A series of theoretical studies has formed a strong connection between spatial statistics
observed in populations and summary measures of the amount of dispersal. Synthesized …

Studying and understanding the evolution of relictual natural populations is critical for
developing conservation initiatives of endangered species, such as management in situ and …

Seed dispersal and the subsequent recruitment of new individuals into a population are
important processes affecting the population dynamics, genetic diversity and spatial genetic …

The escalation of defensive/offensive arms is ubiquitous in prey-predator evolutionary
interactions. However, there may be a geographically varying imbalance in the armaments …

Mountain birch, Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa, forms the treeline in northern Sweden. A
recent shift in the range of the species associated with an elevation of the treeline is …

Orchid seeds are unusual for being the smallest among flowering plants. These dust‐like
seeds are wind‐borne and, thus, would seem to have the potential for long‐distance …

Abstract Persian oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) is one of the most important woody species of
the Zagros forests in Iran. Three molecular marker techniques: start codon targeted (SCoT) …

We used genotypes from six microsatellite loci and demographic data from a large mapped
forest plot to study changes in spatial genetic structure across demographic stages, from …

As primarily sessile organisms, plants often show a non-random spatial distribution of
genotypes over distance. This process known as fine-scale spatial genetic structure (FSGS) …

In natural plant populations, fine‐scale spatial genetic structure can result from limited gene
flow, selection pressures or historical events, but the role of each factor is in general hard to …