Congruent phylogeographical patterns of eight tree species in Atlantic Central Africa provide insights into the past dynamics of forest cover

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2299-2312

  Dauby, G ^a   Duminil, J ^a,b   Heuertz, M ^a,c,d   Koffi, G K ^a,e   Stevart T ^a,f,g   Hardy, O J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^c INIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^g BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Gabon; Lower Guinea; plastid DNA; refugia; tropical rainforest trees

Indexed keywords

AFROSTYRAX; ERYTHROPHLEUM SUAVEOLENS; GREENWAYODENDRON SUAVEOLENS; MILICIA EXCELSA; SANTIRIA; SCORODOPHLOEUS ZENKERI; SYMPHONIA GLOBULIFERA;

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; GABON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; LOWER GUINEA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLASTID DNA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REFUGIA; TREE; TROPICAL RAINFOREST TREES;

CAMEROON; GABON; LOWER GUINEA; PLASTID DNA; REFUGIA; TROPICAL RAINFOREST TREES;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

EID: 84899639756     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12724     Document Type: Article

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