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 …

Trees are constantly exposed to climate fluctuations, which vary with both time and
geographic location. Environmental changes that are outside of the physiological favorable …

The genus Quercus (oak), family Fagaceae, comprises around 500 species, being one of
the most important and dominant woody angiosperms in the Northern Hemisphere …

The vulnerability of forest species and tree populations to climate change is related to the
exposure of the ecosystem to extreme climatic conditions and to the adaptive capacity of the …

Climate is known to be a critical factor controlling the broad-scale distribution of plants but
often the physiological basis for species distribution limits is not well understood, nor is the …

Introduction The development of reproducible tools for the rapid genotyping of thousands of
genetic markers (SNPs) has promoted cross border collaboration in the study of sheep …

Fagaceae can be found in tropical and temperate regions and contain species of major
ecological and economic importance. In times of global climate change, tree populations …

As global warming progresses, plants may be forced to adapt to drastically changing
environmental conditions. Arctic-alpine plants have been among the first to experience the …

A radish panel of 152 accessions with diverse root shapes was assembled from the National
Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) collection based on weighted geographical sampling …

Abstract Background and Aims Introgressive hybridization poses a challenge to taxonomic
and phylogenetic understanding of taxa, particularly when there are high numbers of co …