Mating system and historical climate conditions affect population mean seed mass: Evidence for adaptation and a new component of the selfing syndrome in Clarkia

Geographic patterns and environmental drivers of seed traits of a relict tree species

(2018) Hao Wu et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Intersexual conflict over seed size is stronger in more outcrossed populations of a mixed-mating plant

(2018) Astrid Raunsgard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Acorn size and tolerance to seed predators: the multiple roles of acorns as food for seed predators, fruit for dispersal and fuel for growth

(2017) Andrew W. BARTLOW et al.   Integrative Zoology

Do large-seeded herbs have a small range size? The seed mass-distribution range trade-off hypothesis

(2017) Judit Sonkoly et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Environmental gradients and grassland trait variation: Insight into the effects of climate change

(2016) Federico M. Tardella et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Geographic patterns of seed mass are associated with climate factors, but relationships vary between species

(2016) N. L. Soper Gorden et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Outcrossing and photosynthetic rates vary independently within twoClarkiaspecies: implications for the joint evolution of drought escape physiology and mating system

(2016) Christopher T. Ivey et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Variation in plant functional traits across and within four species of Western AustralianBanksia(Proteaceae) along a natural climate gradient

(2016) Anne Cochrane et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Habitat fragmentation changes the adaptive value of seed mass for the establishment of a tropical canopy tree

(2016) Mariana Chávez-Pesqueira et al.   BIOTROPICA

Soil-climate interactions explain variation in foliar, stem, root and reproductive traits across temperate forests

(2016) Angela H. Simpson et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Seed set variation in wildClarkiapopulations: teasing apart the effects of seasonal resource depletion, pollen quality, and pollen quantity

(2016) Alisa A. Hove et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Locally Downscaled and Spatially Customizable Climate Data for Historical and Future Periods for North America

(2016) Tongli Wang et al.   PLoS One

Effects of range-wide variation in climate and isolation on floral traits and reproductive output of Clarkia pulchella

(2015) M. Bontrager et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Long-term shifts in the phenology of rare and endemic Rocky Mountain plants

(2015) Seth M. Munson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Geographic range size is predicted by plant mating system

(2015) Dena Grossenbacher et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Patterns of phenotypic trait variation in two temperate forest herbs along a broad climatic gradient

(2015) Isgard H. Lemke et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Natural selection on seed size through the life cycle of a desert annual plant

(2014) Eugenio Larios et al.   ECOLOGY

Latitudinal variation in seeds characteristics of Acer platanoides and A. pseudoplatanus

(2014) M. M. Carón et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

The Battle of the Sexes over Seed Size: Support for Both Kinship Genomic Imprinting and Interlocus Contest Evolution

(2013) Yvonne Willi   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Predicting species' maximum dispersal distances from simple plant traits

(2013) Riin Tamme et al.   ECOLOGY

SMALL AND UGLY? PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES OF THE “SELFING SYNDROME” REVEAL COMPLEX EVOLUTIONARY FATES OF MONOMORPHIC PRIMROSE FLOWERS

(2013) Jurriaan M. de Vos et al.   EVOLUTION

Disentangling ecological, allometric and evolutionary determinants of the relationship between seed mass and elevation: insights from multiple analyses of 1355 angiosperm species on the eastern Tibetan Plateau

(2013) Wei Qi et al.   OIKOS

Patterns of Cross-Continental Variation in Tree Seed Mass in the Canadian Boreal Forest

(2013) Jushan Liu et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of the selfing syndrome in Ipomoea

(2013) Tanya M. Duncan et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The phenology of Rubus fruticosus in Ireland: herbarium specimens provide evidence for the response of phenophases to temperature, with implications for climate warming

(2012) E. Diskin et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants

(2012) Rachael V. Gallagher et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Reproductive allometry in Pedicularis species changes with elevation

(2012) Hui Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Testing the role of seed size in annual legume seedling performance under experimental autumn moisture conditions

(2012) Gabriel Arellano et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Rapid Development of Adaptive, Climate-Driven Clinal Variation in Seed Mass in the Invasive Annual Forb Echium plantagineum L.

(2012) Tara K. Konarzewski et al.   PLoS One

Seed germination, seedling traits, and seed bank of the tree Moringa peregrina (Moringaceae) in a hyper-arid environment

(2011) Nasr.H. Gomaa et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The selfing syndrome: a model for studying the genetic and evolutionary basis of morphological adaptation in plants

(2011) Adrien Sicard et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Fitness consequences of seed size in the valley oak Quercus lobata Née (Fagaceae)

(2011) Richard D. Sage et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

TEMPO AND MODE OF MATING SYSTEM EVOLUTION BETWEEN INCIPIENT CLARKIA SPECIES

(2011) James B. Pettengill et al.   EVOLUTION

Seed dispersal distance is more strongly correlated with plant height than with seed mass

(2011) Fiona J. Thomson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Seed mass and summer drought survival in a Mediterranean-climate ecosystem

(2011) Lauren M. Hallett et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Geographic variation in primary sex allocation per flower within and among 12 species of Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae): Proportional male investment increases with elevation

(2010) Hui Guo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Seed size effects and competitive ability in Thlaspi arvense L. (Brassicaceae)

(2010) David J. Susko et al.   Botany

Climate change and plant regeneration from seed

(2010) JEFFREY L. WALCK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Geographic variation in seed mass within and among nine species of Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae): effects of elevation, plant size and seed number per fruit

(2010) Hui Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Testing seed-size predictions in Mediterranean annual grasslands

(2010) Francisco M. Azcárate et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Germination, survival, and growth of grass and forb seedlings: Effects of soil moisture variability

(2009) Philip A. Fay et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Size-dependent pollen:ovule ratios and the allometry of floral sex allocation in Clarkia (Onagraceae) taxa with contrasting mating systems

(2009) Véronique A. Delesalle et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Modification of flower architecture during early stages in the evolution of self-fertilization

(2009) Mario Vallejo-Marín et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Population differences in juvenile survival under increasing drought are mediated by seed size in cork oak (Quercus suber L.)

(2009) J.A. Ramírez-Valiente et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Seed mass inKobresia-dominated communities in alpine meadows at two different elevations

(2009) Gao-Lin Wu et al.   Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution

Can life-history traits predict the response of forb populations to changes in climate variability?

(2009) Harmony J. Dalgleish et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Stability of pollen-ovule ratios in pollinator-dependent versus autogamousClarkiasister taxa: testing evolutionary predictions

(2009) Susan J. Mazer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The oxygen status of the developing seed

(2009) Ljudmilla Borisjuk et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

On the biogeography of seed mass in Germany - distribution patterns and environmental correlates

(2008) Susanne Tautenhahn et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Does the spatial variation in selective pressures explain among-site differences in seed mass? A test with Buxus balearica

(2008) Amparo Lázaro et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Climate Change and the Future of California's Endemic Flora

(2008) Scott R. Loarie et al.   PLoS One