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798A clarification of terminology for plants associated with rock habitats
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Ecological SectionScott, Brenton; Stromberg, Juliet; PIGG , KATHLEEN B.Ecology
Terminology
Rock habitat
Chasmophyte
Lithophyte
Chomophyte
442A community phylogentics approach into determining whether generalists of specialists make better competitors
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Ecological SectionElliott , Tammy Lynn; Waterway, Marcia; Davies, T. Jonathan.community
interspecific competition
specialist species
generalist species
Cyperaceae
subarctic Canada
Habitat Filtering
492A Comparative Study on the Reproductive Biology of Four Missouri Native Tradescantia ssp.(Commelinaceae)
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Ecological SectionHoeft , Adam Patrick; Krakos , Kyra Neipp; Rork, Adam Maxwell.hybridization 
pollination
Breeding System
Missouri Natives
Climate change
318Adaptive genetic differentiation and phenotypic plasticity mediated phenotypic differentiation among populations of invasive Solidago canadensis in China
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Ecological SectionLi, Junmin; Du, Leshan; Zuo, Wei.Invasive plant
Genetic differentiation
Phenotypic plasticity
Evolution
Geographical variation
662After Moby Dick – examining hybridization between Centaurea maculosa (Spotted Knapweed) and Centaurea jacea (Brown Knapweed) on Nantucket Island
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Ecological SectionZávada , Tomáš; Kesseli, Rick.invasive species
hybridization 
Phenotypic plasticity
Centaurea maculosa
Centaurea jacea
Compositae
867An Illustrated Comparison of Morphological Characteristics of Native and Invasive Aquatic Plants of North America
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Ecological SectionLogies, Melissa.invasive plants
Conservation
aquatic plants
357
Canceled
Bacillus thuringiensis transgene introgression from Brassica napus to wild mustard B. juncea
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Ecological SectionCao, Di; Stewart, Neal; Zheng, Min; Guan, Zhengjun; Wei, Wei; Tang, Zhixi; Ma, Keping.gene flow
insect bioassay
introgression
ecological consequence
221Chilling hastens spring budburst in some tree species but not others
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Ecological SectionRICE , STANLEY ARTHUR; Ross, Sonya L..phenology
budburst
global warming
Liquidambar styraciflua
Platanus occidentalis
Carya illinoensis
408Climate change and assisted colonization: the seed germination requirements of a Southern Appalachian endemic plant might already be well-matched to northern areas 
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Ecological SectionBarbour, Emily; Bellemare, Jesse.assisted colonization
Climate change
endemic
Conservation
Seed germination
693Community assembly dynamics over small spatio-temporal scales: an example from fence posts in Costa Rica
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Ecological SectionBlake-Mahmud, Jennifer; STRUWE, LENA.epiphytes
lichens
colonization
succession
Costa Rica
community assembly
500Comparing Seed Viability and Harvest Consistency Across Sites and Years for the Federally Endangered Plant Eriastrum densifolium spp. sanctorum
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Ecological SectionVera, Ignacio.Seed
Seed Reserve
Endangered species
71Demography and reproductive ecology of Euphorbia rosescens, a threatened perennial herb endemic to Florida scrub
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Ecological SectionSmith, Stacy A.; Menges, Eric S.; Faivre, Amy.Demography
Reproductive ecology
perennial herb
Florida
Euphorbia
656Dissecting drivers of community assembly in a comparative phylogenetic framework
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Ecological SectionMarx, Hannah; Lavergne, Sébastien ; Thuiller, Wilfried ; Tank, David C..megaphylogeny
community phylogenetics
Assembly rules
Naturalization Hypothesis
invasive plants
840Distance-related mortality promotes species diversity in silico
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Ecological SectionHammond, Sean; Brown, James H..diversity
Janzen-Connell
simulation
Individual-based model
360Diversity of prairie fens: relative influence of site- and landscape-level variables
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Ecological SectionHackett , Rachel A; Karbowski, Hillary M; Monfils, Anna K. .biodiversity
prairie fen
wetland
landscape
vegetation
water
soil
Onagraceae
species richness
349Effect of Aesculus glabra canopy on understory plant community structure and environment
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Ecological SectionHICKS , DAVID J; TAYLOR, MEGAN.understory plants
