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Phylogeography of Ramalina menziesii, a widely distributed lichen-forming fungus in western North America.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2014
Sork Victoria L, Werth Silke
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The complex topography and climate history of western North America offer a setting where lineage formation, accumulation and migration have led to elevated inter- and intraspecific biodiversity in many taxa. Here, we study Ramalina menziesii, an epiphytic lichenized fungus with a range encompassing major ecosystems from Baja California to Alaska to explore the predictions of two hypotheses: (i) that the...
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