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Ice holes microrefugia harbor genetically and functionally distinct populations of Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Ericaceae).
Scientific reports - 11 Aug 2023
Tonin Rita, Wilhelmi Selina, Gültas Mehmet, Gerdol Renato, Paun Ovidiu, Trucchi Emiliano, Schmitt Armin Otto, Wellstein Camilla
Abstract excerpt
In the mountain terrain, ice holes are little depressions between rock boulders that are characterized by the exit of cold air able to cool down the rock surface even in summer. This cold air creates cold microrefugia in warmer surroundings that preserve plant species probably over thousands of years under extra-zonal climatic conditions. We hypothesized that ice hole populations of the model species Vaccinium...
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