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Refugial persistence and postglacial recolonization of North America by the cold-tolerant herbaceous plant Orthilia secunda.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2010
Beatty Gemma E, Provan Jim
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Previous phylogeographical and palaeontological studies on the biota of northern North America have revealed a complex scenario of glacial survival in multiple refugia and differing patterns of postglacial recolonization. Many putative refugial regions have been proposed both north and south of the ice sheets for species during the Last Glacial Maximum, but the locations of many of these refugia remain a topic of...
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