Re-focusing sampling, design and experimental methods to assess rapid evolution by non-native plant species

MS Lucas, I Hensen, CD Barratt, RM Callaway… - Biological …, 2024‏ - Springer
Evolution can occur over contemporary timescales, which may be crucial for the invasive
success of non-native plant species. Many studies have shown rapid evolution by …

Recent evolution of flowering time across multiple European plant species correlates with changes in aridity

R Rauschkolb, W Durka, S Godefroid, L Dixon… - Oecologia, 2023‏ - Springer
Ongoing global warming and increasing drought frequencies impact plant populations and
potentially drive rapid evolutionary adaptations. Historical comparisons, where plants grown …

Artificial seed aging reveals the invisible fraction: implications for evolution experiments using the resurrection approach

SJ Franks, MR Sekor, S Davey, AE Weis - Evolutionary Ecology, 2019‏ - Springer
Non-random mortality is a key driver of evolution, but mortality that occurs early in life leaves
adult traits of individuals that died unknown. This can lead to the invisible fraction problem …

Rapid responses to drought in a rare California annual (San Francisco collinsia, Collinsia multicolor)

SM Spurlin, SC Lambrecht - Plant Ecology, 2024‏ - Springer
As climate change continues and the frequency and intensity of droughts become more
prevalent in some regions, plant populations are facing greater ecological pressures. The …

Evolution of competitive ability and the response to nutrient availability: a resurrection study with the calcareous grassland herb, Leontodon hispidus

P Karitter, E Corvers, M Karrenbauer, M March-Salas… - Oecologia, 2025‏ - Springer
Rapid environmental changes across Europe include warmer and increasingly variable
temperatures, changes in soil nutrient availability, and pollinator decline. These abiotic and …

Using the resurrection approach to investigate rapid plant adaptation to recent environmental changes

P Karitter - 2023‏ - publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de
Anthropogenic activities have a major impact on our planet and rapidly drive biodiversity
loss in ecosystems at a global scale. Particularly over the last century, rising CO2 emissions …

Rapid evolution of weedy traits during sunflower de-domestication: the importance of hybridization and standing genetic variation

F Hernández, RB Vercellino, C Pandolfo, JR Mandel… - bioRxiv, 2021‏ - biorxiv.org
Hybridization between crops and their wild relatives may promote the evolution of de-
domesticated (feral) weeds. Wild sunflower is typically found in ruderal environments, but …

[PDF][PDF] Steven J. Franks, Michael R. Sekor

S Davey, AE Weis‏ - researchgate.net
Non-random mortality is a key driver of evolution, but mortality that occurs early in life leaves
adult traits of individuals that died unknown. This can lead to the invisible fraction problem …