Physiological ecology of ferns: Biodiversity and conservation perspectives

OR Anderson - International Journal of Biodiversity and …, 2021 - academicjournals.org
Ferns have a long geological record extending over millions of years, and they are
distributed in diverse environments worldwide; including swamps, coastal locations, open …

A global overview of insect–fern interactions and its ecological trends

GF Porto, DV Anjos, P Luna, K Del‐Claro - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Historically, ferns have been described as underutilized by insects. However, studies have
shown a diversity of insects interacting with ferns, although the evolutionary and ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Global patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of flowering plants: Biodiversity hotspots and coldspots

H Qian, J Zhang, M Jiang - Plant Diversity, 2023 - Elsevier
Species diversity of angiosperms (flowering plants) varies greatly among regions.
Geographic patterns of variation in species diversity are shaped by the interplay of …

A flexible method for estimating tip diversification rates across a range of speciation and extinction scenarios

T Vasconcelos, BC O'Meara, JM Beaulieu - Evolution, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Estimates of diversification rates at the tips of a phylogeny provide a flexible approach for
correlation analyses with multiple traits and to map diversification rates in space while also …

Phytodiversity is associated with habitat heterogeneity from Eurasia to the Hengduan Mountains

Y Chang, K Gelwick, SD Willett, X Shen… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The geographic distribution of plant diversity matches the gradient of habitat heterogeneity
from lowlands to mountain regions. However, little is known about how much this …

On the relationship between species diversity and range size

Q Guo, H Qian, J Zhang - Journal of Biogeography, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim What factors may affect species range sizes remains a central question in ecology and
biogeography. Particularly, whether and how species richness may regulate average …

Global patterns and climatic determinants of phylogenetic structure of regional fern floras

H Qian, M Kessler, J Zhang, Y **, M Jiang - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Knowledge of relationships between phylogenetic structure of a biological assemblage and
ecological factors that drive the variation of phylogenetic structure among regions is crucial …

[HTML][HTML] Global patterns of fern species diversity: an evaluation of fern data in GBIF

H Qian, J Zhang, MC Jiang - Plant Diversity, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite that several studies have shown that data derived from species lists generated from
distribution occurrence records in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) are not …

Spatial patterns and climatic drivers of phylogenetic structure for ferns along the longest elevational gradient in the world

H Qian, M Kessler, Y ** - Ecography, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many biodiversity hotspots are located in montane regions, thus, understanding the
underlying mechanisms driving species assembly along elevational gradients is of major …

Rapid in situ diversification rates in Rhamnaceae explain the parallel evolution of high diversity in temperate biomes from global to local scales

Q Tian, GW Stull, J Kellermann, D Medan… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The macroevolutionary processes that have shaped biodiversity across the temperate realm
remain poorly understood and may have resulted from evolutionary dynamics related to …