A phylogenetic and functional perspective on the origin and evolutionary shifts of growth ring anatomical markers in seed plants

MS Silva, LS Funch, LB da Silva… - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We reconstruct the evolutionary changes in different anatomical markers in order to
understand the evolution and functional aspects of growth rings during the diversification of …

Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) research in Latin America: myths, realities and dreams

M Aluja - Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil, 1999 - SciELO Brasil
I offer a critical assessment of fruit fly research in Latin America based on the notion that
many myths and misconceptions are forced upon students and young scientists or …

The wood anatomy of Sapindales: diversity and evolution of wood characters

MR Pace, CS Gerolamo, JG Onyenedum… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The Sapindales are a large order comprised of trees, shrubs, lianas and rarely herbs. This
lineage is mostly pantropical with important temperate lineages, inclusing some of the most …

Pest management through tropical tree conservation

M Aluja, J Sivinski, R Van Driesche… - Biodiversity and …, 2014 - Springer
Tropical trees can provide various ecological services to adjacent agricultural environments,
including maintaining and amplifying the numbers of beneficial insects. In Mexico, certain …

Analysis of generic relationships in Anacardiaceae

BS Wannan - Blumea-Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Cladistic analyses were undertaken of Anacardiaceae using non-sequence data (30 genera
and 81 characters from morphology, anatomy, palynology and chemotaxonomy), sequence …

A diverse assemblage of Anacardiaceae from Oligocene sediments, Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla, Mexico

JL Ramírez, SRS Cevallos‐Ferriz - American Journal of Botany, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Among the plants collected from the Pie de Vaca Formation of the Oligocene, of Tepexi de
Rodríguez, Puebla, México are five plants of Anacardiaceae, Haplorhus medranoensis …

Fossil woods from early Miocene sediments of the El Cien Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico

HI Martínez-Cabrera, SRS Cevallos-Ferriz… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2006 - Elsevier
Five fossil woods are described from the Miocene El Cien Formation located in Baja
California Sur, Mexico. Their anatomical characters suggest affinity to the Burseraceae …

The evolution of ovipositor length in the parasitic Hymenoptera and the search for predictability in biological control

J Sivinski, M Aluja - Florida Entomologist, 2003 - BioOne
Ovipositor lengths are thought to reflect the egg-laying and host-searching behaviors of
parasitoids. For example, parasitoids that attack exposed foliage feeders often have short …

Charcoal anatomy of Brazilian species. I. Anacardiaceae

TAP Goncalves, R Scheel-Ybert - Anais da Academia Brasileira de …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
Estudos antracológicos têm tido avanço significativo nos trópicos nas últimas décadas. As
bases teóricas e metodológicas da disciplina estão bem estabelecidas, entretanto, existe …

Mistletoe effects on the host tree Tapirira guianensis: insights from primary and secondary metabolites

F Anselmo-Moreira, L Teixeira-Costa, G Ceccantini… - Chemoecology, 2019 - Springer
Mistletoes are parasitic plants that are capable of penetrating the living tissue of another
plant's stems and branches and extracting the necessary resources for their survival. This …