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
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
• Subjects: Original Research; Canada; Tamarack; Yukon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7029070/; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6031

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 postglacial...