Abstract About 15,000 angiosperm species (∼ 6%) have separate sexes, a phenomenon
known as dioecy. Why dioecious taxa are so rare is still an open question. Early work …

Abstract Background and Aims Habitat degradation and landscape fragmentation
dramatically lower population sizes of rare plant species. Decreasing population sizes may …

Twenty inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) and twenty two start codon targeted (SCoT)
primers were employed to analyze genetic diversity and population structure among 52 …

Abstract Background The European yew Taxus baccata L. is a conifer tree species for which
the autochthonous populations have become rare and endangered in many European …

Habitat loss, fragmentation, and climate change present significant threats to global plant
biodiversity. Small and isolated populations residing in threatened habitats at the edge of …

Spatial scale partly explains the differentiated effects of habitat fragmentation on plant
biodiversity, but the mechanisms remain unclear. To investigate the effects of habitat …

The unprecedented habitat fragmentation or loss has threatened the existence of many
species. Therefore, it is essential to understand whether and how these species can pace …

Isolation by geographic distance is involved in the formation of potential genomic islands
and the divergence of genomes, which often result in speciation. The mechanisms of …

Abstract Antipathella subpinnata (Ellis and Solander 1786) is one of the most frequently
observed black corals at mesophotic depths (60–200 m) of the Mediterranean Sea …

We study the effects of inbreeding in a dioecious plant on its interaction with pollinating
insects and test whether the magnitude of such effects is shaped by plant individual sex and …