Spatiotemporal diversification of forest understorey species reveals the existence of multiple Pleistocene forest refugia in Central Europe
Camille Voisin, Philipp Kirschner, Eliška Záveská, Božo Frajman, Karl Hülber, Johannes Wessely, Wolfgang Willner, Peter Schönswetter, Pau Carnicero
The paper examines the evolutionary history of three Central European forest understorey species to identify Pleistocene refugia, finding multiple northern refugia and pre-LGM diversification.
Molecular Ecology · Dec 23, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology