Divergent mechanisms of reduced growth performance in Betula ermanii saplings from high-altitude and low-latitude range edges

T Aihara, K Araki, Y Onuma, Y Cai, AMM Paing, S Goto… - Heredity, 2023 - nature.com
The reduced growth performance of individuals from range edges is a common
phenomenon in various taxa, and considered to be an evolutionary factor that limits the …

Cryptic diploid lineage of Betula ermanii at its southern boundary populations in Japan

T Aihara, K Araki, Y Tsumura - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Polyploidy is thought to enable species diversification and adaptation to extreme
environments. Resolving the ecological differences between a taxon's ploidy levels would …

Spatially explicit management of genetic diversity using ancestry probability surfaces

R Massatti, DE Winkler - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological restoration and conservation efforts are increasing worldwide and the
management of intraspecific genetic variation in plants and animals, an important …

Comparative evolutionary history of two closely related desert plant, Convolvulus tragacanthoide and Convolvulus gortschakovii (Convolvulaceae) from northwest …

S Jia, L Xu, X Geng, H Zhang - Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Desert ecosystems are one of the most fragile ecosystems on Earth. The study of the effects
of paleoclimatic and geological changes on genetic diversity, genetic structure, and species …

隠岐諸島の樹木組成の特徴―対馬諸島と佐渡島との比較から―

久保満佐子, 懸野友晴, 須貝杏子, 井上雅仁… - 日本森林学会 …, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
抄録 日本海にある隠岐諸島 (島根県) は氷期に島根半島と陸続きになった地史をもつ.
隠岐諸島では森林植生の垂直分布が不明瞭であり, 氷期の遺存的な樹種が存在すると考えられて …