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Spatiotemporal Diversification of Forest Understorey Species Reveals the Existence of Multiple Pleistocene Forest Refugia in Central Europe.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2026
Voisin Camille, Kirschner Philipp, Záveská Eliška, Frajman Božo, Hülber Karl, Wessely Johannes, Willner Wolfgang, Schönswetter Peter, Carnicero Pau
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During Pleistocene cold stages, European temperate forests were not only restricted to refugia in the southern European peninsulas. Rather, there is increasing evidence for the survival of trees also in isolated patches further north, termed 'northern refugia'. While their existence is undisputed, based on what is known from a handful of tree species, there is very limited knowledge about forest understoreys....
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