Genetic evidence for glacial refugia of the temperate tree Eucryphia cordifolia (Cunoniaceae) in southern South America

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-129

  Segovia, Ricardo A ^a,c   Pérez, María F ^b,c   Hinojosa, Luis F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Climate change; CpDNA; Eucryphia cordifolia cav.; Phylogeography; Pleistocene glaciations; Refugia; South America; Temperate rain forest

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PLANT DNA; SPACER DNA;

COASTAL ZONE; COLD TOLERANCE; DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GLACIATION; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; RAINFOREST; REFUGIUM; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ALLELE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; ICE COVER; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ALLELES; ANGIOSPERMS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; ICE COVER; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

ANDES; CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA; PATAGONIA;

CUNONIACEAE; EUCRYPHIA CORDIFOLIA;

EID: 84858398454     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100013     Document Type: Article

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