Extensive range persistence in peripheral and interior refugia characterizes Pleistocene range dynamics in a widespread Alpine plant species (Senecio carniolicus, Asteraceae)

Abstract

Recent evidence suggests that survival of arctic-alpine organisms in peripheral or interior glacial refugia are not mutually exclusive and may both be involved in shaping an organism's Pleistocene history, yet potentially at different time levels. In this study, glacial refugia for a widespread alpine species were identified in both central and peripheral regions of the Alps.

Keywords

• phylogeny
• cytometry
• polyploidy