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The contact zone between two migration routes of silver fir,Abies alba (Pinaceae), revealed by allozyme studies

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Enzyme data from 35 populations or regional samples ofAbies alba were obtained from different regions of Austria and Bavaria. The genetic analysis revealed a clear differentiation between the western and the north/eastern populations. A rather narrow transition zone (the river valleys of Salzach and Traun) with genetically intermediate populations connects these two regions. This west-east differentiation can be interpreted as the result of distinct migration routes from a glacial refuge in Central Italy. The transition zone is assumed to be the contact area of two routes north of the Alps. Each migration route of silver fir parallels the distribution range ofCardamine trifolia (east) andAposeris foetida (west) respectively. It is supposed that these two species were already associated with silver fir during colonization.

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  1. Forstliche Bundesversuchsanstalt, Inst. f. Immissionsforschung und Forstchemie, Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, A-1130, Wien, Austria

    Margarethe Breitenbach-Dorfer

  2. Bayerische Landesanstalt für forstliche Saat- und Pflanzenzucht, Forstamtsplatz 1, D-83317, Teisendorf, Germany

    Monika Konnert

  3. Institut für Medizinische Biologie, Währingerstrasse 17, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    Wilhelm Pinsker

  4. Forstliche Bundesversuchsanstalt, Institut für Forstökologie, Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, A-1130, Wien, Austria

    Franz Starlinger

  5. Forstliche Bundesversuchsanstalt, Institut für Forstgenetik, Hauptstrasse 14, A-1140, Wien, Austria

    Thomas Geburek

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Dedicated to emer. Univ.-Prof. DrFriedrich Ehrendorfer on the occasion of his 70th birthday

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Breitenbach-Dorfer, M., Konnert, M., Pinsker, W. et al. The contact zone between two migration routes of silver fir,Abies alba (Pinaceae), revealed by allozyme studies. Pl Syst Evol 206, 259–272 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987951

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