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195A comparison of floral reflectance patterns of Plantago species
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Ecological SectionAnderson, Erin R.; Lacey, Elizabeth; Lovin, Mary Beth.floral evolution
Spectral reflectance
Plantago
phylogeny
phenotypic plasticity
126A Comparison of the Competitive Ability of Ailanthus altissima (Miller) Swingle (Tree of Heaven) and Acer rubrum L. (Red Maple) Under Different Growing Conditions
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Ecological SectionHuebner, Cynthia.Ailanthus altissima
competitive ability
181Allelopathy in Castelnavia (Podostemaceae)
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Ecological SectionPhilbrick, Paula; Philbrick, C. Thomas.plant community
species interaction
angiosperm
354An evaluation of the distribution of ecological information on Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) to invasive species managers in Missouri and Illinois
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Ecological SectionWaselkov, Katherine; Pardini, Eleanor; Knight, Tiffany.alliaria petiolata
invasive plant
invasive species management
online survey
200Assessing the efficacy of buffer strips in sustaining floristic diversity in interior forests
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Ecological SectionPetersen, Christine; Black, Scott; Baldwin, Lyn; Bradfield, Gary, E.; Karakatsoulis, John.Species Richness
small streams
riparian zones
PLANTS
forestry practises
808Belowground bud morphology, production, and dynamics of a C3 and a C4 perennial grass.
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Ecological SectionOtt, Jacqueline P; Hartnett, David C..bud bank
C3 and C4 grasses
shoot development
plant architecture
bud morphology
demography
798Changes in vegetation patterns on Vancouver Island and Saltspring Island (British Columbia, Canada) since European settlement
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Ecological SectionBjorkman, Anne; Vellend, Mark.historical ecology
presettlement vegetation
Vancouver Island
305Climate change and predicted geographic distribution of frailejones species (subtribe Espeletiinae, Asteraceae) in the neotropical Andes
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Ecological SectionDiazgranados, Mauricio.bioclimatic niche analysis
climate change
Espeletia
frailejones
northern Andes
subtribe Espeletiinae
752Clonal spread of invasive Ludwigia species in freshwater wetlands of California
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Ecological SectionOkada, Miki; Grewell, Brenda J.; Jasieniuk, Marie.Ludwigia
invasive
aquatic
clonal
AFLP
655
Canceled
Comparative analysis of the reproductive ecology of two myco-heterotrophic genera in the Monotropoideae (Ericaceae)
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Ecological SectionKlooster, Matthew R.; Culley, Theresa M..myco-heterotrophy
reproductive ecology
Ericaceae
Monotropa
Monotropsis
pollination
breeding system
707Comparison of Seedling Fitness in the Hyperaccumulator, Alyssum murale Waldst and Kit. (Brassicaceae) in Soils With and Without Nickel
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Ecological SectionSylvain, Iman; McKenna, Mary.Alyssum murale
hyperaccumulator
serpentine
nickel
edaphic specialization
seedling growth
seed size
591Competition and inbreeding depression: invasive purple loosestrife alters inbreeding depression in Mimulus ringens
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Ecological SectionGriffin, Nicholas; Templeton, Alan; Knight, Tiffany.inbreeding depression
inbreeding
competition
mating system
171Crossing the border – rain operated capsule-opening from African and American desert species and plants from alpine New Zealand
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Ecological SectionPufal, Gesine; Garnock-Jones, Philip.hygrochasy
Veronica
Colobanthus
alpine New Zealand
rain dispersal
656
Canceled
