A phylogeographic study of Arenaria ciliata and Arenaria norvegica in Ireland and Europe

• Main Author: Howard-Williams, Emma
• Other Authors: Meade, Conor, Kelleher, Colin, European Commission
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: National University of Ireland, Maynooth 2013
• Subjects: Phylogeographic study; Arenaria ciliata; Arenaria norvegica; Ireland; Europe; Arctic; Ora; Svalbard; Tive
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/153279; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780

The unusual distribution of Irish ora and fauna has intrigued and eluded biogeographers for centuries and remains the subject of ongo- ing debate. The conventional hypothesis for the postglacial coloniza- tion of Ireland across an Irish-British land-bridge has come under in- creasing scrutiny, with...