Southern European glacial refugia: A tale of tales

Taxon

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 365-372

  Feliner, Gonzalo Nieto ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Glacial refugia; Hybrid zones; Phylogeography; Southern Europe

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTINCTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYBRID; LANDSCAPE; LATITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REFUGIUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 79955402138     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.602007     Document Type: Article

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