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Pleistocene refuge

Pleistocene refuge

the areas south of the great ice sheets of the PLEISTOCENE EPOCH in which animals and plants survived during periods of glaciation.
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boops in the South Fork Hughes River may be associated with Pleistocene refuge or dispersal routes, as the precursor of the Little Kanawha River has been suggested as a possible refuge or dispersal route for fishes during two periods of proglacial impoundments, Teays Lake and Lake Monongahela periods of Pleistocene glaciation (Hocutt et al., 1986).
First record of the Bigeye Shiner (Notropis hoops) from West Virginia
These authors therefore concluded: "to the extent that PAE [parsimony analysis of endemicity] and ecological grouping accurately reconstruct history, the forests analysed appear to be related by a unique, discernible history which is broadly concordant with the predictions of Pleistocene refuge theory" (p.
Hypotheses to explain the origin of species in Amazonia/Hipoteses para explicar a origem das especies na Amazonia
Notably, the historical climate appears to be an important determinant of richness in regions of marked climate changes and Pleistocene refuges, while the contemporary climate predicts the species richness across those regions with non-evident refuges in glacial times.
Current and historical climate signatures to deconstructed tree species richness pattern in South America/Efeitos dos climas atual e historico no padrao desconstruido de riqueza de especies arboreas na regiao Neotropical
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