[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1030039) The development of frameworks for better-understanding ecological syndromes and putative evolutionary strategies of plant adaptation to fire has recently received a flurry of attention, …
[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12619) Aim: Although existing bioregional classification schemes often consider the compositional affinities within regional biotas, they do not typically incorporate phylogenetic information …
[Access the paper here](https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12447) Incomplete post-zygotic isolation poses challenges for the maintenance of species integrity in recently radiated lineages. An example is Jamesbrittenia, a southern African-centred genus, the …
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Aim: To reconstruct the historical assembly of the eudicot flora of Mediterranean sierras by examining compositional (CBD), phylogenetic (PBD) and functional (FBD) beta diversity between …
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Aim: Convergent evolution and environmental filtering are assumed to often result in deterministic patterns of vegetation structure and function in relation to prevailing environmental …
[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.017) Understanding the ecology and evolution of the hyper-diverse Cape flora is dependent on developing an understanding of its component parts, best epitomized by the Cape floral …
[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1300439) PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The radiation of a lineage and its rise to ecological dominance are distinct phenomena and driven by different processes. For example, paleoecological data has been …
[More on the book here.](https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199679584.001.0001/acprof-9780199679584) South Africa's fynbos region has intrigued biologists for centuries. It has achieved iconic status as a locus of …
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The broad austral distribution of Schoeneae is almost certainly a product of long-distance dispersal. Owing to the inadequacies of existing phylogenetic data and a …