temperate deciduous forest
allelopathy
phenology
851Effects of Climate Change on Plant Reproductive Success in the Indiana Spring Ephemeral Community
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Ecological SectionRobertshaw, Asya; Emery, Nancy.spring ephemerals
Climate change
flowering phenology
Anemone acutiloba
plant-pollinator interaction
455Effects of diesel exhaust and particulate matter on plant ecophysiology, reproduction, and growth
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Ecological SectionJaconis, Susan; Culley, Theresa.particulate matter
diesel exhaust
Cichorium intybus
Glycine Max
Plant reproduction
ecophysiology
294Effects of fire on nitrogen use efficiency of deciduous and evergreen shrubs
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Ecological SectionSchafer, Jennifer L.; Hohmann, Matthew G.; Hoffmann, William A..Nutrient Use Efficiency
Prescribed Fire
Longleaf Pine Savanna
Leaf lifespan
Nitrogen resorption
788Effects of invasive species and overabundant white-tailed deer on native tree seedlings in metropolitan forests 
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Ecological SectionLeng, Danielle; Mallotides, Nicole; Morrison, Janet A..tree seedlings
invasive plants
White-tailed Deer
urban ecology
suburban
677Effects of the Invasive Shrub, Lonicera maackii, and a Generalist Herbivore, White-tailed Deer, on Forest Floor Plant Community Composition
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Ecological SectionPeebles-Spencer , Jessica R; GORCHOV , DAVID L.Odocoileus virginianus
White-tailed Deer
Lonicera maackii
Amur Honeysuckle
NMDS
PERMANOVA
Indicator Species Analysis
Deer Exclosures
821Enhanced drought tolerance in the invasive bunchgrass Brachypodium sylvaticum (slender false brome)
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Ecological SectionMarchini, Gina L; Maraist, Caitlin; Williamson, Michelle N.; Cruzan, Mitchell B.Brachypodium
invasive species
ecophysiology
Grass
Pacific Northwest
Drought
Adaptation
644Estimating the tolerance of native and exotic grasses to grasshopper herbivory
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Ecological SectionCulley, Theresa; Avanesyan, Alina.tolerance
plant defense
herbivory
748Evidence for reproductive interference between sexual and apomictic populations of the Easter daisy (Townsendia hookeri, Asteraceae)
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Ecological SectionGarani, Alice; Whitton, Jeannette.apomixis
polyploidy
Townsendia hookeri
Asteraceae
cross pollination
reproductive interference
flow cytometry
729Floral color assembly of serpentine seep communities in northern California, USA
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Ecological SectionLeCroy, Kathryn; Matthew, Koski; Arceo-Gómez, Gerardo; Meindl, George; ASHMAN , TIA-LYNN RUTH.community
community assembly
community phylogenetics
flower color
pollinator vision
pollinator
Serpentine
McLaughlin Natural Reserve
plant ecology
236Functional traits in evolutionary radiations and the origin of trait-environment associations
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Ecological SectionMitchell, Nora; Moore, Timothy E.; Holsinger, Kent E..evolutionary radiation
plant ecology
trait-environment association
functional traits
biodiversity
Bayesian modeling
815Getting ahead of the front: Evaluating impacts of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) on forest vegetation in eastern North America
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Ecological SectionKilgore , Jason S; Dolan, Benjamin J.Fraxinus
emerald ash borer
long term studies
disturbance
undergraduate education
continental scale
152Heat stress disruption and contrasting avoidance-tolerance strategies from thermally contrasting climates in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Ecological SectionZhang, Nana; Tonsor, Stephen.abiotic stress
avoidance
tolerance
fitness
heat stress
local adaptation
62Hidden responses to environmental variation: maternal effects reveal species niche dimensions
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Ecological SectionGermain , Rachel M; Gilbert, Benjamin.Maternal effects
Ecological dynamics
Environmental variability
Mediterranean annuals
728How Germination of Six Native Sonoran Desert Species Is Impacted by Buffelgrass Smoke Solutions
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Ecological SectionShirley, Rhea; Coons, Janice.germination
Sonoran Desert
Buffelgrass
Smoke
877Impacts of goatgrass on functional and compositional beta-diversity in a serpentine annual grassland
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Ecological SectionCase , Erica J; Harrison, SP; Cornell, HV.
