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Open AccessOak leaf morphology may be more strongly shaped by climate than by phylogeny
Despite been grown under the same climate, oak species are able to correlate with looser, but still identifiable, leaf morphological syndromes, composed by morphological traits with an ecological role in their...
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Four new sectional names in Carex L. (Cyperaceae)
Based on available molecular phylogenetic data, we describe four new Carex sections to accommodate 15 species from Asia, Europe and North America. All the sections form strongly supported monophyletic groups in t...
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Oak Population Genomics
Oaks (genus Quercus) are foundation tree species significantly affecting community assembly and ecosystem functions. Their ecological importance, high diversity in adaptive traits and genes, and rapidly growing g...
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Phylogenetic distance and resource availability mediate direction and strength of plant interactions in a competition experiment
Phylogenetic ecology uses evolutionary history to improve understanding of plant interactions. Phylogenetic distance can mediate plant interactions such as competition (e.g., via limiting similarity) and facil...
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Open AccessAncient events and climate adaptive capacity shaped distinct chloroplast genetic structure in the oak lineages
Understanding the origin of genetic variation is the key to predict how species will respond to future climate change. The genus Quercus is a species-rich and ecologically diverse woody genus that dominates a wid...
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Effects of Phylogenetic Diversity and Phylogenetic Identity in a Restoration Ecology Experiment
Our understanding of the effects of plant biodiversity on ecosystem function rests in large part on experiments that have disentangled environmental variables from local diversity. Yet phylogenetic diversity (...
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An Updated Infrageneric Classification of the Oaks: Review of Previous Taxonomic Schemes and Synthesis of Evolutionary Patterns
In this chapter, we review schemes proposed for oaks by , , , , , , and Kevin C. . Classifications of oaks (Fig. 2.1) have thus far been based entirely on morphological characters. They differed profound...
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Leaf morphological evidence of natural hybridization between two oak species (Quercus austrocochinchinensis and Q. kerrii) and its implications for conservation management
Natural hybridization is known to be a potential threat to rare and endangered species due to the risk of extensive genetic swam** or assimilation. However, hybridization may also beneficial for rare species...
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The Evolution of Chromosome Arrangements in Carex (Cyperaceae)
Sedges (Carex: Cyperaceae) exhibit remarkable agmatoploid chromosome series between and within species. This chromosomal diversity is due in large part to the structure of the holocentric chromosomes: fragments t...
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Open AccessAccelerated evolutionary rates in tropical and oceanic parmelioid lichens (Ascomycota)
The rate of nucleotide substitutions is not constant across the Tree of Life, and departures from a molecular clock have been commonly reported. Within parmelioid lichens, the largest group of macrolichens, la...
