Macroevolution of the plant–hummingbird pollination system

E Barreto, MMA Boehm, E Ogutcen… - Biological …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant–hummingbird interactions are considered a classic example of coevolution, a process
in which mutually dependent species influence each other's evolution. Plants depend on …

Speciation across the t ree of l ife

T Hernández‐Hernández, EC Miller… - Biological …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Much of what we know about speciation comes from detailed studies of well‐known model
systems. Although there have been several important syntheses on speciation, few (if any) …

The strength of reproductive isolating barriers in seed plants: Insights from studies quantifying premating and postmating reproductive barriers over the past 15 years

K Christie, LS Fraser, DB Lowry - Evolution, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Speciation is driven by the evolution of reproductive isolating barriers that reduce, and
ultimately prevent, substantial gene flow between lineages. Despite its central role in …

The origins of global biodiversity on land, sea and freshwater

C Román‐Palacios, D Moraga‐López… - Ecology letters, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Many biodiversity studies focus on explaining high tropical species richness, but an equally
dramatic yet understudied pattern involves the divergent richness of land, sea and …

Trait‐dependent diversification in angiosperms: Patterns, models and data

AJ Helmstetter, R Zenil‐Ferguson, H Sauquet… - Ecology …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Variation in species richness across the tree of life, accompanied by the incredible variety of
ecological and morphological characteristics found in nature, has inspired many studies to …

Plant genomes: markers of evolutionary history and drivers of evolutionary change

PS Soltis, DE Soltis - Plants, People, Planet, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Plant genomes hold the key to understanding the evolutionary
history of plants, a lineage that goes back nearly a billion years and contains nearly half a …

Re-imagining reproduction: the queer possibilities of plants

B Subramaniam, M Bartlett - Integrative and Comparative …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
How did plant sexuality come to so hauntingly resemble human sexual formations? How did
plant biology come to theorize plant sexuality with binary formulations of male/female …

What drives diversification? Range expansion tops climate, life history, habitat and size in lizards and snakes

P Li, JJ Wiens - Journal of Biogeography, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim A major challenge in ecology and evolutionary biology is to explain the dramatic
differences in species richness among clades. Much variation in richness is explained by the …

Vulnerability of bat–plant pollination interactions due to environmental change

V Zamora‐Gutierrez… - Global Change …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant–pollinator interactions are highly relevant to society as many crops important for
humans are animal pollinated. However, changes in climate and land use may put such …

How plants conquered land: evolution of terrestrial adaptation

P Kumar, P Kumar, V Verma, M Irfan… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
The transition of plants from water to land is considered one of the most significant events in
the evolution of life on Earth. The colonization of land by plants, accompanied by their …