The arctic – an evolutionary freezer?

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-195

  Brochmann, Christian ^a   Brysting, Anne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Cryptic species; Genetic diversity; Glaciation; Long distance colonisation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010589181     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550870802331904     Document Type: Article

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