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POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Svalbard biodiversity hotspots: origin, current connectivity, and future importance as source of colonization and genetic diversity

Tildelt: kr 59 999

Biodiversity hotspots or arctic oases provide an excellent study system for evolutionary responses to climate change. Such hotspots harbour rare thermophilic survivors from earlier warmer climatic conditions (Alsos et al. 2015) that potentially can expand again under future climate change. Hotspots could be source of genetic diversity, which is needed by Arctic plant species with a restricted distribution in order to meet a changing world. The aim of the project is to evaluate the importance of these arctic hotspots as source areas for expansions of thermophilic species in Svalbard under global warming.

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