A roadmap to plant functional island biogeography

J Schrader, IJ Wright, H Kreft, M Westoby - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Island biogeography is the study of the spatio‐temporal distribution of species, communities,
assemblages or ecosystems on islands and other isolated habitats. Island diversity is …

Assembly of functional diversity in an oceanic island flora

MP Barajas Barbosa, D Craven, P Weigelt, P Denelle… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Oceanic island floras are well known for their morphological peculiarities and exhibit striking
examples of trait evolution,–. These morphological shifts are commonly attributed to …

Molecular evolutionary consequences of island colonization

JE James, R Lanfear… - Genome Biology and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Island endemics are expected to have low effective population sizes (N e), first because
some may experience population bottlenecks when they are founded, and second because …

BODY SIZE DIVERSIFICATION IN ANOLIS: NOVEL ENVIRONMENT AND ISLAND EFFECTS

GH Thomas, S Meiri, AB Phillimore - Evolution, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Extreme morphologies of many insular taxa suggest that islands have unusual properties
that influence the tempo and mode of evolution. Yet whether insularity per se promotes rapid …

Modularity and evolution of flower shape: the role of function, development, and spandrels in Erica

D Reich, A Berger, M von Balthazar, M Chartier… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Flowers have been hypothesized to contain either modules of attraction and reproduction,
functional modules (pollination‐effecting parts) or developmental modules (organ‐specific) …

Intraspecific independent evolution of floral spur length in response to local flower visitor size in Japanese Aquilegia in different mountain regions

T Toji, SK Hirota, N Ishimoto, Y Suyama… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Geographic differences in floral traits may reflect geographic differences in effective
pollinator assemblages. Independent local adaptation to pollinator assemblages in multiple …

The double-corolla phenotype in the Hawaiian lobelioid genus Clermontia involves ectopic expression of PISTILLATA B-function MADS box gene homologs

KA Hofer, R Ruonala, VA Albert - EvoDevo, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background The Hawaiian endemic genus Clermonti a (Campanulaceae) includes
22 species, 15 of which, the double-corolla species, are characterized by an extra whorl of …

Divergence in floral trait preferences between nonflower‐specialized birds and insects on the Galápagos

S Hervías‐Parejo, R Heleno, M Nogales… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Premise of the Study The characteristic scarcity of insects on remote oceanic islands has
driven nonflower‐specialized vertebrates to broaden their trophic niches and explore floral …

The evolution of floral gigantism

CC Davis, PK Endress, DA Baum - Current opinion in plant biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Flowers exhibit tremendous variation in size (> 1000-fold), ranging from less than a
millimeter to nearly a meter in diameter. Numerous studies have established the importance …

Variation in pollen limitation and floral parasitism across a mating system transition in a Pacific coastal dune plant: evolutionary causes or ecological consequences?

S Dart, CG Eckert - Annals of Botany, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Evolutionary transitions from outcrossing to self-fertilization
are thought to occur because selfing provides reproductive assurance when pollinators or …