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The Theory of Glacial Refugia

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Carabid beetle distribution and powers of dispersal have provided strong facts in favor of the assumption that isolated refugia for the survival of biota existed during one or more of the Pleistocene glacial periods.

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Terry L. Erwin George E. Ball Donald R. Whitehead Anne L. Halpern

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Lindroth, C.H. (1979). The Theory of Glacial Refugia. In: Erwin, T.L., Ball, G.E., Whitehead, D.R., Halpern, A.L. (eds) Carabid Beetles. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9628-1_20

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