Aim Gymnosperms are often described as a marginal and threatened group, members of
which tend to be out‐competed by angiosperms and which therefore preferentially persist at …

Aim Understanding how climate refugia and migration over great distances have facilitated
species survival during past climate changes is crucial for evaluating contemporary threats …

ABSTRACT Aim The Neogene fossil record of Pinus canariensis C. Sm ex DC. suggests a
wider past distribution in Europe, but due to extirpation by past climatic events, today this …

Island species are thought to be extinction‐prone because of small population sizes,
restricted geographical distribution and limited dispersal ability. However, the topographical …

We provide an integrative view of the evolution of dispersal strategies in modern conifers, by
characterizing and examining the phylogenetic distribution of diaspore functional …

Nineteen areas on the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) were studied
with the aim of determining the distribution pattern of the endemic flora in these areas, and …

At the end of the last glacial period in the northern hemisphere, meltwater from receding ice
sheets accumulated into large proglacial lakes, potentially limiting postglacial afforestation …

The application of IUCN Red List criteria to oceanic islands often produces uniform species
assignments to high‐threat categories, but in some cases this may result from uncertainties …

Species delimitation in Pinaceae is often challenged by limited morphological differentiation
and introgression. In Tsuga (hemlocks), species delimitation has been most challenging …

As a working hypothesis, we examined evidence for the former presence of a climacic
woodland of Juniperus cedrus above the pine forest in the high elevation area of Tenerife …