An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks: review of previous taxonomic schemes and synthesis of evolutionary patterns

T Denk, GW Grimm, PS Manos, M Deng… - … ecology. Exploring the …, 2017 - Springer
In this chapter, we review major classification schemes proposed for oaks by John Claudius
Loudon, Anders Sandøe Ørsted, William Trelease, Otto Karl Anton Schwarz, Aimée …

[HTML][HTML] Staminate inflorescences with in situ pollen from Eocene Baltic amber reveal high diversity in Fagaceae (oak family)

EM Sadowski, AR Schmidt, T Denk - Willdenowia, 2020 - BioOne
Eocene Baltic amber forms the largest amber deposit worldwide; however, its source
vegetation and climate are much debated. Representatives of the oak family (Fagaceae) …

East Asian origins of European holly oaks (Quercus section Ilex Loudon) via the Tibet‐Himalaya

XL Jiang, AL Hipp, M Deng, T Su… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Many subtropical organisms exhibit an East Asian‐Tethyan disjunction, a distribution
split between East Asia and the Mediterranean. The underlying mechanisms and timing …

Opportunities and threats of Mediterranean evergreen sclerophyllous woody species subjected to extreme drought events

F Bussotti, M Pollastrini - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Climate change and extreme drought and heat events impact the Mediterranean evergreen
sclerophyllous vegetation in South Europe, especially in Iberian and Italian peninsula …

The Fossil History of Quercus

E Barrón, A Averyanova, Z Kvaček… - … ecology. Exploring the …, 2017 - Springer
The evolution of plant ecosystems during the Cenophytic was complex and influenced by
both abiotic and biotic factors. Among abiotic forces were tectonics, the distribution of …

Cenozoic migration of a desert plant lineage across the North Atlantic

T Denk, JM Bouchal, HT Güner, M Coiro… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Previous paleobotanical work concluded that Paleogene elements of the sclerophyllous
subhumid vegetation of western Eurasia and western North America were endemic to these …

Contrasting functional strategies following severe drought in two Mediterranean oaks with different leaf habit: Quercus faginea and Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia

D Alonso-Forn, JJ Peguero-Pina, JP Ferrio… - Tree …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Nowadays, evergreen sclerophyllous and winter-deciduous malacophyllous oaks with
different paleogeographical origins coexist under Mediterranean-type climates, such as the …

Niche evolution in a northern temperate tree lineage: biogeographical legacies in cork oaks (Quercus section Cerris)

T Denk, GW Grimm, AL Hipp, JM Bouchal… - Annals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Cork oaks (Quercus section Cerris) comprise 15 extant
species in Eurasia. Despite being a small clade, they display a range of leaf morphologies …

The early Miocene flora of Güvem (Central Anatolia, Turkey): a window into early Neogene vegetation and environments in the Eastern Mediterranean

T Denk, TH Güner, Z Kvaček, JM Bouchal - Acta Palaeobotanica, 2017 - diva-portal.org
The early Burdigalian (MN3) plant assemblage of the Güvem area (northwestern Central
Anatolia) is preserved in lacustrine sediments of the Dereköy pyroclastics. Its age is well …

Speciation in Nearctic oak gall wasps is frequently correlated with changes in host plant, host organ, or both

AKG Ward, RK Bagley, SP Egan, GR Hood, JR Ott… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Quantifying the frequency of shifts to new host plants within diverse clades of specialist
herbivorous insects is critically important to understand whether and how host shifts …