The woody planet: From past triumph to manmade decline

L Fazan, YG Song, G Kozlowski - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Woodiness evolved in land plants approximately 400 Mya, and very soon after this
evolutionary invention, enormous terrestrial surfaces on Earth were covered by dense and …

Genomic Insights into Adaptation to Karst Limestone and Incipient Speciation in East Asian Platycarya spp. (Juglandaceae)

Y Cao, F Almeida-Silva, WP Zhang… - Molecular biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
When challenged by similar environmental conditions, phylogenetically distant taxa often
independently evolve similar traits (convergent evolution). Meanwhile, adaptation to extreme …

Adaptive divergence and genetic vulnerability of relict species under climate change: a case study of Pterocarya macroptera

TR Wang, HH Meng, N Wang, SS Zheng… - Annals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Understanding adaptive genetic variation and whether it can
keep pace with predicted future climate change is critical in assessing the genetic …

Comparative plastomes of Carya species provide new insights into the plastomes evolution and maternal phylogeny of the genus

J Xi, S Lv, W Zhang, J Zhang, K Wang, H Guo… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Carya, in the Juglandiodeae subfamily, is to a typical temperate-subtropical forest-tree
genus for studying the phylogenetic evolution and intercontinental disjunction between …

Global biogeographic synthesis and priority conservation regions of the relict tree family Juglandaceae

YG Song, Y Fragnière, HH Meng, Y Li… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To establish a complete database of Juglandaceae at a spatiotemporal scale and
develop a phylogeographic framework with which to elucidate the distributional patterns …

Importance, tools, and challenges of protecting trees

G Kozlowski, YG Song - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Trees are the most important landscape architects of our planet, not only in forests but also
in countless other ecosystems, including human-fabricated habitats. Due to their …

Past, present and future suitable areas for the relict tree Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Juglandaceae): Integrating fossil records, niche modeling, and phylogeography for …

YG Song, Ł Walas, M Pietras, HV Sâm… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Pterocarya fraxinifolia, native to the southern Caucasus and adjacent areas, has been
widely introduced in Europe. In this study, we investigate the following:(1) How did its current …

Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Biogeography of Pterocarya (Juglandaceae)

YG Song, Y Li, HH Meng, Y Fragnière, BJ Ge, H Sakio… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Relict species play an important role in understanding the biogeography of intercontinental
disjunctions. Pterocarya (a relict genus) is the valuable model taxon for studying the …

Shining a light on species delimitation in the tree genus Engelhardia Leschenault ex Blume (Juglandaceae)

CY Zhang, SL Low, YG Song, G Kozlowski, L Li… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Enhanced efficacy in species delimitation is critically important in biology given the pending
biodiversity crisis under global warming and anthropogenic activity. In particular, delineation …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic insights into ecological adaptation of oaks revealed by phylogenomic analysis of multiple species

TR Wang, X Ning, SS Zheng, Y Li, ZJ Lu, HH Meng… - Plant Diversity, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the ecological adaptation of tree species can not only reveal the evolutionary
potential but also benefit biodiversity conservation under global climate change. Quercus is …