Geographic distributions of homosporous ferns: does dispersal obscure evidence of vicariance?

By Paul G. Wolf, Harald Schneider, T. Ranker. 2001

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Comparative phylogeography of unglaciated eastern North America (2006, background): “sites no structure UPGMA Zink & Ditmann (1993a); Zink (1996, 1997) Melospiza melodia song sparrow mtDNA res. sites no structure UPGMA; parsimony Zink & Ditmann (1993b) Zenaida macroura mourning dove mtDNA res.”
What biogeography is: a place for process (2004, background): “And what of ferns, which seem to have massive capacity for spread (Wolf et al., 2001).”
Directional asymmetry of long‐distance dispersal and colonization could mislead reconstructions of biogeography (2005, background): “For example, populations with very light, wind-dispersed spores, such as ferns, appear more likely to maintain genetic contact over large oceanic gaps and remain conspecific over long periods (Ranker et al., 1994; Wolf et al., 2001).”
Chloroplast Phylogeny of Asplenioid Ferns based on rbcL and trnL-F Spacer Sequences (Polypodiidae, Aspleniaceae) and its Implications for Biogeography (2004, background): “A primarily temperate clade is also found within the polygrammoid ferns but this is nested within a higher clade including mainly neotropical groups (Wolf et al. 2001).”