The regional species richness and genetic diversity of Arctic vegetation reflect both past glaciations and current climate

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 430-442

  Stewart, Lærke ^a,b   Alsos, Inger G ^c   Bay, Christian ^a   Breen, Amy L ^d   Brochmann, Christian ^e   Boulanger Lapointe, Noémie ^f   Broennimann, Olivier ^g   Bültmann, Helga ^h   Bøcher, Peder Klith ^a   Damgaard, Christian ^a   Daniëls, Fred J A ^h   Ehrich, Dorothee ^c   Eidesen, Pernille Bronken ⁱ   Guisan, Antoine ^g   Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg Svala ^i,j   Lenoir, Jonathan ^k   le Roux, Peter C ^l,m   Lévesque, Esther ⁿ   Luoto, Miska ^l   Nabe Nielsen, Jacob ^a   Schönswetter, Peter ^o   Tribsch, Andreas ^p   Tveraabak, Liv Unn ^q   Virtanen, Risto ^r   Walker, Donald A ^d   Westergaard, Kristine B ^c,s   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^c   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a   Wisz, Mary ^a,b,t   Schmidt, Niels Martin ^a   Pellissier, Loïc ^u,v   more..

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^q Seksjon for Naturfag   (Norway)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^s NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^t DHI   (Denmark)

^u ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^v SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

AFLP; Arctic plants; Bryophytes; Glaciation history; Intraspecific genetic diversity; Lichens; Species richness; Taxonomic groups; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENETIC VARIATION; GLACIATION; LICHEN; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION;

ARCTIC;

BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84956653582     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12424     Document Type: Article

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