If you take a look at a tropical rainforest, the species of plants you see can tell you the story about their life.
Tag - fragmentation
Rocío Ramírez Barrios
Lomas microrefugia subject to random, but not function-based losses due to lowered rainfall
The finding bodes well for the survival of Lomas communities in the Atacama Desert under future climate change.
Erin Zimmerman
Living on the edge of fragmented forests: distance, insects and fungi impact plant traits
Seedling establishment is a crucial bottleneck in plant population dynamics, but seedlings don't behave the same way fully-grown trees do.
Juniper Kiss
The mountains are getting warmer, and willow colonies are shrinking
Salix herbacea, as other arctic-alpine species, likely found a refuge from the Ice Age in the Apennines. As the climate changed around them, the trees survived in a fragmenting population. This fragmentation has genetic...
Alun Salt
Consequences of habitat fragmentation on the reproductive success of two Tillandsia species with contrasting life history strategies
Fragmentation of natural habitats generally has negative effects on the reproductive success of many plant species; however, little is known about epiphytic plants. Epiphytes are non-parasitic plants that grow on other...
William Salter
Dispersal and establishment of vascular epiphytes in modified landscapes
The ongoing destruction of old-growth forests puts tropical forest species, with epiphytes as a key element, under great pressure. To maintain viable epiphyte communities in fragmented landscapes, remaining habitable...
AoBPLANTS
Commonness, reproductive patterns and inbreeding depression of two Jumellea species
Population size reduction can threaten long-term persistence of plant populations through loss of genetic diversity and inbreeding depression. Blambert et al. evaluate the consequences of population size reduction by...
botanyone
Genetic variation, habitat destruction and survival
Habitat destruction and fragmentation affects genetic variation by reducing the size and increasing the isolation of populations.
AJ Cann
Genetic structure and gene flow patterns in Ulmus
Bertolasi et al. investigate pollen dispersal patterns in a relic U. minor stand surrounded by U. minor and U. pumila trees scattered across 80 km2.
Pollen limitation and reduced reproductive success
Even though P. virginiana is a widespread species, fragmented populations experience significant reductions in fruit set and pollen limitation.
Genetic connectivity and evolution in Crepis
Islands play a central role in the study of plant evolution in the Mediterranean. Mayol et al. analyse the impact of varying patterns of habitat occupancy on genetic diversity and structure in Crepis triasii, an endemic...
