Aim High mountain regions exhibit a much stronger environmental heterogeneity and a
more complex glacial history than lowland regions. In this study, we compared the genetic …

Plant survival in alpine landscapes is constantly challenged by the harsh and often
unpredictable environmental conditions. Steep environmental gradients and patchy …

Abstract Background and Aims Gene flow and genetic variability within and among alpine
plant populations can be greatly influenced by the steep environmental gradients and …

Aims Rhodiola dumulosa (Crassulaceae) is a perennial diploid species found in high-
montane areas. It is distributed in fragmented populations across northern, central and …

Population reintroduction is a common practice in conservation, but often fails, also due to
the effects of inbreeding or outbreeding depression. Cochlearia bavarica is a strongly …

Background Habitat fragmentation is considered to be a main reason for decreasing genetic
diversity of plant species. However, the results of many fragmentation studies are …

The study of the drivers that shape spatial genetic structure across heterogeneous
landscapes is one of the main approaches used to understand population dynamics and …

Molecular allozyme markers of three polymorphic isozymes were used to estimate the
genetic diversity among the seed progeny in fragmented Estonian populations of sickle …

Previous studies have given substantial attention to external factors that affect the
distribution and diversification of freshwater fish in Europe and North America, in particular …

This paper examines the phylogeny of Erodium subsect. Petraea, a group of six
morphologically and genetically very similar species from the mountains of the western …