Global warming is a reality man has to live with. Future food security will be dependent on a
combination of the stresses, both biotic and abiotic, imposed by climate change, variability of …

High gene flow and a population structure corresponding to human rather than geographical
drivers are likely to be genetic patterns of human-dispersed plant taxa. We examined …

Extension of land use has been the main way to increase agricultural production to date.
Natural habitats have consequently decreased and became increasingly fragmented …

Niche construction theory (NCT) is a theoretical framework that has great potential for
increasing our understanding of ecological and evolutionary phenomena. However, few …

Information on connectivity is becoming increasingly in demand as marine protected areas
are being designed as an integral part of a network to protect marine resources at the …

We are pleased to report that the state of the journal continues to be strong. Molecular
Ecology's impact factor as calculated by ISI Web of Knowledge rose for the sixth year in a …

Premise of research. Gilbertiodendron is a genus endemic to Africa with∼ 30 species made
up of trees of primary dry-land, riverine, and gallery forests. Recently, the west and central …

Gilbertiodendron (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) is a genus of ca. 30 species of medium
to large trees from tropical and subtropical Africa. The genus is represented in Western …

Crop wild relatives (CWRs), like any other species, are being subjected to an increasing
range of global threats, namely, global climate change, land‐use change, nitrogen …

Since their domestication, root crops have been clonally distributed over wide geographical
distances. The bottle necks induced by the introduction process often resulted in varieties …