Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1439-1448

  Taberlet, Pierre ^a   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^b   Englisch, Thorsten ^a   Tribsch, Andreas ^a   Holderegger, Rolf ^b   Alvarez, Nadir ^d   Niklfeld, Harald ^c   Coldea, Gheorghe ^e   Mirek, Zbigniew ^f   Moilanen, Atte ^g   Ahlmer, Wolfgang ^h   Marsan, Paolo Ajmone ⁱ   Bona, Enzo ^j   Bovio, Maurizio ^j   Choler, Philippe ^a   Cieślak, Elzbieta ^f   Colli, Licia ⁱ   Cristea, Vasile ^k   Dalmas, Jean Pierre ^l   Frajman, Božo ^m   Garraud, Luc ^l   Gaudeul, Myriam ^a   Gielly, Ludovic ^a   Gutermann, Walter ^c   Jogan, Nejc ^m   Kagalo, Alexander A ⁿ   Korbecka, Grazyna ^f   Küpfer, Philippe ^d   Lequette, Benoît ^o   Letz, Dominik Roman ^p   Manel, Stéphanie ^a   Mansion, Guilhem ^d   Marhold, Karol ^p   Martini, Fabrizio ^j   Negrini, Riccardo ⁱ   Niño, Fernando ^q   Paun, Ovidiu ^c   Pellecchia, Marco ⁱ   Perico, Giovanni ^j   Piekoś Mirkowa, Halina ^f   Prosser, Filippo ^r   Puşcaş, Mihai ^k   Ronikier, Michal ^f   Scheuerer, Martin ^h   Schneeweiss, Gerald M ^c   Schönswetter, Peter ^c   Schratt Ehrendorfer, Luise ^c   Schüpfer, Fanny ^d   Selvaggi, Alberto ^s   Steinmann, Katharina ^b   Thiel Egenter, Conny ^b   van Loo, Marcela ^c   Winkler, Manuela ^c   Wohlgemuth, Thomas ^b   Wraber, Tone ^m   Gugerli, Felix ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Romania)

^f POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^k BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^l Domaine de Charance   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^o Parc National du Mercantour   (France)

^p INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^q CNES   (France)

^r Museo Civico   (Italy)

^s Istituto per le Piante da Legno e l'Ambiente   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Alpine vascular plants; Alps; Biodiversity conservation; Carpathians; Genetic diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; PLANTS;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84867478104     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12004     Document Type: Article

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