
Publications
Scientific publications focused on research on Sub-Antarctic plant biogeography and evolution.

Aguado-Lara, I. Sanmartín, J. Le Roux, C. García-Verdugo, S. Molino, P. Convey, B. van Vuuren,M. Mairal(2025). Tracing the biogeographic history of the world’s most isolated insular floras. Journal of Systematics and Evolution.

Mario Mairal, Carlos García-Verdugo, Johannes Le Roux, John Chau, Bettine van Vuuren, Cang Hui, Zuzana Münzbergová, Steven Chown, Justine Shaw. Multiple introductions, polyploidy, and mixed reproductive strategies are linked to genetic diversity and structure in the most widespread invasive plant across Southern Ocean archipelagos (2023). Molecular Ecology.

Mario Mairal, Steven L. Chown, Justine Shaw, Desalegn Chala, John H. Chau, Cang Hui, Jesse M. Kalwij, Zuzana Münzbergová, Bettine Jansen van Vuuren, Johannes J. Le Roux. 2021, in press. Human activity strongly influences genetic dynamics of the most widespread invasive plant in the sub-Antarctic. Molecular Ecology.

John H. Chau, Nasipi I. S. Mtsi, Zuzana Münbergová, Michelle Greve, Peter C. le Roux, Mario Mairal, Johannes J. Le Roux, Rosemary A. Dorrington, Bettine Jansen van Vuuren. An update on the indigenous vascular flora of sub‑Antarctic Marion Island: taxonomic changes, sequences for DNA barcode loci, and genome size data. Polar Biology, 1-12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous).

John Chau, Céline Born, Melodie McGeoch, Dana Bergstrom, Justine Shaw, Aleks Terauds, Mario Mairal, Johannes Le Roux, Bettine van Vuuren. The influence of landscape, climate, and history on spatial genetic patterns in keystone plants (Azorella) on sub-Antarctic islands”. In press in Molecular Ecology. Evolutionary Biology.
