| the distribution of cool spots as microrefugia in a mountainous area. | it has recently been proposed that microrefugia played an important role in species survival during past climate change events. however, the current distributions of microrefugia remain largely unknown. wind-hole sites are areas affected by preferential flows of cool air generated in interstitial spaces created by rock fragments or colluvia. alpine plant species occurring in lowland wind-hole sites isolated from alpine zones may be relicts of the last glacial period. hokkaido, northern japan, is ... | 2015 | 26285206 |