Differential effects of historical migration, glaciations and human impact on the genetic structure and diversity of the mountain pasture weed Veratrum album L.

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1776-1791

  Treier, U A ^a   Muller Scharer H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Biological control; Ecological factors; False hellebore; Genetic diversity; Geographic origin; Ice ages; Liliales; Phylogeography; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GLACIATION; GRASSLAND; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MONOCOTYLEDON; PALEOCLIMATE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POLYMORPHISM; RANGE EXPANSION; RECOLONIZATION;

ALPS; ASIA; PORTUGAL;

LILIALES; VERATRUM; VERATRUM ALBUM;

EID: 80051667794     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02516.x     Document Type: Article

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