Cryptic mimicry functions as an effective plant defense strategy for herbivore avoidance in the myco-heterotroph, Monotropsis odorata (Ericaceae)
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Ecological SectionKlooster, Matthew R.; Culley, Theresa M..cryptic mimicry
Monotropsis odorata
Ericaceae
herbivory
plant defense
myco-heterotrophy
128
Canceled
Cytologic and morphometric analyses clarify Ludwigia species invading aquatic ecosystems in Pacific western states, USA
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Ecological SectionGrewell, Brenda J.; Canington, Deborah; Futrell, Caryn J..Ludwigia
Invasive plants
weeds
Aquatic plants
wetlands
biological invasion
258Demographic genetic studies of a clonal plant Convallaria keiskei: roles of clonal growth and sexual reproduction
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Ecological SectionAraki, Kiwako; Yamada, Etsuko; Ohara, Masashi.clonal plant
demography
genet
life history
plant population biology
ramet
843Determinants of broad-scale plant species richness across Madagascar
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Ecological SectionHong-Wa, Cynthia; Distler, Trisha; Schatz, George E.; Lowry, Porter P. II; Jimenez, Ivan.Madagascar
Plant species richness
Spatial heterogeneity
Anthropogenic extinction
Geometric constraints
Species-energy
403Differences in cold stratification requirements among populations of Lomatium dissectum seeds
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Ecological SectionDonahue, Jacklyn; Scholten, Melissa; Shaw, Nancy; Smith, James F.; Serpe, Marcelo.seed germination
Lomatium
stratification
767Dispersion and establishment of aborted fruits from Opuntia microdasys in three habitats of the Chihuahuan Desert
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Ecological SectionGarcía Morales, Erick; Carrillo-Angeles, Israel; Palleiro, Nicolas; Mandujano, M. C..dispersion
cactus
propagation
Chihuahuan Desert
Opuntia
209Diversity and Forest Structure of lowland tropical rain forests in the insular Pacific
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Ecological SectionKeppel, Gunnar; Possingham, Hugh P.; Buckley, Yvonne M..rainforest
latitudinal gradient
species diversity
South Pacific
forest structure
oceanic islands
Biogeography
77Ecological divergence of wild tomatoes driven by the Andean uplift and the subsequent climate changes
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Ecological SectionNakazato, Takuya; Sepulchre, Pierre; Moyle, Leonie C..tomato
adaptation
ecological speciation
Andes
paleoclimate
166Ecological Effects of Transgene Persistence on Plant Communities in the Presence and Absence of Drift Levels of Glyphosate Herbicide
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Ecological SectionWatrud, Lidia S.; King, George A.; Colasanti, Ricardo; Lee, E. Henry.Canola
bird's rape mustard
ecological risk assessment
Roundup
herbicide
256Edge effects on demography of a perennial understory herb, Trillium camschatcense, within small forest fragments
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Ecological SectionYamagishi, Hiroki; Tomimatsu, Hiroshi; Ohara, Masashi.Habitat fragmentation
Edge effect
Population growth rates
LTRE
631Effect of Pattern of Defoliation on Performance of Canola (Brassica napus)
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Ecological SectionSusko, David; Superfisky, Beth.reproductive allocation
simulated herbivory
261Eradication of the aquatic invasive European frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) from the Grasse River Wild Forest, Adirondack Park, NY
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Ecological SectionLangdon, Stephen F.; Oles, Hilary A.; Martine, Christopher T..Invasive Species
Hydrocharitaceae
management
Adirondack
141Establishing DNA-Barcoding Methods in Diatoms for Diversity Assessments
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Ecological SectionGemeinholzer, Birgit; Zimmermann, Jonas; Jahn, Regine.
