez, Antonio ^a,b   Pahlich, Annette ^a   Koehler, Kari ^a   Deacon, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Central America, chloroplast DNA sequences; Climatic niches; Freezing tolerance; Leaf morphology; Nuclear DNA; Pleistocen glacial cycles; Sea level rise; South eastern North America; Species boundaries

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

COSTA RICA; HONDURAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS OLEOIDES; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 79955030813     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02451.x     Document Type: Article

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