Congruence between distribution modelling and phylogeographical analyses reveals Quaternary survival of a toadflax species (Linaria elegans) in oceanic climate areas of a mountain ring range

Summary The role of Q uaternary climatic shifts in shaping the distribution of L inaria elegans , an Iberian annual plant, was investigated using species distribution modelling and molecular phylogeographical analyses. Three hypotheses are proposed to explain the Q uaternary history of its mountain ring range. The distribution of L . elegans was modelled using the maximum entropy method and projected to the last interglacial and to the last...