Glacial history and local adaptation explain differentiation in phenotypic traits in the Alpine grassland herb Campanula barbata

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-413

  Scheepens, J F ^a   Stöcklin, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

altitude; common garden; European Alps; genetic drift; phylogeography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864676358     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2011.636077     Document Type: Article

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