Evolution-based approach needed for the conservation and silviculture of peripheral forest tree populations

B Fady, FA Aravanopoulos, P Alizoti, C Mátyás… - Forest Ecology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The fate of peripheral forest tree populations is of particular interest in the context of climate
change. These populations may concurrently be those where the most significant …

Do geographic, climatic or historical ranges differentiate the performance of central versus peripheral populations?

S Pironon, J Villellas, WF Morris… - Global Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The 'centre–periphery hypothesis'(CPH) predicts that species performance (genetics,
physiology, morphology, demography) will decline gradually from the centre towards the …

Isolation by environment in White‐breasted Nuthatches (Sitta carolinensis) of the Madrean Archipelago sky islands: a landscape genomics approach

JD Manthey, RG Moyle - Molecular Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding landscape processes driving patterns of population genetic differentiation
and diversity has been a long‐standing focus of ecology and evolutionary biology. Gene …

Towards an eco‐phylogenetic framework for infectious disease ecology

NM Fountain‐Jones, WD Pearse, LE Escobar… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying patterns and drivers of infectious disease dynamics across multiple scales is a
fundamental challenge for modern science. There is growing awareness that it is necessary …

Conservation planning for the endemic and endangered medicinal plants under the climate change and human disturbance: a case study of Gentiana manshurica in …

H Zou, B Chen, B Zhang, X Zhou, X Zhang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Human activities and climate change have significantly impacted the quantity and
sustainable utilization of medicinal plants. Gentiana manshurica Kitagawa, a high-quality …

Ecologically coherent population structure of uncultivated bacterioplankton

C Sjöqvist, LF Delgado, J Alneberg… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Bacterioplankton are main drivers of biogeochemical cycles and important components of
aquatic food webs. While sequencing-based studies have revealed how bacterioplankton …

Divergent mechanisms of reduced growth performance in Betula ermanii saplings from high-altitude and low-latitude range edges

T Aihara, K Araki, Y Onuma, Y Cai, AMM Paing, S Goto… - Heredity, 2023 - nature.com
The reduced growth performance of individuals from range edges is a common
phenomenon in various taxa, and considered to be an evolutionary factor that limits the …

Anthropogenic disturbance and habitat loss for the red-listed Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus): Using ecological niche modeling and nighttime light satellite …

LE Escobar, MN Awan, H Qiao - Biological Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
Habitat loss is a critical factor driving extinction of biodiversity worldwide, with models of
future land use anticipating increases in rates of destruction of native habitats worldwide …

Adaptation across geographic ranges is consistent with strong selection in marginal climates and legacies of range expansion

M Bontrager, T Usui, JA Lee-Yaw, DN Anstett… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Every species experiences limits to its geographic distribution. Some evolutionary models
predict that populations at range edges are less well adapted to their local environments …

Comparative phylogeography in a marine biodiversity hotspot provides novel insights into evolutionary processes across the Atlantic‐Indian Ocean transition

A Dalongeville, ES Nielsen, PR Teske… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Intraspecific genetic variation is a key component of biodiversity, with higher diversity
indicating greater resilience and population substructuring suggesting unique evolutionary …