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Late-glacial recolonization and phylogeography of European red deer (Cervus elaphus L.).
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2013
Meiri Meirav, Lister Adrian M, Higham Thomas F G, Stewart John R, Straus Lawrence G, Obermaier Henriette, González Morales Manuel R, Marín-Arroyo Ana B, Barnes Ian
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The Pleistocene was an epoch of extreme climatic and environmental changes. How individual species responded to the repeated cycles of warm and cold stages is a major topic of debate. For the European fauna and flora, an expansion-contraction model has been suggested, whereby temperate species were restricted to southern refugia during glacial times and expanded northwards during interglacials, including the...
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