Ecology of plant speciation

TJ Givnish - Taxon, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology affects each of the three principal processes leading to speciation: genetic
differentiation among populations within species, acquisition of reproductive isolation …

Gaps in ecological research on the world's largest internationally coordinated network of protected areas: A review of Natura 2000

EH Orlikowska, JM Roberge, M Blicharska… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Natura 2000 (N2k) is a multinational and coordinated conservation network
designated to support the long-term survival of Europe's most valuable species and habitats …

Adaptive radiation, correlated and contingent evolution, and net species diversification in Bromeliaceae

TJ Givnish, MHJ Barfuss, B Van Ee, R Riina… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2014 - Elsevier
We present an integrative model predicting associations among epiphytism, the tank habit,
entangling seeds, C 3 vs. CAM photosynthesis, avian pollinators, life in fertile, moist …

A reconstruction of Palaeo‐Macaronesia, with particular reference to the long‐term biogeography of the Atlantic island laurel forests

JM Fernández‐Palacios… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Macaronesia is a biogeographical region comprising five Atlantic Oceanic archipelagos: the
Azores, Madeira, Selvagen (Savage Islands), Canaries and Cape Verde. It has strong …

The evolution of insular woodiness

A Zizka, RE Onstein, R Rozzi… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Insular woodiness (IW)—the evolutionary transition from herbaceousness toward woodiness
on islands—is one of the most iconic features of island floras. Since pioneering work by …

Restructuring of the 'Macaronesia'biogeographic unit: A marine multi-taxon biogeographical approach

R Freitas, M Romeiras, L Silva, R Cordeiro… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, Canary Islands and Cabo Verde are commonly
united under the term “Macaronesia”. This study investigates the coherency and validity of …

Plant speciation in the Quaternary

JW Kadereit, RJ Abbott - Plant Ecology & Diversity, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background There are conflicting views between palaeobotanists and plant systematists/
evolutionary biologists regarding the occurrence of plant speciation in the Quaternary …

The enigmatic tropical alpine flora on the African sky islands is young, disturbed, and unsaturated

M Kandziora, B Gehrke, M Popp… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Tropical alpine floras are renowned for high endemism, spectacular giant rosette plants
testifying to convergent adaptation to harsh climates with nightly frosts, and recruitment …

Living on the edge: timing of Rand Flora disjunctions congruent with ongoing aridification in Africa

L Pokorny, R Riina, M Mairal, AS Meseguer… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The Rand Flora is a well-known floristic pattern in which unrelated plant lineages show
similar disjunct distributions in the continental margins of Africa and adjacent islands …

Linnaeus's folly – phylogeny, evolution and classification of Sedum (Crassulaceae) and Crassulaceae subfamily Sempervivoideae

TFE Messerschmid, JT Klein, G Kadereit, JW Kadereit - Taxon, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sedum, containing approximately 470 species, is by far the largest genus of Crassulaceae.
Three decades of molecular phylogenetic work have provided evidence for the non …