Genetic consequences of climate change for northern plants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1735, 2012, Pages 2042-2051

  Alsos, Inger Greve ^a,b   Ehrich, Dorothee ^a,c   Thuiller, Wilfried ^d   Eidesen, Pernille Bronken ^b,c   Tribsch, Andreas ^c,e   Schönswetter, Peter ^c,f   Lagaye, Claire ^d   Taberlet, Pierre ^d   Brochmann, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Genetic diversity; Range reduction; Species distribution model; Species traits

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERB; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITIZATION; RANGE SIZE; SHRUB; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84859416735     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2363     Document Type: Article

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