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2023
Journal article
Ancient DNA genomics and the renaissance of herbaria.
Herbaria are undergoing a renaissance as valuable sources of genomic data for exploring plant evolution, ecology, and diversity. Ancient DNA retrieved from herbarium specimens can provide unprecedented glimpses into past plant communities, their interactions with biotic and abiotic factors, and the genetic changes that have occurred over time. Here, we...Burbano, Hernán A. ; Gutaker, Rafal M.
Genomic data, Herbaria, Ancient DNA, Herbarium genomics, Herbarium specimens, Plant communities, Plant ecology, DNA, Plant evolution, and Genomics
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2022
Master's dissertation
Invasiveness Traits of American Prairie Species at Wakehurst.
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2023
Journal article
Unraveling Amazon tree community assembly using Maximum Information Entropy: a quantitative analysis of tropical forest ecology.
In a time of rapid global change, the question of what determines patterns in species abundance distribution remains a priority for understanding the complex dynamics of ecosystems. The constrained maximization of information entropy provides a framework for the understanding of such complex systems dynamics by a quantitative analysis of important... -
2020
Conference paper (published)
Cultivating novel and diverse forage plant communities could enhance livestock farming.
Lee, M. A.
Digestibility, Ecosystem services, Protein, Nutrition, Forage, Diversity, and Plant communities
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2018
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2021
Journal article
Widespread homogenization of plant communities in the Anthropocene.
Native biodiversity decline and non-native species spread are major features of the Anthropocene. Both processes can drive biotic homogenization by reducing trait and phylogenetic differences in species assemblages between regions, thus diminishing the regional distinctiveness of biotas and likely have negative impacts on key ecosystem functions. However, a global assessment... -
2021
Journal article
Microclimatic Warming Leads to a Decrease in Species and Growth Form Diversity: Insights From a Tropical Alpine Grassland.
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2020
Journal article
Fire and grazing determined grasslands of central Madagascar represent ancient assemblages.
The ecology of Madagascar's grasslands is under-investigated and the dearth of ecological understanding of how disturbance by fire and grazing shapes these grasslands stems from a perception that disturbance shaped Malagasy grasslands only after human arrival. However, worldwide, fire and grazing shape tropical grasslands over ecological and evolutionary timescales, and...