Remote island archipelagos offer superb opportunities to study the evolution of community
assembly because of their relatively young and simple communities where speciation …

Wildfires significantly alter soil properties and result in vegetation shifts; therefore, rapid
reforestation activities are needed in the forests affected by wildfires. The decreased nutrient …

Juniperus seravschanica Kom. is a species that grows widely in the mountain ranges from
Central Asia to Oman. It is an important tree for the formation of shrub–forest massifs in …

Darwin's elucidation of natural selection as a creative evolu-tionary force was one of the
monumental intellectual achievements in the history of science, not only revolutionizing …

Refugia are expected to preserve genetic variation of relict taxa, especially in polyploids,
because high gene dosages could prevent genetic erosion in small isolated populations …

Oceanic islands emerge lifeless from the seafloor and are separated from continents by long
stretches of sea. Consequently, all their species had to overcome this stringent dispersal …

Based on different essential oil composition paralleling different genotypes, Juniperus
deltoides was recently segregated from Juniperus oxycedrus. Despite a clear phytochemical …

Despite Juniperus spp. being an important component of Mediterranean arid and semi-arid
ecosystems, there is a lack of complex studies on their biogeographical patterns. Using 16 …

Macaronesia has been considered a refuge region of the formerly widespread subtropical
lauroid flora that lived in Southern Europe during the Tertiary. The study of relict …

Needle-leaved junipers (Juniperus sect. Juniperus, Cupressaceae) are coniferous trees and
shrubs with red or blue fleshy cones. They are distributed across Asia, Macaronesia and the …