127Estimated Spread Rates and Population Growth of Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus (Japanese Stiltgrass) from Roadside Populations into West Virginia Forests over Three Years
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Ecological SectionHuebner, Cynthia.Microstegium vimineum
growth rate
plant population biology
55Evaluating the Influence of Cattle Grazing on a Coastal Prairie in Central California
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Ecological SectionSkaer, M. J.; Graydon, D. J.; Cushman, J. H..biological invasion
community-level effects
grazing
grasslands
168Evaluating the Potential Ecological Effects of Transgene Escape and Persistence in Constructed Plant Communities
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Ecological SectionLondo, J.P.; Bollman, Mike; Sagers, C.L.; Watrud, Lidia S..stacked transgenes
Brassica napus
Brassica rapa
plant communities
ecological risk assessment
895Evolution of a circular trait: Phenology in Banksia (Proteaceae)
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Ecological SectionCowan, Peter D; Bolmgren, Kjell; Mast, Austin.evolution
phenology
circular statistics
trade-offs
banksia
phylogenetic independent contrasts
Proteaceae
347Evolution of weediness in the Chamaesyce clade of Euphorbia s.l. (Euphorbiaceae) – biogeography, shift to early onset of reproductive growth, and opportunistic life-history strategies
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Ecological SectionYang, Ya; Berry, Paul E..Chamaesyce
weediness
character evolution
Biogeography
241Factors affecting mast fruiting patterns in the ecotonal shrub Coleogyne ramosissima
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Ecological SectionPendleton, Burton K.; Meyer, Susan E..Coleogyne
mast fruiting
ecotone
478Fifteen woody species with potential for invasiveness in New England
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Ecological SectionMartine, Christopher T.; Leicht-Young, Stacey A.; Herron, Patrick M.; Latimer, Andrew M..Invasive Species
Cultivated plants
Fabaceae
Rosaceae
Viburnum
218Finding New Characters: An Exploration of Seed Coat Patterns in Lupines
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Ecological SectionKirchoff, Bruce K.; Simms, Ellen; Remington, David L..Lupinus
characters
Seeds
seed coat
cognitive psychology
Fabaceae
methodology
Gestalts
184Floral reflectance patterns and thermoregulation in European populations of Plantago lanceolata: A test of adaptive phenotypic plasticity
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Ecological SectionLacey, Elizabeth; Lovin, Mary Beth; Richter, Scott J.; Herington, Dean A..floral evolution
thermoregulation
phenotypic plasticity
Spectral reflectance
ecophysiology
geographic variation
thermal acclimation
605Floral transmission of bacterial wilt disease in Cucurbita texana
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Ecological SectionWinsor, James; Sasuclark, Miruna A; Stephenson, Andrew G..bacterial wilt disease
Erwinia
Cucurbitaceae
floral transmission
beetle
183Florivory and pollination of Anaxagorea crassipetala, a neotropical species of Annonaceae
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Ecological SectionArmstrong, Joseph E.; Collier, Glen E..Florivory
pollination
Annonaceae
neotropical
beetle
926Gardening for pollinators of native plants – pine rockland restoration in Miami schoolyards
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Ecological SectionKoptur, Suzanne; Pena, Adel; Barragan, Michelle; Foss, Jennifer; Hoang, Lisa; Maschinski, Joyce; Perez-Munoz, Lisset.pollination
restoration
native species
plant-animal interaction
education
collaboration
677Genome size is a strong predictor of cell size and stomatal density in angiosperms
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Ecological SectionBeaulieu, JM; Leitch, Ilia J.; Patel, S; Pendharkar, A; Knight, CA.genome size
cell size
stomata
stomatal density
independent contrasts
679Got the climate change blues? Soil properties may impact mycorrhiza communities, early growth and relocation success of whitebark pine
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Ecological SectionTackaberry, Linda E.; Massicotte, Hugues; Green, D. Scott.Pinus albicaulis
whitebark pine
climate change
ectomycorrhizas
adaptive growth traits
migratory potential
302Growth and survival patterns of a monocarpic perennial herb Cardiocrinum cordatum var. glehnii (Liliaceae), based on the 13-year monitoring study
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Ecological SectionOhara, Masashi; Araki, Kiwako; Shimatani, Kenichiro.monocarpic perennical
long term census
life history
demography
growth pattern
survival
116Habitat Specificity, Life Histories, and Physiology of Rare and Common Dudleya taxa of the Santa Monica Mountains, USA
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Ecological SectionDorsey, Ann.Dudleya
rare plants
life history
129Impacts of introduced rats on plant recruitment at Palmyra Atoll
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Ecological SectionWegmann, Alexander, S.; Drake, Donald R..plant reproductive ecology
Terminalia catappa
Rattus rattus
Land crab
seed predation
dispersal
seedling recruitment
