Reticulate evolution patterns in western-Eurasian beeches

Gömöry, Dušan; Paule, Ladislav

doi:10.1007/s00035-010-0068-y

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“…Therefore, we think that at least separate suballiances for the Crimean beech forests are justified. The genetic distinctness of the Crimean beech (Gömöry & Paule ) might be used as an additional argument to separate these forests at a higher level.…”

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“…The name‐giving F. sylvatica subsp. moesiaca is a doubtful taxon (Gömöry & Paule ) that cannot be used for floristic classification. Dzwonko & Loster () included the Fagion moesiacae in the Aremonio‐Fagion , but this solution is not supported floristically (see also Marinšek et al.…”

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“…F. orientalis reaches Europe in eastern Bulgaria and northeast Greece (Bergmeier & Dimopoulos ; Tzonev et al. ), while the taxonomic status of the Crimean beech is still under debate (Didukh ; Gömöry & Paule ).…”

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Classification of European beech forests: a Gordian Knot?

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Jíménez-Alfaro

Agrillo

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Applied Vegetation Science

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Questions What are the main floristic patterns in European beech forests? Which classification at the alliance and suballiance level is the most convincing? Location Europe and Asia Minor. Methods We applied a TWINSPAN classification to a data set of 24 605 relevés covering the whole range of Fagus sylvatica forests and the western part of Fagus orientalis forests. We identified 24 ‘operational phytosociological units’ (OPUs), which were used for further analysis. The position of each OPU along the soil pH and temperature gradient was evaluated using Ellenberg Indicator Values. Fidelity of species to OPUs was calculated using the phi coefficient and constancy ratio. We compared alternative alliance concepts, corresponding to groups of OPUs, in terms of number and frequency of diagnostic species. We also established formal definitions for the various alliance concepts based on comparison of the total cover of the diagnostic species groups, and evaluated alternative geographical subdivisions of beech forests. Results The first and second division levels of TWINSPAN followed the temperature and soil pH gradients, while lower divisions were mainly geographical. We grouped the 22 OPUs of Fagus sylvatica forests into acidophytic, meso‐basiphytic and thermo‐basiphytic beech forests, and separated two OPUs of F. orientalis forests. However, a solution with only two ecologically defined alliances of F. sylvatica forests (acidophytic vs basiphytic) was clearly superior with regard to number and frequency of diagnostic species. In contrast, when comparing groupings with three to six geographical alliances of basiphytic beech forests, respectively, we did not find a strongly superior solution. Conclusions We propose to classify F. sylvatica forests into 15 suballiances – three acidophytic and 12 basiphytic ones. Separating these two groups at alliance or order level was clearly supported by our results. Concerning the grouping of the 12 basiphytic suballiances into ecological or geographical alliances, as advocated by many authors, we failed to find an optimal solution. Therefore, we propose a multi‐dimensional classification of basiphytic beech forests, including both ecological and geographical groups as equally valid concepts which may be used alternatively depending on the purpose and context of the classification.

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Classification of European beech forests: a Gordian Knot?

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Jíménez-Alfaro

Agrillo

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“…Oriental beech ( F. orientalis ) is ancestral to European beech ( Fagus sylvatica s.str.) (Gömöry & Paule, ), and the only R. alpina population ancestrally exploiting Oriental beech (the Hatay population) is a sister clade to all remaining populations. Virtually the whole range of Fagus orientalis currently inhabited by R. alpina was most likely colonized by the lineage originally exploiting F. sylvatica s.str.…”

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Phylogeography of the endangered saproxylic beetle Rosalia longicorn, Rosalia alpina (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), corresponds with its main host, the European beech (Fagus sylvatica, Fagaceae)

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Hauck

Říčan

et al. 2018

Journal of Biogeography

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Aim The Rosalia longicorn (Rosalia alpina) is an internationally protected icon of biodiversity associated with old trees and dead wood. Although the beetle regularly exploits several marginal hosts, its preferred main host is European beech (Fagus sylvatica s.l.). Moreover, the geographical ranges of R. alpina and beech closely overlap. To assess whether their spatial association is mirrored in the genetic patterns of both species, we investigated the phylogeography of Rosalia alpina over its entire geographical range and compared it with the known genetic patterns of its hosts. Location Europe and western Asia. Methods Using both mitochondrial (COI) and nuclear (14 microsatellite loci) markers, we analysed 148 (444, respectively) individuals from 31 (30, respectively) sites. We constructed a Bayesian Inference tree and a haplotype network, calculated the spatial analysis of molecular variance and assessed the population structure of our dataset using two Bayesian clustering methods (STRUCTURE and BAPS). Results Mitochondrial markers suggested existence of five clades in R. alpina populations. Two of them were endemic to the Italian mainland, one to Sicily, and another to southern Turkey. The remaining clade probably originated in the Balkans and colonized the rest of the species’ range. Nuclear markers supported this division. They also suggested two main recolonization routes from the Balkans; one heading north and then both west and east, the second expanding eastwards as far as the Caucasus. The observed genetic patterns were largely congruent with those of European beech. Main conclusions The results of both markers were mostly congruent, suggesting at least four potential refugia for R. alpina located in the southernmost parts of its geographical range. Its populations from a large part of Europe and western Asia, however, were genetically poor, dominated by a single haplotype. Phylogeographies of the beetle and its main host seem to be tightly matched, reflecting their common history.

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“…the Caucasian and North-East Turkish populations are genetically and morphologically distinct from the populations in the west parts of Turkey and throughout Europe (Denk, 1999a(Denk, , 1999bGömöry and Paule, 2010). Most notably, a morphological border can be drawn between the lowland Longos populations of South-East Bulgaria/North-West Turkey (cupules with green leaflets) and the mountain populations in Central/ West Bulgaria (and the rest of Europe, cupules never with green leaflets) that corresponds to a genocline in the same area, a gradual change in genetic signatures from North Turkey to Central, North, and West Europe (Gömöry and Paule, 2010). This pattern is somewhat analogous to the situation in (main-type) A. campestre with the 'orange' ITS variant ( Figure 6) being restricted to South-East Bulgaria and (West) Turkey, but co-occurring with (relatively underived) variants found also in the remainder of the range of main-type A. campestre.…”

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