Invasion of novel habitats uncouples haplo‐diplontic life cycles

SA Krueger‐Hadfield, NM Kollars, JE Byers… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Baker's Law predicts uniparental reproduction will facilitate colonization success in novel
habitats. While evidence supports this prediction among colonizing plants and animals, few …

Source pools and disharmony of the world's island floras

C König, P Weigelt, A Taylor, A Stein, W Dawson… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Island disharmony refers to the biased representation of higher taxa on islands compared to
their mainland source regions and represents a central concept in island biology. Here, we …

Use of rbcL and trnL-F as a Two-Locus DNA Barcode for Identification of NW-European Ferns: An Ecological Perspective

GA de Groot, HJ During, JW Maas, H Schneider… - PLoS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Although consensus has now been reached on a general two-locus DNA barcode for land
plants, the selected combination of markers (rbcL+ matK) is not applicable for ferns at the …

Spore production and dispersal in two temperate fern species, with an overview of the evolution of spore production in ferns

JP Rose, CL Dassler - American Fern Journal, 2017 - BioOne
The presence of a nutritionally independent gametophyte generation of spore-producing
land plants, including those of ferns, has often been cited as an important factor in …

On the widespread capacity for, and functional significance of, extreme inbreeding in ferns

EB Sessa, WL Testo, JE Watkins Jr - New Phytologist, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Homosporous vascular plants utilize three different mating systems, one of which,
gametophytic selfing, is an extreme form of inbreeding only possible in homosporous …

What's ploidy got to do with it? Understanding the evolutionary ecology of macroalgal invasions necessitates incorporating life cycle complexity

SA Krueger‐Hadfield - Evolutionary Applications, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions represent grave threats to terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems,
but our understanding of the role of evolution during invasions remains rudimentary. In …

[PDF][PDF] Recent developments in ex situ and in situ conservation of ferns

AM Ibars, E Estrelles - Fern gazette, 2012 - academia.edu
Some members of the monilophytes, an ancient plant group with worldwide distribution,
show significant population decline which is frequently correlated with the vulnerability of …

Intergametophytic selfing and microgeographic genetic structure shape populations of the intertidal red seaweed Chondrus crispus

SA Krueger‐Hadfield, D Roze, S Mauger… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how abiotic factors influence the spatial distribution of genetic variation
provides insight into microevolutionary processes. The intertidal seascape is characterized …

Sampling bias in geographic and environmental space and its effect on the predictive power of species distribution models

N Bystriakova, M Peregrym, RHJ Erkens… - Systematics and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Despite ever-growing popularity of species distribution models (SDM), their performance
under conditions of spatially biased data has rarely been studied in detail. Here we explore …

A global assessment of terrestrial alien ferns (Polypodiophyta): species' traits as drivers of naturalisation and invasion

EJ Jones, T Kraaij, H Fritz, D Moodley - Biological invasions, 2019 - Springer
The global threat posed by invasive alien plants has prompted inventory compilations and
screening exercises that aim to understand invasiveness in various taxa. Various traits …