The idea of pollination syndromes has been largely discussed but no formal quantitative
evaluation has yet been conducted across angiosperms. We present the first systematic …

Background Most tropical and subtropical plants are biotically pollinated, and insects are the
major pollinators. A small but ecologically and economically important group of plants …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

The cacti are one of the most celebrated radiations of succulent plants. There has been
much speculation about their age, but progress in dating cactus origins has been hindered …

Succulent plants are widely distributed, reaching their highest diversity in arid and semiarid
regions. Their origin and diversification is thought to be associated with a global expansion …

This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology and adopts a
strong evolutionary focus. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis …

Mexico is considered an exceptional biogeographic area with a varied endemic flora,
however spatial phylogenetic measures of biodiversity have not yet been estimated to …

We review the empirical phylogenetic literature on plant diversification, highlighting
challenges in separating the effects of speciation and extinction, in specifying diversification …

Members of the cactus family are keystone species of arid and semiarid biomes in the
Americas, as they provide shelter and resources to support other members of ecosystems …

Climate change has significant impacts on the distribution of species and alters ecological
processes that result from species interactions. There is concern that such distribution shifts …