Testing adaptive hypotheses about how continuous traits evolve in association with
developmentally structured discrete traits, while accounting for the confounding influence of …

One of the topics currently under discussion in biological invasions is whether the species'
climatic niche has been conserved or, alternatively, has diverged during invasions. Here, we …

Calochortus and the family Liliaceae ss have often been considered each other's closest
relatives, based partly on their shared possession of bulbs, visually showy flowers, winged …

Environmental heterogeneity has received wide attention in clonal plant research over the
last decade. Most studies have focussed on the effects of spatial variation in environmental …

Herbaceous plants collectively known as geophytes, which regrow from belowground buds,
are distributed around the globe and throughout the land plant tree of life. The geophytic …

A central tenet of evolutionary biology is that environmental change is the prime driving force
behind speciation and the genesis of evolutionary novelty. While gradual, long-term …

Macroevolutionary and microevolutionary studies provide complementary explanations of
the processes shaping the evolution of niche breadth. Macroevolutionary approaches …

The evolution of geophytes in response to different environmental stressors is poorly
understood largely due to the great morphological variation in underground plant organs …

Recent phylogenetic studies have documented high levels of conservatism in ecological
traits that seem at odds with the traditional view that organisms can readily adapt to different …

Flood response is a crucial component of the life strategy of many plants, but it is seldom
studied in non‐flooded tolerant species, even though they may be subjected to stressful …