The Paleogene is a crucial period when terrestrial and marine ecosystems recovered from
major disruptions and gradually approached their modern states. In the Qinghai-Tibetan …

The woody bamboos (Bambusoideae) exhibit distinctive biological traits within Poaceae,
such as highly lignified culms, rapid shoot growth, monocarpic mass flowering and nutlike or …

Species richness is spatially heterogeneous even in the hyperdiverse tropical floras. The
main cause of uneven species richness among the four tropical regions are hot debated. To …

Aim Long‐distance dispersal (LDD) plays an important role in sha** the distribution of
global biodiversity. Polyploidy could favour invasion and thereby facilitate LDD. However …

Although it is well documented that mountains tend to exhibit high biodiversity, how
geological processes affect the assemblage of montane floras is a matter of ongoing …

Platycerium is a genus of pantropical epiphytic ferns consisting of ca. 18 species and are
highly sought after by horticultural enthusiasts. Although the monophyly of this genus has …

Tribe Carpheae presently includes Carpha and Trianoptiles. Sixteen species were
recovered in Carpha Banks & Sol. ex R. Br. sens. lat. by phenetic analyses and these …

Aim To analyse the role of non‐frugivorous birds on seed dispersal, seed dispersal by gulls
is expected to be especially instrumental in island ecosystems, as these have a smaller …

Sorghum halepense competes with crops and grass species in cropland, grassland, and
urban environments, increasing invasion risk. However, the invasive historical dynamics and …

Motivation Plant establishment is the result of sequential demographic processes, namely
post‐dispersal seed survival, seed germination, seedling survival and sapling survival …