Trans-Atlantic genetic uniformity in the rare snowbed sedge Carex rufina

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1367-1371

  Westergaard, Kristine Bakke ^a,b   Alsos, Inger Greve ^a   Engelskjøn, Torstein ^a   Flatberg, Kjell Ivar ^c   Brochmann, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

AFLPs; Amphi Atlantic disjunction; Conservation; Fragmented populations; Snowbeds

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLONAL GROWTH; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; ICE SHEET; LONGEVITY; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMORPHISM; REFUGIUM; SEDGE; SURVIVAL;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GREENLAND; ICELAND; NORWAY;

CAREX ATLANTICA ATLANTICA; CAREX RUFINA;

EID: 80052532226     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0215-z     Document Type: Article

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