Birch hybridization in Thistilfjördur, North-east Iceland during the Holocene
Past episodes of birch hybridization in Iceland were studied by pollen analysis. The low stature and polycormic form of downy birch Betula pubescens in the subarctic probably results from such hybridization with the dwarf birch Betula nana. Two previous studies in different regions in Iceland reveal...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1946/19878 |