Understanding how pollen moves between species is critical to understanding speciation,
diversification, and evolution of flowering plants. For co-flowering species that share …

Understanding coexistence of closely related species lies at the nexus of disentangling how
historical and ecological factors govern patterns of biodiversity. The criteria determining …

Premise of research. Phenotypic traits that consistently mediate species' responses to
environmental variation (functional traits) provide a promising approach toward generalizing …

The shift from outcrossing to self-fertilization (selfing) is considered one of the most prevalent
evolutionary transitions in flowering plants. Selfing species tend to share similar …

Understanding the relative roles of intrinsic and extrinsic reproductive barriers, and their
interplay within the geographic context of diverging taxa, remains an outstanding challenge …

We explore the relationship between plant mating system (selfing or outcrossing) and niche
breadth to gain new insights into processes that drive species distributions. Using a …

Introgression is pervasive across the tree of life but varies across taxa, geography, and
genomic regions. However, the factors modulating this variation and how they may be …

Background Relationships between floral biology and pollinator behavior are important to
understanding species diversity of hemiparasitic Psittacanthus mistletoes (c. 120 species) …

In an age of rapid global change, it is imperative that we continue to improve our
understanding of factors that govern genetic differentiation in plants to inform biologically …

Divergence in reproductive traits between closely related species that co-occur contributes
to speciation by reducing interspecific gene flow. In flowering plants, greater floral …