A5010330393- Plant and animal studies
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- New Zealand Economic and Social Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Botanical Research and Applications
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
Victoria University of Wellington
2023-2025
University of Padua
2021-2022
Despite accelerating interest in island evolution, the general evolutionary trajectories of flowers remain poorly understood. In particular rule, which posits that small organisms become larger and large to smaller after colonization, while tested various plant traits, has never been flower size. Here, we provide first test for rule size animal- wind-pollinated flowers, evidence generalized in-situ evolution on islands. Focusing 10 archipelagos Southwest Pacific, amassed a dataset comprising...
Abstract The New Zealand flora is remarkable in many respects, but one of its most notable features the convergent evolution plant lineages towards a divaricate habit. adaptive significance divarication remains controversial, it has usually been considered response to harsh climates or defence mechanism against diverse array Ratites (large browsing birds) that once populated Zealand. loss hypothesis posits divaricate‐related traits should be lost on Zealand's outlying islands, as these...
Abstract Aims Predictable and consistent differences between island mainland organisms arising from biased colonization/establishment are known as insular assembly rules. Baker's rule is a long‐standing predicting that the incidence of dioecy among early colonizers should be lower than source pool. While an established pattern floras, whether it results trait correlation or factors other insularity remains poorly understood. Here, I investigated relative roles insularity, climate,...
Fleshy structures associated with the ovule/seed arose independently several times during gymnosperm evolution. are linked to protection and dispersal, present in all four lineages of extant gymnosperms. The ontogenetic origin fleshy could be different, spans from ovule funiculus Taxus baccata aril, integument Ginkgo biloba, modified bracts as case Ephedra species. This variability ontogeny is reflected morphology characteristics that these tissues display among different review aims provide...
Abstract Premise In Arabidopsis thaliana , the role of most important key genes that regulate ovule development is widely known. nonmodel species, and especially in gymnosperms, developmental processes are still quite obscure. this study, we describe putative roles Ginkgo biloba orthologs regulatory during development. Specifically, studied AGAMOUS ( AG ), AGAMOUS‐like 6 AGL6 AINTEGUMENTA ANT BELL1 BEL1 Class III HD‐Zip YABBY genes. Methods We analyzed their expression domains through situ...
Abstract Aim The distribution of birds among islands is thought to be regulated by island physical geography (i.e. area, isolation and latitude). In contrast, work on continents indicates that bird diversity often plant diversity. Consequently, the (statistical) direct indirect effects are poorly understood. We investigated relative roles vegetation in determining South West Pacific at two taxonomic scales resolution: total within functional guilds. Location Eleven archipelagos Pacific....
Abstract Background and Aims Despite accelerating interest in island evolution, the general evolutionary trajectories of flowers remain poorly understood. In particular rule, which posits that small organisms become larger large to smaller after colonization, while tested various plant traits, has never been flower size. Here, we provide first test for rule size animal- wind- pollinated flowers, evidence generalized in-situ evolution on islands. Methods 10 archipelagos Southwest Pacific,...