A landscape genetics approach reveals ecological-based differentiation in populations of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) at the northern limit of its range

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 458-467

  Vernesi, Cristiano ^a   Rocchini, Duccio ^a   Pecchioli, Elena ^a   Neteler, Markus ^a   Vendramin, Giovanni G ^b   Paffetti, Donatella ^c  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian computation; Geneland; Italian Prealps; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMIDITY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PERIPHERAL REGION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE EXPANSION; SOIL DEPTH;

ITALY; LAKE GARDA;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84866339234     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01940.x     Document Type: Article

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