697Improving marginal habitat restoration in Western rangelands: ecological genetic and landscape approaches to mountain mahogany shrubland reclamation
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Ecological SectionCrow , Taylor McLaughlin; Hufford, Kristina.conservation genetics
Cercocarpus
Seed zone
local adaptation
population genetics
165Inoculation of Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis with Arbuscular Mycorrhizae: Impacts on Colonization and Mycorrhizal Composition of Roots After Transplanting
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Ecological SectionDavidson, Bill E.; SMITH, JAMES F.; Serpe , Marcelo Daniel.mycorrhiza
seedling establishment
sagebrush
182In silico evaluation of microsatellite development effectiveness using next-generation sequencing: a practical guide for ecologists
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Ecological SectionWei, Na; Dick, Christopher .microsatellites
next-generation sequencing
read length simulation
sequencing error simulation
error trimming simulation
63Introduction of Echinacea pallida in the Prairies of Western Minnesota and its Possible Effects on Native Echinacea angustifolia
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Ecological SectionBlasini, Davis; Wagenius, Stuart.hybridization 
pollination
Prairie
204Invasive Aquatic Weeds: Implications for Mosquito and Vector Management Activities.
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Ecological SectionBLAIR , CHARLES E.invasive plants
434Invasive plant distributions recapitulate patterns found in native plant assemblages in a heterogeneous landscape
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Ecological SectionMavrodiev, Evgeny V.; Gomez, Juan Pablo; Laktionov, Alexy P.; Robinson, Scott K..Neutral Theory
Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity
invasive plants
Native plants
Habitat Filtering
Lower Volga Valley
273Investigating the spatial distribution and reproductive barriers between Layia jonesii, a rare serpentine endemic, and L. platyglossa in San Luis Obispo, California
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Ecological SectionRossington, Natalie.rare species
plant ecology
reciprocal transplant
73Lemna and the Lake Eutophication
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Ecological SectionBashir, Anbreen; Nissar, Mansha.Lemna
Wolfia
Eutrophication
pollution
759Localized, Site-specific Shifts in Flowering Time Lead to Reproductive Isolation of Two Sympatric, Interfertile Forms of Dudleya brittonii (Crassulaceae) in Northern Baja California, Mexico
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Ecological SectionMulroy , Thomas Wilkinson; Mulroy, Juliana C..character displacement
Flowering time
Dudleya
pre-zygotic barrier
hybridization 
sympatric speciation
parapatric speciation
Speciation
glaucous
flowering phenology
flowering period
sympatry
parapatry
Baja California
Crassulaceae
Coastal
Lithophyte
Fog
desert transition
893
Canceled
Modeling the environmental drivers of distribution for a river ecosystem engineer, Carex nudata
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Ecological SectionGoslin, Matthew.Carex
species distribution model
Maxent
riparian
river
194Monitoring invasive plant species across the Central and Northeastern United States
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Ecological SectionKurtz , Cassandra Marie; Hansen, Mark.invasive species
invasive plants
Forest Inventory and Analysis
250Multi-year patterns in plant nutrient resorption from a global dataset
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Ecological SectionDrenovsky , Rebecca E; Wetherill, Christopher; Short, Thomas H.nutrient conservation
nitrogen
phosphorus
plant nutrient budgets
Phenotypic plasticity
391Niche Divergence in Tolmiea (Saxifragaceae): using Ecological Niche Modeling to develop a testable hypothesis for a diploid-autotetraploid species pair
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Ecological SectionVisger, Clayton J; Germain-Aubrey, Charlotte; SOLTIS, PAMELA S.; Soltis, Douglas E..Tolmiea
Saxifragaceae
polyploidy
niche modeling
812Novel plant assemblages along the highly modified urban Salt River in Phoenix AZ
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Ecological SectionMadera, Robert; Stromberg, Juliet.Plant reproduction
