Tip‐to‐base xylem conduit widening as an adaptation: causes, consequences, and empirical priorities

ME Olson, T Anfodillo, SM Gleason… - New …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the stems of terrestrial vascular plants studied to date, the diameter of xylem water‐
conducting conduits D widens predictably with distance from the stem tip L approximating …

The world from a dog's point of view: a review and synthesis of dog cognition research

MK Bensky, SD Gosling, DL Sinn - Advances in the Study of Behavior, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Driven by both applied and theoretical goals, scientific interest in canine cognition has
experienced a rapid surge in popularity, especially over the last 15 years. Here we provide …

Bark functional ecology: evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity

JA Rosell, S Gleason, R Méndez‐Alonzo… - New …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
The causes underlying bark diversity are unclear. Variation has been frequently attributed to
environmental differences across sites. However, variation may also result from tradeoffs …

Xylem vessel‐diameter–shoot‐length scaling: ecological significance of porosity types and other traits

M Olson, JA Rosell, C Martínez‐Pérez… - Ecological …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Flowering plants predominantly conduct water in tubes known as vessels, with vessel
diameter playing a crucial role in plant adaptation to climate and reactions to climate …

Plant morpho evo-devo

E Petrone-Mendoza, F Vergara-Silva, ME Olson - Trends in Plant Science, 2023‏ - cell.com
Evo-devo is often thought of as being the study of which genes underlie which phenotypes.
However, evo-devo is much more than this, especially in plant science. In leaf scars along …

Bark in woody plants: understanding the diversity of a multifunctional structure

JA Rosell - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Most biological structures carry out multiple functions. Focusing on only one function to
make adaptive inferences overlooks that manifold selection pressures and tradeoffs shape …

Evolution of cranial shape in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

E Sherratt, DJ Gower, CP Klingenberg, M Wilkinson - Evolutionary Biology, 2014‏ - Springer
Insights into morphological diversification can be obtained from the ways the species of a
clade occupy morphospace. Projecting a phylogeny into morphospace provides estimates of …

Diversity in time and space: wanted dead and alive

SA Fritz, J Schnitzler, JT Eronen, C Hof… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2013‏ - cell.com
Current patterns of biological diversity are influenced by both historical and present-day
factors, yet research in ecology and evolution is largely split between paleontological and …

The significance and scope of evolutionary developmental biology: a vision for the 21st century

AP Moczek, KE Sears, A Stollewerk… - Evolution & …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Evolutionary developmental biology (evo‐devo) has undergone dramatic transformations
since its emergence as a distinct discipline. This paper aims to highlight the scope, power …

Evolution of the vertebrate skeleton: morphology, embryology, and development

T Hirasawa, S Kuratani - Zoological Letters, 2015‏ - Springer
Two major skeletal systems—the endoskeleton and exoskeleton—are recognized in
vertebrate evolution. Here, we propose that these two systems are distinguished primarily by …