A5076542416- Plant and animal studies
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Helminth infection and control
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
Université de Montréal
2021-2023
University of Florida
2019-2021
Florida Museum of Natural History
2019-2020
University of Victoria
2014-2017
The northern pike is the most frequently studied member of Esociformes, closest order to diverse and economically important Salmoniformes. ancestor all salmonids purportedly experienced a whole-genome duplication (WGD) event, making salmonid species ideal for studying early impacts genome while complicating their use in wider analyses teleost evolution. Studies suggest that Esociformes diverged from lineage prior WGD, supporting as pre-duplication outgroup. Here we present first assembly,...
Premise Putatively single‐copy nuclear (SCN) loci, which are identified using genomic resources of closely related species, ideal for phylogenomic inference. However, suitable not available many clades, including Melastomataceae. We introduce a versatile approach to identify SCN loci clades with few and use it develop probes target enrichment in the distantly Memecylon Tibouchina (Melastomataceae). Methods present two‐tiered pipeline. First, we putatively MarkerMiner transcriptomes from...
The amount and patterns of phylodiversity in a community are often used to draw inferences about the local historical factors affecting assembly can be prioritize communities locations for conservation. Because measures based on topology branch lengths phylogenetic trees, which affected by number diversity taxa tree, these analyses may sensitive changes taxon sampling tree reconstruction methods.To investigate effects methods phylodiversity, we investigated phylogenetics Ordway-Swisher...
Abstract Salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis are an ecologically and economically important parasite of wild farmed salmon. In Scotland, Norway, Eastern Canada, L. have developed resistance to emamectin benzoate (EMB), one the few parasiticides available for salmon lice. Drug mechanisms can be complex, potentially differing among populations involving multiple genes with additive effects (i.e., polygenic resistance). Indicators development may enable early detection countermeasures avoid...
Abstract Divergent life history strategies occur in steelhead or rainbow trout O ncorhynchus mykiss , and many populations produce both migrant (anadromous fish that move to the ocean after rearing) resident (do not migrate remain fresh water) individuals. Mechanisms leading each type are only partially understood; while general tendency of a population is heritable, individual may be plastic, influenced by local environment. Steelhead hatchery programmes aim mitigate losses wild stocks...
Leaf spectra are integrated foliar phenotypes that capture a range of traits and can provide insight into ecological processes. traits, therefore leaf spectra, may reflect belowground processes such as mycorrhizal associations. However, evidence for the relationship between association is mixed, few studies account shared evolutionary history. We conduct partial least squares discriminant analysis to assess ability predict type. model evolution 92 vascular plant species use phylogenetic...
Abstract Airborne hyperspectral imaging holds great promise for estimating plant diversity and composition, given its unprecedented combination of aerial coverage, spatial resolution, spectral detail. Recently, there has been renewed attention toward the variation hypothesis (SVH), which predicts that higher is correlated with greater diversity. While several studies have highlighted methodological challenges involved SVH, little consensus about when it yields strong predictions taxonomic,...
Abstract The origin of the high biodiversity in Neotropics remains an unresolved but critical question, especially for species-rich understudied savannas Brazil, such as campos rupestres and Cerrado. To address this knowledge gap, we leveraged Tibouchina s.s., a clade flowering plants Melastomataceae found Cerrado rupestres, to uncover processes that generated hyper-diverse flora Neotropical savannas. We used phylogenomic approach combined with ecological niche modelling biogeographic...