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Uncovering the Nanozostera japonica species complex suggests cryptic speciation and underestimated seagrass diversity. [PDF]

New Phytol
Summary The importance of marine angiosperms, or seagrasses, as foundation species for marine coastal ecosystems is in marked contrast to their low species number of only 70 described taxa. Seagrass species tend to have very similar overall morphologies dictated by hydrodynamic forces of the ocean environment.
Zhang X, Yu L, Li YL, Suonan Z, Komatsu T, Qiu G, Xu S, Yue S, Xu M, Wang F, Zhang Y, Lee KS, Liu JX, Zhou Y, Reusch TBH.   +14 more
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Gibberellic acid and light effects on seed germination in the seagrass Zostera marina. [PDF]

Physiol Plant
Abstract Seagrass meadows have been heavily affected by human activities, with Zostera marina L. (Zosteraceae) being one of the most impacted species. Seed‐based methods are currently the preferred approach for their restoration, yet low germination rates and poor seedling establishment remain significant challenges.
Pieraccini R, Whatley L, Koedam N, Vanreusel A, Dolch T, Dierick J, Van der Stocken T.   +6 more
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Climate adaptation and functional constraints drive pollen evolution in Apiales. [PDF]

New Phytol
Summary Pollen grains exhibit remarkable morphological diversity, shaped by selective pressures from environmental factors and mechanical constraints. Here, we investigate macroevolutionary patterns of pollen morphology in Apiales, an order of angiosperms with significant ecological and geographical diversity, to disentangle the roles of climate and ...
Baczyński J, Spalik K, Burke JM, Banasiak Ł.   +3 more
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Environmental DNA of aquatic macrophytes: The potential for reconstructing past and present vegetation and environments

Freshwater Biology, Volume 68, Issue 11, Page 1929-1950, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Environmental DNA is increasingly being used to reconstruct past and present biodiversity including from freshwater ecosystems. Macrophytes are especially good environmental indicators, thus their environmental DNA palaeorecord might shed light on past postglacial environments.
Aloïs Revéret, Dilli P. Rijal, Peter D. Heintzman, Antony G. Brown, Kathleen R. Stoof‐Leichsenring, Inger G. Alsos   +5 more
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Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history

New Phytologist, Volume 240, Issue 2, Page 880-891, October 2023., 2023
Summary Most contemporary angiosperms (flowering plants) are insect pollinated, but pollination by wind, water or vertebrates occurs in many lineages. Though evidence suggests insect pollination may be ancestral in angiosperms, this is yet to be assessed across the full phylogeny.
Ruby E. Stephens, Rachael V. Gallagher, Lily Dun, Will Cornwell, Hervé Sauquet   +4 more
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Eelgrass (Zostera spp.) associated phytomyxids are host‐specific congeneric parasites and predominant eukaryotes in the eelgrass rhizosphere on a global scale

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 25, Issue 8, Page 1522-1537, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Together with increasing environmental and anthropogenic pressures, pathogenic diseases are one of the important factors contributing to the ongoing decline of seagrass meadows worldwide; yet the diversity and ecology of the microorganisms acknowledged as seagrass parasites remain critically understudied.
Viktorie Kolátková, Megan Mooney, Kate Kelly, Elitsa Hineva, Ryan M. R. Gawryluk, Joel Elliott   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation translocations from the ‘Global Reintroduction Perspectives’ series: Disease and other biological problems

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 3, Issue 3, July–September 2022., 2022
This dataset was extracted from case studies of animal and plant conservation translocation published in the first six volumes (2008‐2018) of the IUCN/SSC's 'Global Reintroduction Perspectives' series. Alongside project metadata, it contains the following self‐reported information: select project strategies and methods; information relating to any ...
Katie M. Beckmann, Pritpal S. Soorae
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A targeted capture approach to generating reference sequence databases for chloroplast gene regions

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 4, April 2022., 2022
This study has applied a targeted capture approach to generate a DNA reference sequence database for coastal temperate flora. We implemented a bait set designed to capture 20 chloroplast gene regions in a single assay, thus highlighting an approach for efficient generation of plant reference databases across multiple gene regions.
Nicole R. Foster, Kor‐jent van Dijk, Ed Biffin, Jennifer M. Young, Vicki A. Thomson, Bronwyn M. Gillanders, Alice R. Jones, Michelle Waycott   +7 more
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Spatial distribution patterns and formation of global spermatophytes. [PDF]

J Integr Plant Biol
The global Spermatophyte Spatial Evolutionary System defines 18 distribution types and six supertypes across three floristic elements, primarily formed between the Eocene and Miocene and shaped by climate, long‐distance dispersal, and tectonic movement, revealing that similar distribution patterns of spermatophytes were driven by comparable formation ...
Huang XH, Deng T, Chen JT, Fu QS, Zhang XJ, Lin N, Luo PR, Liu Q, Kuai XY, Peng JY, Landis JB, Wei YT, Wang HC, Sun H.   +13 more
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Deep meadows: Deep‐water seagrass habitats revealed

, 2023
Ecology, Volume 104, Issue 10, October 2023.
Belinda C. Martin, Ana Giraldo‐Ospina, Sahira Bell, Marion Cambridge, Matthew W. Fraser, Brooke Gibbons, Euan S. Harvey, Gary A. Kendrick, Tim Langlois, Claude Spencer, Renae K. Hovey   +10 more
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