Polyploid plants take a leaf out from the invasive species book
The extent to which propagule pressure limits the establishment of local polyploid populations remains to be determined, because we know so little.
Tag: dispersal
Individual variation in plant dispersal and fecundity increases rates of spatial spread
The highest increases in spread rates occur when variation in dispersal positively co-varies with fecundity.
Simulating the effects of local adaptation and life history on the ability of plants to track climate shifts
Fruit heteromorphism and naturalization success in Asteraceae
Finding the factors that explain invasion success of species is a major objective in ecology. The combination of extensive data on fruit heteromorphism in Asteraceae and the largest global plant-naturalization database offered the unprecedented possibility to add a missing piece to the naturalization-success puzzle.
Low-intensity logging and hunting have long-term effects on seed dispersal but not fecundity in Afrotropical forests
Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the tribe Lilieae
The impact of asexual and sexual reproduction on spatial genetic structure in Marchantia
Limited seed and pollen gene dispersal in Taxus baccata
Population genetics of a rare Grevillea
For conservation of rare riparian species, avoiding an impact to hydrodynamic processes, such as water tables and flooding dynamics, may be just as critical as avoiding direct impacts on the number of plants.
Island fragmentation and colonisation drove diversification of Aegean Nigella
Diversification of an underutilised crop genus in Borneo
SPECIAL ISSUE: Island Plant Biology—Celebrating Carlquist’s Legacy
Genetic analysis of spatial overlap by invasive vines
Kartzinel et al. use genetic markers to determine the extent and overlap of genetically unique kudzu vines (Pueraria montana var. lobata) in multiple patches over 2 years, and find that, contrary to expectations, patches are not dominated by one or a few genets.