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

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Joseph D. Napier, Matias C. Fernandez, Guillaume deLafontaine, Feng Sheng Hu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Alaska; climate relict; Larix laricina; last glacial maximum; range disjunction; refugia; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Yukon; Canada; Tamarack
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6031; https://doaj.org/article/09f90f67d0d1485fa1bddf41ee7c22ad

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...