High genetic differentiation in populations of the rare alpine plant species Campanula thyrsoides on a small mountain

Alpine Botany

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-34

  Frei, Eva S ^a   Scheepens, J F ^a   Stöcklin, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Campanula thyrsoides; European Alps; Genetic bottlenecks; Isolation by distance; Landscape genetics; Microsatellite markers

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; RARE SPECIES;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

CAMPANULA THYRSOIDES;

EID: 84859908167     PISSN: 16642201     EISSN: 1664221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-012-0103-2     Document Type: Article

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