plant ecology
functional ecology
functional traits
766Patterns of vascular plant diversity suggest that the western North American sagebrush steppe is ecologically very stable: implications for restoration
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Ecological SectionLavin , Matthew T.community phylogenetics
Artemisia
Amaranthaceae
Poaceae
Fabaceae
Brassicaceae
782Recruitment of invasive plant species in the herb layer of suburban forests
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Ecological SectionMorrison, Janet A.; Ball, Alison; Tomat-Kelly, Giovanna; Speigel, John.urban ecology
suburban
invasive plants
forest fragmentation
temperate deciduous forest
White-tailed Deer
621Refugia might affect the genetic structure of a sea-dispersal plants: Vigna marina
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Ecological SectionYamamoto, Takashi; Takayama, Koji; Nagashima, Reiko; Tateishi, Yoichi; Kajita, Tadashi.Vigna marina
phylogeography
long-distance seed dispersal
coastal plant
land barrier
refugia
366Response of Smooth Rock Skullcap (Scutellaria saxatilis), a Globally Rare Plant, to Fire
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Ecological SectionHUEBNER, CYNTHIA; Karriker, Kent.Scutellaria saxatilis
rock skullcap
fire
threatened species
171Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) fruit development, phenology and abortion in relation to sawgrass seed bank viability
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Ecological SectionRICHARDS , JENNIFER H; ABREU, ANDREW; CORDOVA, JOSE R.; TAYLOR, JONATHAN.sawgrass
Cyperaceae
fruit abortion
seed bank
Everglades
827Seed characteristics of Schizachyrium scoparium (Poaceae) along geographical gradients
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Ecological SectionMarshall, Elizabeth; Winkler, Katharine; Etterson, Julie.Geographic variation
Seed size
temperature
precipitation
161Seed germination requirements in two dominant treeline species – Betula litwinowii and Rhododendron caucasicum, in the Central Greater Caucasus
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Ecological SectionAkhalkatsi, Maia; Togonidze, Natalia; Smith, William K. .Treeline
seed bank
birch
Rhododendron
820Sexual antagonism in a mixed-mating hermaphrodite plant
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Ecological SectionHersh, Evan; Madjidian, Josefin; Andersson, Stefan; Strandh, Maria; Lankinen, Asa.sexually antagonistic coevolution
conflict cost
delayed stigma receptivity
mixed-mating
Pollen competition
Collinsia heterophylla
sexual conflict
845Shade-tolerant tree species may become more important in ash dominant forests after EAB infestation
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Ecological SectionKollar , Leslie Marie; Morrissey, Caitlin A. ; Beavers, Beverly; Dolan, Benjamin J; Kilgore , Jason S.Fraxinus
emerald ash borer
forest succession
canopy species
shade-tolerant species
535Soil Characteristics Effects on Female Frequency in Lobelia spicata
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Ecological SectionRippel, Tyler M; Oremus, Joseph T; Philips, Robert W; Trygg, Matthew R; BYERS , DIANE L.gynodioecy
sex specific selection
sex ratio
Prairie
habitat fragmentation
707Substrate and geographical population differentiation in the lyre-leaved rock cress, Arabidopsis lyrata
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Ecological SectionRoche, Bernadette M.; Veatch-Blohm, Maren E.; Roberts, Roland P..population differentiation
Arabidopsis lyrata
922Successional Chronosequence of Woody Restoration in Strip Mined Land in Zanesville, Ohio
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Ecological SectionCampbell, Alicia; Gilland, Keith; Keiffer, Carolyn.Chronosequence
Restoration Ecology
Strip Mining
521Succession in the Red Gum Research Natural Area
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Ecological SectionDEVALL , MARGARET S; Rodrigues, Guilherme de Assis ; Ferreira Fernandes, Lucas Do Nascimento ; Smith, Carl G.; Hughes, Steven ; Hamel, Paul.Research Natural Area
old growth
bottomland hardwood
753Temperature ranges for dormancy loss and germination differ between dispersal strategies along a mid-western North American latitudinal gradient
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Ecological SectionRidma Bandara , J K; Walck, Jeffrey; Hidayati, Siti; Havens, Kayri.Climate change
