Despite the probable extinction of closely related sister species and genera, and the evolution of morphological structures as adaptations to changing environmental conditions, they still share basic reproductive traits...
Tag - Endemism
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Woolly, cushion, rosette: drivers of diversity in the alpine Saussurea genus
What are the mechanisms driving speciation and adaptative evolution in Saussurea, a highly diverse genus of alpine herbaceous plants?
William Salter
Can epigenetic diversity act as an evolutionary backup for threatened wild plants?
Genetic diversity defines the evolutionary potential of a species, yet mounting evidence suggests that epigenetic diversity could also contribute to adaptation.
Stable climate characterises hotspots of grass endemism
Glacial-interglacial climate cycles have far-reaching consequences for ecosystems and it is widely recognised that regions with a history of unstable climates have few endemic species and are susceptible to the...
Temporal dynamics of Corsican orchid communities
Orchids are particularly sensitive to environmental changes due to their narrow ranges in secondary-successional habitats, and partially cryptic which impede the observation during monitoring. Here Vogt-Schilb et al...
New Deadline for submissions to the Endemism Special Issue
Annals of Botany will be publishing a Special Issue in early 2017 based around the broad theme of Endemism Hotspots as Climate Change Refugia and including contributions from the speakers at the ESA symposium. The...
Endemism Hotspots as Climate Change Refugia: A Special Issue of Annals of Botany
Centers of endemism have long been of interest to biogeographers, evolutionary biologists, and ecologists, and more recently to conservation biologists, who often recognize them as biodiversity hotspots and priorities...
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Diversity of the Galium pusillum complex in glaciated Europe
Kolář et al. compare karyological and ecological variation of the Galium pusillum aggregate in deglaciated northern and unglaciated central Europe.
