Ecological implications of Cousinia Cass. (Asteraceae) persistence through the last two glacial-interglacial cycles in the continental Middle East for the Irano-Turanian flora

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 172, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-20

  Djamali, Morteza ^a,b   Baumel, Alex ^a   Brewer, Simon ^b   Jackson, Stephen T ^b   Kadereit, Joachim W ^c   López Vinyallonga, Sara ^d   Mehregan, Iraj ^e   Shabanian, Esmaeil ^f   Simakova, Aleksandra ^g  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

^e ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^g GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Allopatric speciation; Interglacial refugia; Quaternary glaciations; SW Asia; Tectonic history; Topographical heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOPATRY; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMISM; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITY; HOLOCENE; ISOLATED POPULATION; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; MIOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; PLIOCENE; REFUGIUM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL ASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

ASTERACEAE; COUSINIA;

EID: 84857130039     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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