800Influence of Associated Species, Soil and Seed Biology on Disjunct Distribution of Physaria ludoviciana (silvery bladderpod; Brassicaceae)
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Ecological SectionJernegan, Marissa; Coons, Janice; Rolfsmeier, Steven.Brassicaceae
Reproductive biology
Lesquerella ludoviciana
584Influence of Seed Size on the Density of Arctostaphylos Seed Banks
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Ecological SectionIngalls, Stephen.Seeds
seed bank 
Arctostaphylos
785Leaf and stem trait variation of a widespread tropical dry forest species along a post-disturbance successional gradient
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Ecological SectionBhaskar, Radika; Dawson, Todd; Balvanera, Patricia.legume
specific leaf area
plasticity
324Maternal effects influence life history evolution: Cross-generation associations between flowering phenology and timing of germination
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Ecological SectionGalloway, Laura; Burgess, Kevin.Transgenerational effects
Seasonal Effects
Life history evolution
ecological genetics
Germination
flowering time
early flowering
indirect genetic effects
Artificial Selection
phenotypic manipulation
campanula
463
Canceled
Past and Future: Assessing the Impact of Agriculture on Climate Change in the Last 10,000 years
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Ecological SectionNicholson, Nancy.agricultural ecology interglacial
holocene ocean temperatures and agriculture
524Pelargonium community assembly in South Africa: The influence of phylogeny, morphology, and climate
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Ecological SectionPrunier, Rachel; Holsinger, Kent E.; Jones, Cynthia S.; Schlichting, Carl.Pelargonium
community assembly
phylogenetics
spatial patterns
338Persistence of woody reseeders and resprouters (Hypericum spp.) along fire-frequented ecoclines of the northern Florida gulf coast
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Ecological SectionCrandall, Raelene; Platt, William.reseeder
resprouter
habitat associations
ecoclines
fire
405Phylogeny and a preliminary comparative analysis of leaf and environmental characteristics in the epiphytic bromeliad genus Catopsis
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Ecological SectionGonsiska, P. A.; Givnish, Thomas J..Catopsis
epiphyte
Bromeliaceae
CONTINUOUS
comparative analysis
phylogenetic correction
803Plant-animal interaction in a mexican cloud forest
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Ecological SectionSanchez-Ramos, Gerardo; Dirzo, Rodolfo; Martinez-Avalos, Jose; Argomedo, Alicia; Davila-Ruiz, Miguel.Cloud Forest
herbivory
plant-animal interaction
286Plant and soil relationships in Manitoba tallgrass prairie
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Ecological SectionFaber, Sandi.Tallgrass prairie
community structure
species diversity
feedback
plant-microbe interaction
soil microorganisms
711Plant community changes over 20 years in Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, Canada
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Ecological SectionSuper, Laura; Vellend, Mark; Bradfield, Gary, E..plant communities
permanent plots
Pacific Spirit Regional Park
205Plant functional group response to livestock grazing in depressional wetlands
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Ecological SectionJones, W. Marc; Fraser, Lauchlan H.; Curtis, P. Jeff.grazing
plant functional groups
Wetland
hierarchical models
104Plant invasion in systems characterized by discrete distrubance: alternative hypotheses
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Ecological SectionGorchov, David L..Invasive Species
treefall gap
establishment
Rubus phoenicolasius
Lonicera maackii
alliaria petiolata
Acer platanoides
discrete disturbance
biological invasion
681Population dynamics of an endangered endemic rupiculous cactus
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Ecological SectionFlores Martínez, Alejandro; Manzanero Medina, Gladys Isabel; Mandujano, Maria.Cactaceae
demography
elasticity
Population Viability Analysis (PVA)
Mammillaria huitzilopochtli
719Quantification of plant phenology
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Ecological SectionBiernacki, Maciej.phenology
heat accumulation
plant development
mathematical model
leaf area
root area
timing of plant phenology
heat zones
standardized plant growth
14Relict cloud forests with disjunct populations of Guatemalan-Mexican sugar maple (Acer saccharum subsp. skutchii) in relation to environmental and disturbance gradients
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Ecological SectionVargas-Rodriguez, Yalma; Platt, William; Vazquez-Garcia, J. Antonio.species density
species decline
ancient flora
vegetation structure
Neogene vegetation
soil nutrients
918Reproductive Implications of Floral Herbivory in the butterfly pea, Centrosema virginianum (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae)
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Ecological SectionCardel-Sharp, Yuria; Koptur, Suzanne.pollination
herbivory
plant-animal interaction
Plant-insect
floral display
fruit set
Florivory
755Resource storage and prolonged dormancy: Is it better to stay belowground?
