Ice‐age persistence and genetic isolation of the disjunct distribution of larch in Alaska

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Napier, Joseph D., Fernandez, Matias C., de Lafontaine, Guillaume, Hu, Feng Sheng
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Canada; Tamarack; Yukon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6031; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fece3.6031; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.6031; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ece3.6031; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002%2Fece3.6031

Abstract Larix laricina (eastern larch, tamarack) is a transcontinental North American conifer with a prominent disjunction in the Yukon isolating the Alaskan distribution from the rest of its range. We investigate whether in situ persistence during the last glacial maximum (LGM) or long‐distance po...