Geographic Patterns and Environmental Correlations of Morphological and Genetic Variation in Endemic Caryophyllaceae in Western Iberian Peninsula
Geographic patterns and environmental correlations of morphological and genetic variation in endemic Caryophyllaceae in Western Iberian D Peninsula João Filipe Figueiredo da Rocha Doutoramento em Biologia Departamento de Biologia 2014 Orientador Doutor Rubim Manuel Almeida da Silva, Professor Auxiliar, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Coorientador Doutor António Maria Luís Crespí, Professor Auxiliar, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Doutor Francisco Amich García, Professor Catedrático, Faculdade de Biologia da Universidade de Salamanca FCUP 3 Geographic patterns and environmental correlations of morphological and genetic variation in endemic Caryophyllaceae in Western Iberian Peninsula Foreword According to the number 3 of the 7th Article of regulation of the Doctoral Program in Biology from Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (and in agreement with the Portuguese Law Decree Nº 74/2006), the present thesis integrates the articles listed below, written in collaboration with co-authors. The candidate declares that he contributed to conceiving the ideas, compiling and producing the databases and analysing the data, and also declares that he led the writing of all chapters. List of papers: Chapter 3 – Rocha J, Castro I, Ferreira V, Carnide V, Pinto-Carnide O, Amich F, Almeida R, Crespí A (Submitted) Phylogeography of Silene section Cordifolia in the Mountain ranges of North Iberian Peninsula and Alps. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Chapter 4 – Rocha J, Ferreira V, Castro I, Carnide V, Amich F, Almeida R, Crespí A (Submitted) Phylogeography of Silene scabriflora in Iberian Peninsula. American Journal of Botany. Chapter 5 – Rocha J, Almeida R, Amich F, Crespí A (Submitted) Morpho- environmental behaviour of Silene scabriflora in Iberian Peninsula: Atlantic versus Mediterranean climate.
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