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    STUDIA BIOLOGIA - Issue no. Sp.Issue / 2017  
         
  Article:   DISENTANGLING DRIVERS OF PLANT ENDEMISM AND DIVERSIFICATION IN THE ALPS – A PHYLOGENETIC AND SPATIALLY EXPLICIT APPROACH.

Authors:  JAN SMYČKA, CRISTINA ROQUET, SÉBASTIEN LAVERGNE. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:   The Alps have rich endemic flora and large portion of this endemic diversity is clustered in particular geographic areas. These hotspots of endemism have traditionally been explained in two ways: (i) these areas are “museums” of biodiversity in glacial refugia, and current floristic patterns are linked to survival-recolonisation dynamics during the Quaternary (Tribsch and Schönswetter, 2003), (ii) these areas are “craddles” of biodiversity in high elevations, and endemism is caused by increased speciation rate due to steep environmental gradients and free niches (Roquet et al., 2013), or by specific reproductive and dispersal strategies of high mountain plants (Körner, 2003).  
         
     
         
         
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