Authors
Boštjan Surina, Peter Schönswetter, Gerald M Schneeweiss
Publication date
2011/7
Journal
Journal of Biogeography
Volume
38
Issue
7
Pages
1381-1393
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Description
Aim We investigated Quaternary range dynamics of two closely related but ecologically divergent species (cold‐tolerant Edraianthus serpyllifolius and thermophilic Edraianthus tenuifolius) with overlapping distribution ranges endemic to the western Balkan Peninsula, an important yet understudied Pleistocene refugium. Our aims were: to test predictions of the ‘refugia‐within‐refugia’ model of strong genetic subdivisions due to population isolation in separate refugia; to explore whether two ecologically divergent species reacted differently to Pleistocene climatic fluctuations; and to test predictions of the displacement refugia model of stronger differentiation among populations in the thermophilic E. tenuifolius compared with the cold‐tolerant E. serpyllifolius.
Location The western Balkan Peninsula.
Methods We gathered amplified fragment‐length polymorphism (AFLP) data and plastid DNA sequences from two …
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B Surina, P Schönswetter, GM Schneeweiss - Journal of Biogeography, 2011