Aim Were postglacial recolonizations facilitated by persistence close to the colonized areas
rather than by dispersal ability allowing for colonization from distant sources? This question …

The terrestrial slug Deroceras invadens has spread across much of the world over the last
century. What is there to learn about its origin, colonizations and diversity by comparing …

Abstract The Eurasian Steppe belt is one of the largest biomes in the Northern Hemisphere.
We provide here a range-wide phylogeography of the flightless steppe beetle Lethrus …

Sequences of mitochondrial genes revolutionized the understanding of animal diversity and
continue to be an important tool in biodiversity research. In the tribe Helicini, a prominent …

We here study the steppe-inhabiting land snail genus Helicopsis (Gastropoda: Geomitridae:
Helicellinae) across Eastern Europe using mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences and nuclear …

Although snails of the genus Cepaea have historically been important in studying colour
polymorphism, an ongoing issue is that there is a lack of knowledge of the underlying …

We report the introduction of the central and eastern European helicid land snail
Caucasotachea vindobonensis in North America. It was first recorded from Rensselaer …

Background The biodiversity and distributions of terrestrial snails at local and regional
scales are influenced by their low vagility and microhabitat specificity. The accessibility of …

Exact locations of glacial refugia are relevant for the study of contemporary biodiversity, not
only as places less disturbed during the climatic changes but also as sources of rapid …

Abstract Aim The Holocene history of annual plant species is at best shadowy because, for
most, the palaeobotanical data are scarce or absent. Hence, there is limited information on …