The tribe Alsineae is a large monophyletic group in the family Caryophyllaceae especially found across Eurasia and Americas, but with center of diversity Mediterranean region. Several previous molecular phylogenetic studies have focused on delimitation genera tribes Caryophyllaceae, subfamily Alsinoideae or broader sense than now recognized. However, there are still many open questions regardin...

Introduction The Sixth Annaberg Conference continued the success of previous meetings through a combination of interesting talks, lively poster sessions and ample opportunities for the participants to meet informally in the hotel, on the ski slopes and even in the disco. As in previous years, the meeting was held in the medieval Schloss Goldegg near Salzburg, Austria, which provided an unusual ...

The seminar "Hybrid and Robust Approaches to Multiobjective Optimization" was a sequel to two previous Dagstuhl seminars (04461 in 2004 and 06501 in 2006). The main idea of this seminar series has been to bring together two contemporary elds related to multiobjective optimization Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (EMO) and Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) to discuss critical rese...

1) Department of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland (*corresponding author’s e-mail: [email protected]) 2) Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Campus, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland 3) Terrestrial Ecology Section, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 2D, D...