Species delimitation and relationships: the dance of the seven veils

Y Naciri, HP Linder - Taxon, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
An increasing number of studies using genetic data at the generic and species levels reveal
complex patterns of relationships among populations and species. Incomplete lineage …

Quaternary disappearance of tree taxa from Southern Europe: Timing and trends

D Magri, F Di Rita, J Aranbarri, W Fletcher… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
A hundred pollen and plant macrofossil records from the Iberian Peninsula, Southern
France, the Italian Peninsula, Greece and the Aegean, and the southwestern Black Sea area …

Using phylogeography to define conservation priorities: The case of narrow endemic plants in the Mediterranean Basin hotspot

F Medail, A Baumel - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Rare and vulnerable narrow endemic species represent distinct evolutionary units emerging
from various temporal processes, and the preservation of such species is a key issue in …

Biodiversity protection against anthropogenic climate change: Conservation prioritization of Castanea sativa in the South Caucasus based on genetic and ecological …

B Beridze, K Sękiewicz, Ł Walas… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The climate drives species distribution and genetic diversity; the latter defines the
adaptability of populations and species. The ongoing climate crisis induces tree decline in …

[HTML][HTML] Plant biogeography and vegetation patterns of the Mediterranean islands

F Médail - The Botanical Review, 2022 - Springer
With about 11,100 islands and islets of which ca. 250 are regularly inhabited by human, the
Mediterranean Sea represents one of the regions of the world with the most islands and …

Past climatic refugia and landscape resistance explain spatial genetic structure in Oriental beech in the South Caucasus

K Sękiewicz, I Danelia, V Farzaliyev… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting species‐level effects of climatic changes requires unraveling the factors affecting
the spatial genetic composition. However, disentangling the relative contribution of historical …

Forest genomics in the Caucasus through the lens of its dominant tree species – Fagus orientalis

T Capblancq, K Sękiewicz, M Dering - Molecular Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The last glacial period is known to have greatly influenced the demographic history of
temperate forest trees, with important range contractions and post‐glacial expansions that …

Biogeographic overview of ulmaceae: Diversity, distribution, ecological preferences, and conservation status

Y Fragnière, YG Song, L Fazan, SR Manchester… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The elm family (Ulmaceae) is a woody plant group with important scientific, societal, and
economic value. We aim to present the first biogeographic synthesis investigating the global …

From glacial refugia to hydrological microrefugia: Factors and processes driving the persistence of the climate relict tree Zelkova sicula

G Garfì, F Carimi, L Fazan, AS Gristina… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With only two tiny populations, the climate relict Zelkova sicula (Sicily, Italy) is one of the
rarest trees in the world. It also represents the most marginal member of genus Zelkova that …

The Colchic region as refuge for relict tree lineages: cryptic speciation in field maples

GW Grimm, T Denk - Turkish Journal of Botany, 2014 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
ITS sequences from isolated populations of Acer in the Colchic region allow direct
assumptions about the origin, evolution, and radiation of one of the most abundant West …