Past, present and future of mountain species of the French Massif Central - the case of Soldanella alpina L. subsp. alpina (Primulaceae) and a review of other plant and animal studies

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 799-812

  Kropf, Matthias ^a   Comes, Hans Peter ^b   Kadereit, Joachim W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFLPs; Biogeographical patterns; Elevational movement; French Massif Central; Genetic diversity; Glacial refugia; Mountain areas; Phylogeography; Soldanella alpina

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DICOTYLEDON; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENETIC VARIATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM; QUATERNARY; REFUGIUM;

ALPS; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; PYRENEES;

ANIMALIA; PRIMULACEAE; SOLDANELLA ALPINA;

EID: 84858707038     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02668.x     Document Type: Article

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