A bridge or a barrier? Beringia’s influence on the distribution and diversity of tundra plants

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-207

  DeChaine, Eric G ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic refugia; Bering Land Bridge; Coalescence; Comparative phylogeography; Quaternary climate cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010604488     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550870802328660     Document Type: Article

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