Microrefugia, Climate Change, and Conservation of Cedrus atlantica in the Rif Mountains, Morocco

Microrefugia, Climate Change, and Conservation of Cedrus atlantica in the Rif Mountains, Morocco

This study reconstructs and interprets the changing range of Atlas cedar in northern Morocco over the last 9,000 years. A synthesis of fossil pollen records indicated that Atlas cedars occupied a wider range at lower elevations during the mid-Holocene than today. The mid-Holocene geographical expans...

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Main Authors: Rachid Cheddadi, Alexandra-Jane Henrot, Louis François, Frédéric Boyer, Mark Bush, Matthieu Carré, Eric Coissac, Paulo E. De Oliveira, Francesco Ficetola, Alain Hambuckers, Kangyou Huang, Anne-Marie Lézine, Majda Nourelbait, Ali Rhoujjati, Pierre Taberlet, Fausto Sarmiento, Daniel Abel-Schaad, Francisca Alba-Sánchez, Zhuo Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
climate change
microrefugium concept
Holocene
conservation strategies
Cedrus atlantica
Morocco
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2017.00114/full

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