Penstemon digitalis 
Asclepias syriaca
266The effect of emerald ash borer-caused canopy gaps on reproduction of an understory invasive shrub
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Ecological SectionHOVEN, BRIAN M; GORCHOV , DAVID L; KNIGHT, KATHLEEN S.Lonicera maackii
invasive species
fruit production
fecundity
disturbance
forest pests
150The effects of the invasive shrub Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) on nutrient, moisture and light availability
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Ecological SectionBechhofer, Jessica; Flinn, Kathryn.invasive species
853
Canceled
The Enhancement of Regional Floristic Species Richness by Geologic Complexity: Examples from the Upper Verde River, Arizona
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Ecological SectionCoburn, Francis S.; Stromberg, Juliet; Landrum, Leslie R.; Makings, Elizabeth.Edaphics
Geology
Edaphic specialization
Edaphic Endemic
rare species
Flora
Limestone
species distribution
Calcareous Soils
Richness
112The potential of selected leguminous tree species for the re-vegetation of crude oil polluted soils in Nigeria
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Ecological SectionOyedeji , Ayodele Adelusi; Kayode, Joshua; Obua, Obiangeli; Besenyei, Lynn; Fullen, Michael A..Fabaceae
crude oil
contamination
re-vegetation
phytoremediation
tropical tree species
666
Canceled
The production of phytolith-occluded carbon in terrestrial ecosystems of China
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Ecological SectionSong, Zhaoliang; Stromberg, Caroline.Phytolith
carbon sink
silicon cycle
terrestrial ecosystems
China
grassland
Forest Ecosystem
cropland
426The Role of White-tailed Deer in Long-distance Dispersal of Lonicera maackii
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Ecological SectionGuiden , Peter Westley; GORCHOV , DAVID L.
548Understanding whole-plant trait-environment associations using phylogenetically-corrected multiple response multiple regressions
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Ecological SectionHOLSINGER , KENT E; Moore, Timothy E.; Mitchell, Nora.Protea
Pelargonium
Cape Floristic Region
Phylogeentic regression
trait-environment association
792Using museum data for large-scale questions: modeling Florida plant diversity
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Ecological SectionGermain-Aubrey , Charlotte Corinna; Allen, Julie ; Neubig , Kurt Maximillian; Guralnick, Robert; Soltis, Douglas E.; Ponciano, Jose-Miguel; Majure, Lucas; SOLTIS, PAMELA S..regional phylogeny
species distribution model
big data
phylogenetic diversity
pipeline
digitized data
museum specimens
226Vague species boundaries exposed: Reproductive biology of functionally dioecious sister taxa in Australian Solanum 
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Ecological SectionGilman, Ian; Jordon-Thaden, Ingrid; MARTINE , CHRISTOPHER T.Solanum
Australia
hybridization 
Plant reproduction
species delimitation
dioecy
Solanaceae
Undergraduate
715Variation in population level rooting traits in Elymus elymoides and its potential ecological role
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Ecological SectionFoxx, Alicia J.; Kramer, Andrea.Elymus elymoides
Population variation
Phenotypic plasticity
Root structure
793Variation in the abundance of a spring ephemeral wildflowers in deer-ridden suburban forests
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Ecological SectionWilkins, Shane; Tomat-Kelly, Giovanna; Morrison, Janet A..spring wildflowers
White-tailed Deer
suburban
urban ecology
210When fire is welcome in Mediterranean plant communities: a phylogenetic perspective on assembly rules
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Ecological SectionAlves Meira Neto , Joao Augusto; Gastauer, Markus; Maganago, Luiz; Clemente, Adelaide; Correia, Otilia.Assembly rules
Evolutionary ecology
functional ecology
203Woody plant seed dispersal by a grass-feeding macropod in northern Australia
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Ecological SectionBoni, Alexandra; Evans, Elizabeth Capaldi; Jordon-Thaden, Ingrid; MARTINE , CHRISTOPHER T.seed dispersal
Frugivory
Australia
Mammals
Seed germination
Plant-animal interactions

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