Contents Summary 669 I. Model clades for the study and integration of ecology and
evolution 670 II. Oaks: an important model clade 671 III. Insights from the history of the …

The genus Quercus is among the most widespread and species‐rich tree genera in the
northern hemisphere. The extraordinary species diversity in America and Asia together with …

Northern Hemisphere forests changed drastically in the early Eocene with the diversification
of the oak family (Fagaceae). Cooling climates over the next 20 million years fostered the …

The tree of life is highly reticulate, with the history of population divergence emerging from
populations of gene phylogenies that reflect histories of introgression, lineage sorting and …

The tropics were long considered to have few ectomycorrhizal fungi, presumably due to a
paucity of ectomycorrhizal host plants relative to higher-latitude ecosystems. However, an …

Aim Many subtropical organisms exhibit an East Asian‐Tethyan disjunction, a distribution
split between East Asia and the Mediterranean. The underlying mechanisms and timing …

The genus Amolops (“torrent frogs”) is one of the most species-rich genera in Ranidae, with
59 recognized species. This genus currently includes six species groups diagnosed mainly …

As tree species vary extensively in genome size, complexity, and resource development,
reduced representation methods have been increasingly employed for the generation of …

Abstract Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica Fisch.) is an ecologically and economically
important white oak species native to and widespread in the temperate zone of East Asia …

Abstract Lentinula (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) includes the most widely cultivated
mushroom in the world, Lentinula edodes, also known as shiitake (Japanese) or xiang-gu …