History, evolution and future of arctic and alpine flora: Overview

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-133

  Abbott, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpine flora; Arctic flora; Climate change; Evolution; Phylogeography; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010496955     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550870802460976     Document Type: Article

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