Evolution-based approach needed for the conservation and silviculture of peripheral forest tree populations

B Fady, FA Aravanopoulos, P Alizoti, C Mátyás… - Forest Ecology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The fate of peripheral forest tree populations is of particular interest in the context of climate
change. These populations may concurrently be those where the most significant …

Genetic adaptation as a biological buffer against climate change: Potential and limitations

LD MEESTER, R Stoks, KI Brans - Integrative zoology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change profoundly impacts ecosystems and their biota, resulting in range shifts,
novel interactions, food web alterations, changed intensities of host—parasite interactions …

Climatic refugia boosted allopatric diversification in western Mediterranean vipers

F Martínez‐Freiría, I Freitas, MAL Zuffi… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The ecological dimension of evolutionary processes has been scarcely addressed in
phylogeographic studies. We reconstruct the historical biogeography of Western …

[BOOK][B] Snakes of the World: a supplement

J Boundy - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species, published in 2014, was the
first catalogue of its kind and covered all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 …

[HTML][HTML] Range‐wide floral trait variation reflects shifts in pollinator assemblages, consistent with pollinator‐mediated divergence despite generalized visitation

KE Wenzell, KA Skogen, JB Fant - Oikos, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Floral trait evolution mediated by pollinators is important in the diversification of flowering
plants, yet few studies have demonstrated the range‐wide geographic variation in both floral …

Genomic evidence of speciation by fusion in a recent radiation of grasshoppers

V Noguerales, J Ortego - Evolution, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Postdivergence gene flow can trigger a number of creative evolutionary outcomes, ranging
from the transfer of beneficial alleles across species boundaries (ie, adaptive introgression) …

Mixed population genomics support for the central marginal hypothesis across the invasive range of the cane toad (Rhinella marina) in Australia

DR Trumbo, B Epstein, PA Hohenlohe… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding factors that cause species' geographic range limits is a major focus in
ecology and evolution. The central marginal hypothesis (CMH) predicts that species cannot …

Integrative inference of population history in the Ibero-Maghrebian endemic Pleurodeles waltl (Salamandridae)

J Gutierrez-Rodriguez, AM Barbosa… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2017 - Elsevier
Inference of population histories from the molecular signatures of past demographic
processes is challenging, but recent methodological advances in species distribution …

Spring and Autumn Phenology in Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea) Near the Eastern Limit of Its Distribution Range

IM Gafenco, BI Pleșca, EN Apostol, N Șofletea - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the visible and predictable influence of climate change on species' spatial
distributions, the conservation of marginal peripheral populations has become topical in …

Extra-Mediterranean glacial refuges in barred and common grass snakes (Natrix helvetica, N. natrix)

C Kindler, E Graciá, U Fritz - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Extra-Mediterranean glacial refugia of thermophilic biota, in particular in northern latitudes,
are controversial. In the present study we provide genetic evidence for extra-Mediterranean …