Prolonged isolation and persistence of a common endemic on granite outcrops in both mesic and semi-arid environments in south-western Australia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2032-2044

  Tapper, Sarah Louise ^a   Byrne, Margaret ^a   Yates, Colin J ^a   Keppel, Gunnar ^b,c   Hopper, Stephen D ^d   Van Niel, Kimberly ^d   Schut, Antonius G T ^b   Mucina, Laco ^b,d   Wardell Johnson, Grant W ^b  

^a Science and Conservation Division   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Stypandra glauca; Chloroplast divergence; Edaphic endemism; Evolutionary history; Geoecology; Nuclear diversity; Phylogeography; Pleistocene refugia; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

STYPANDRA GLAUCA;

EID: 84908320853     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12343     Document Type: Article

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