Unique genetic variation at a species' rear edge is under threat from global climate change

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1726, 2011, Pages 39-47

  Provan, Jim ^a   Maggs, Christine A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chondrus crispus; Distribution range; Glacial refugia; Phylogeography; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MITOCHONDRION; MOSS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEAWEED; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 81855224839     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0536     Document Type: Article

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