Postglacial, relative shore-level changes in Lillebælt, Denmark

Did postglacial sea-level changes initiate the evolutionary divergence of a Tasmanian endemic raptor from its mainland relative?

Populations on continental islands are often distinguishable from mainland conspecifics with respect to body size, appearance, behaviour or life history, and this is often congruent with genetic patterns. It is commonly assumed that such differences developed following the complete isolation of populations by sea-level rise following the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). However, population divergenc...

On postglacial sea level—III. Incorporating sediment redistribution

A. V. Dalca,1 K. L. Ferrier,2 J. X. Mitrovica,2 J. T. Perron,3 G. A. Milne4 and J. R. Creveling5 1Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. E-mail: [email protected] 2Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA 3Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 4Department of Ea...

Hybridization in postglacial marine habitats.

Within the last few million years, repeated invasions from the North Pacific have brought evolutionarily divergent lineages of Macoma balthica clams into contact in the marginal and inland seas of northern Europe (Strelkov et al. 2007). These divergent M. balthica lineages now co-occur and hybridize extensively, blurring the distinction between the lineages and with some populations best descri...

Exploring Holocene Changes in Palynological Richness in Northern Europe – Did Postglacial Immigration Matter?

In mid to high latitudes glacial and interglacial cycles have repeatedly changed the area available for plant growth. The speed at which plants are able to colonize areas at the onset of an interglacial is hypothesized to limit their distribution ranges even today (migrational lag). If the spread of plants would have been generally slow then plant diversity in previously glaciated areas would b...

Prolactin level changes in pemphigus vulgaris: A cohort study