Species response to shifting and variable climates

• Main Author: Napier, Joseph David
• Other Authors: Hu, Feng Sheng, Heath, Katy D, Catchen, Julian, Malhi, Ripan
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Climate change; glacial refugia; last glacial maximum; RADseq genotyping; genomics; genetics; range dynamics; species distribution modeling; local adaptation; Alaska; Canada; Tamarack; Yukon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105906

Evidence has been accumulating that suggests some arcto-boreal plant taxa persisted through the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Alaska and adjacent Canada. In part, my dissertation investigated the spatial patterns of glacial persistence and postglacial colonization of an alder (Alnus) species complex...