Phylogeography, born to bridge population genetics and phylogenetics in an explicit
geographic context, has provided a successful platform for unveiling species evolutionary …

The S Iberian Peninsula and NW Africa constitute one of the main hotspots for plant
biodiversity within the Mediterranean Basin. At the core of this hotspot, across the Strait of …

Common walnut (Juglans regia L) is an economically important species cultivated
worldwide for its high-quality wood and nuts. It is generally accepted that after the last …

Combining molecular analyses with geological and palaeontological data may reveal timing
and modes for the divergence of lineages within species. The Mediterranean Basin is …

Powerful and accurate detection of first-generation (F1) hybrids and backcrosses in nature is
needed to achieve a better understanding of the function and dynamics of introgression. To …

Climate change is impacting locally adapted species such as the keystone tree species cork
oak (Quercus suber L.). Quantifying the importance of environmental variables in explaining …

Quercus suber forests are very important, both economically and ecologically, in countries
from the Mediterranean basin. Quercus suber bark or cork is obtained from the outer bark of …

Aim The post‐glacial range dynamics of many European plant species have been widely
investigated, but information rapidly diminishes as one moves further back in time. Here we …

Trees are key ecosystem engineers. Many analyses of the genetic diversity of forest trees
over substantial parts of their distributional ranges are appearing. These studies are of …

The genus Quercus (the oaks) is an important tree taxon and we review here several
aspects of its biology relevant to domestication and summarize progress to date in breeding …