Populations are locally adapted when populations have the highest relative fitness at their
home sites, and lower fitness in other parts of the range. Results from the extensive …

Increasing temperatures and drought risks through climate change are expected to have
several consequences for European forests. Adaptive strategies may include:(i) persistence …

Even before the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, the perception of evolutionary
change has been a tree-like pattern of diversification-with divergent branches spreading …

The nature and timing of evolution of niche differentiation among closely related species
remains an important question in ecology and evolution. The American live oak clade …

Successful hybridisation and subsequent introgression lead to the transfer of genetic
material across species boundaries. In this process, species relative abundance can play a …

DNA microsatellites provide plant ecologists with molecular markers precise enough to
assign parentage to seeds and seedlings. This allows the exact distance and trajectory of …

Paternity analysis based on eight microsatellite loci was used to investigate pollen and seed
dispersal patterns of the dioecious wind-pollinated tree, Araucaria angustifolia. The study …

Background Analysis of interspecific gene flow is crucial for the understanding of speciation
processes and maintenance of species integrity. Oaks (genus Quercus, Fagaceae) are …

Geographically isolated and small populations outside a species' central distribution range
are likely to be of major importance to a species' ability to quickly adjust its distribution range …

Sympatric hybridizing oak species provide a model system for studying local adaptation.
Disjunct populations of Quercus rubra L. and Quercus ellipsoidalis EJ Hill at the northern …