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Geographic variation in genetic and demographic performance: new insights from an old biogeographical paradigm.
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1 Nov 2017
Pironon Samuel, Papuga Guillaume, Villellas Jesús, Angert Amy L, García María B, Thompson John D
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The 'centre-periphery hypothesis' (CPH) is a long-standing postulate in ecology that states that genetic variation and demographic performance of a species decrease from the centre to the edge of its geographic range. This hypothesis is based on an assumed concordance between geographical peripherality and ecological marginality such that environmental conditions become harsher towards the limits of a species...
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