The origin of extant neotropical biodiversity has been a controversial topic since the time of
Darwin. In this review, I discuss the timing of, and potential driving factors associated with …

The location and survival of trees in the coldest stages of the last full-glacial has long been
of interest to palaeoecologists, biogeographers, archaeologists and geneticists alike. In …

Silver birch (Betula pendula) is a pioneer boreal tree that can be induced to flower within 1
year. Its rapid life cycle, small (440-Mb) genome, and advanced germplasm resources make …

A fully updated guide to the increasingly prevalent use of molecular data in ecological
studies Molecular ecology is concerned with how molecular biology and population genetics …

Here, palaeobotanical and genetic data for common beech (Fagus sylvatica) in Europe are
used to evaluate the genetic consequences of long‐term survival in refuge areas and …

Abstract Aim The southern European peninsulas (Iberian, Italian and Balkan) are
considered to have been refugia for many European species of plants and animals during …

Aim To understand the impact of glacial refugia and migration pathways on the modern
genetic diversity of Pinus sylvestris. Location The study was carried out throughout Europe …

Almost three decades ago Alec Jeffreys published his seminal Nature papers on the use of
minisatellite probes for DNA fingerprinting of humans (Jeffreys and colleagues Nature 1985 …

We present a database of late-Quaternary plant macrofossil records for northern Eurasia
(from 23° to 180° E and 46° to 76° N) comprising 281 localities, over 2300 samples and over …

Abstract Background Epilithic sister genera Oresitrophe and Mukdenia (Saxifragaceae)
have an epilithic habitat (rocky slopes) and a parapatric distribution in East Asia, which …