# Resilience of genetic diversity in forest trees over the Quaternary

*PRI Rank #16 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Forest ecology and management Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #16 |
| 18m citations | 40 |
| Journal | Nature Communications |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41467-024-52612-y |
| Corresponding authors | Pascal Milesi, Martin Lascoux, Tanja Pyhäjärvi |
| Institution | Uppsala University, Sweden |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Forest ecology and management Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/forest-ecology-and-management/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1038/s41467-024-52612-y](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52612-y)

## Topics

forest trees · Quaternary · genetic diversity · population genomics · demographic inference · effective population size · Pleistocene glacial cycles · European forest tree species · phylogenetically distant species · Species range shifts · life history traits · range size · evolutionary potential · comparative population genomics · long-term demographic trajectories

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