The environment can vary at small spatial scales, so small that neighbouring plants in a natural population can grow with different resource levels and experience different degrees of competition. This fine-grained...
The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is extremely rich in species, but why? One recent explanation is the mountain‐geobiodiversity hypothesis (MGH) by Mosbrugger et al. The argument is that biodoversity happens when you...
Refugia are island-like habitats that are linked to long-term environmental stability and, as a result, high endemism. Conservation of refugia and endemism hotspots should be based on a deep ecological and evolutionary...
Dolines, small to large-sized bowl-shaped depressions of karst surfaces, may constitute important microrefugia for many vascular plants, as thermal inversion maintains cooler conditions within them. Bátori et al. study...
Estimated future climate scenarios can be used to predict where hotspots of endemism may occur over the next century, but life history, ecological and genetic traits will be important in informing the varying responses...
Phylogeographic studies give us the opportunity to reconstruct the historical migrations of species and link them with climatic and geographic variation. They are, therefore, a key tool to understanding the...
A worldwide increase in tree decline and mortality has been linked to climate change, and where these represent foundation species this can have important implications for ecosystem functions. Dalmaris et al. undertake...