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Tracking a genetic signal of extinction-recolonization events in a neotropical tree species: Vouacapoua americana Aublet in French Guiana.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Dec 2003
Dutech Cyril, Maggia Laurent, Tardy Christophe, Joly Hélène I, Jarne Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Drier periods from the late Pleistocene and early Holocene have been hypothesized to have caused the disappearance of various rainforest species over large geographical areas in South America and restricted the extant populations to mesic sites. Subsequent improvement in climatic conditions has been associated with recolonization. Changes in population size associated with these extinction-recolonization events...
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