BACKGROUND Effects of recent global warming have been documented in every biome on
Earth. Safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services against future impacts requires …

In nature conservation, there is keen interest in predicting how populations will respond to
environmental changes such as climate change. These predictions can help determine …

Genetic diversity influences the evolutionary potential of forest trees under changing
environmental conditions, thus indirectly the ecosystem services that forests provide …

The ongoing increase in global temperature affects biodiversity, especially in mountain
regions where climate change is exacerbated. As sessile, long‐lived organisms, trees are …

The Himalaya are among the youngest and highest mountains in the world, but the exact
timing of their uplift and origins of their biodiversity are still in debate. The Himalayan region …

The rapid development of ancient DNA analysis in the last decades has induced a paradigm
shift in ecology and evolution. Driven by a combination of breakthroughs in DNA isolation …

Understanding the ecological and evolutionary processes occurring during species range
shifts is important in the current context of global change. Here, we investigate the interplay …

Effective dispersal among plant populations is dependent on vector behaviour, landscape
features and availability of adequate habitats. To capture landscape feature effects on …

The range expansion of a plant species begins with colonization of ecological empty
patches from posterior source populations. This process involves stochastic loss of genetic …

The tree Schima superba is important for afforestation and fire prevention in southern China.
The wood of this tree can also be used for furniture and buildings. However, the lack of …