Climate refugia, locations where taxa survive periods of regionally adverse climate, are
thought to be critical for maintaining biodiversity through the glacial–interglacial climate …

Phylogeography, born to bridge population genetics and phylogenetics in an explicit
geographic context, has provided a successful platform for unveiling species evolutionary …

Species distribution modeling (SDM: statistical and/or mechanistic approaches to the
assessment of range determinants and prediction of species occurrence) offers new …

Abstract Interpretations of current diversity patterns based on the contraction/expansion
model forced by climatic oscillations during the last two million years are commonplace in …

Abstract Aim The genus Abies exemplifies plant diversification related to long‐term climatic,
geological and evolutionary changes. Today, the Mediterranean firs comprise nine species …

In Europe, southern peninsulas served as major refugia during Pleistocene cold periods.
However, growing evidence has revealed complex patterns of glacial survival within these …

The high diversification rates of plant lineages in the Mediterranean Basin hotspot have
been linked to a complex interaction of climatic stressors, geographic isolation and soil type …

Abstract Aim The Mediterranean region is often regarded as a crossroads where species of
various origins meet. However, the biogeographical relationships between this region and …

This paper presents an artistic paleolandscape experiment based primarily on recent
palynological data from the Paleolithic site of Pešturina, in the Central Balkans of Serbia …

Areas of Quaternary refugia for tree species have been mainly delineated based on fossil
records and phylogeography, but niche modelling can provide useful complementary …