Genetic consequences of glacial survival: The late Quaternary history of balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.) in North America

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 918-928

  Breen, Amy L ^a   Murray, David F ^a   Olson, Matthew S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beringia; Boreal trees; Chloroplast DNA; Glacial refugium; Phylogeography; Populus balsamifera

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOBOTANY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; REFUGIUM; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

POPULUS BALSAMIFERA;

EID: 84858747257     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02657.x     Document Type: Article

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