Long-term continuity of steppe grasslands in eastern Central Europe: Evidence from species distribution patterns and chloroplast haplotypes

0553350 - BÚ 2022 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Willner, W. - Moser, D. - Plenk, K. - Aćić, S. - Demina, O. N. - Höhn, M. - Kuzemko, A. - Roleček, Jan - Vassilev, K. - Vynokurov, D. - Kropf, M.
Long-term continuity of steppe grasslands in eastern Central Europe: Evidence from species distribution patterns and chloroplast haplotypes.
Journal of Biogeography. Roč. 48, č. 12 (2021), s. 3104-3117. ISSN 0305-0270. E-ISSN 1365-2699
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA20-09895S
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : Central Europe * refugia * steppe species
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 4.810, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14269

We can clearly reject the scenario of a late-Holocene immigration of steppe species from areas outside the Pannonian Basin. Most species must have been present in the region since at least the early Holocene, highlighting the importance of the lower mountain ranges surrounding the Pannonian Basin as long-term refugia for European steppe species. Dispersal limitation and resulting migration lags seem to have a strong influence on the distribution of steppe species in Central Europe.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0328470