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Ecological SectionGremer, Jennifer R..Prolonged dormancy
resource allocation
Astragalus
life-history
192Revisiting the paleoclimate of southwestern British Columbia: New tools, new interpretations
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Ecological SectionGoring, Simon J; Mathewes, Rolf W.paleoclimate
paleoecology
Holocene
climate change
237Seasonal patterns of tannin production in post oaks (Fagaceae: Quercus stellata) in wet vs. dry years
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Ecological SectionRice, Stanley A.; Corbett, Erica A.; Moore, Sara A..Quercus stellata
tannins
plant-herbivore interactions
water potential
221Seed heteromorphism in Cryptantha section Krynitzkia: geographic patterns, germination, and dispersal
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Ecological SectionPendleton, Rosemary; Pendleton, Burton K..Germination
reproduction
Habitat
Distribution
100Seed production in sea oats (Uniola paniculata L., Poaceae) along an environmental gradient on a barrier island
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Ecological SectionBraly, S. Katharine; Brewer, Steven.seed limitation
barrier island
dune
487Seed source specificity is not tightly associated with plant performance in a 3-year urban common garden experiment
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Ecological SectionHandel, Steven; Clemants, Steven; Toth, Edward; Parag, Hadas; Chambers, Timothy.urban ecology
common garden
disturbance
Asclepias syriaca
Eupatorium rugosum
Euthamia graminifolia
Panicum virgatum
Solidago canadensis
819Selection by climate and pollinators on mating-system-associated traits
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Ecological SectionElle, Elizabeth.pollination
evolution of selfing
mating-system evolution
plant growth and development
abiotic selection
402Soil fungal dynamics in a loblolly pine forest exposed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide over a seven year period: interactions with soil N fertility
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Ecological SectionPritchard, Seth; McCormack, M. Luke; Strand, Allan; Davis, Micheal; Breland, Sabrie; Oren, Ram.Elevated CO2
mycorrhizal fungi
rhizomorph
nitrogen limitation
nitrogen and carbon metabolism
702The consequences of genetic diversity for invasion success in populations of dandelions, Taraxacum officinale
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Ecological SectionDrummond, Emily; Vellend, Mark.Genetic diversity
species diversity
Taraxacum officinale
genotype-by-environment interaction
selection effect
complementarity
268The contribution to vegetation of Qom Province as ecotone ecosystem in the center of Iran
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Ecological SectionMehrabian, Ahmadreza; Asghar, Abdoli; Homan, Liaghati; Hossein, Mostafavi; Salman Mahini, Abdolrasol; Faraham, Ahmadzadeh.Qom
ecotone
Iran
580The effect of Cactoblastis cactorum on wild and cultivated populations of Opuntia species in Mexico using matrix population models
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Ecological SectionFlores-Moreno, Habacuc; Golubov, Jordan; Mandunjano, Francisco; Mandujano, Maria.Opuntia
Cactoblastis cactorum
Mexico
biological invasion
population
matrices models
255The evolution of self-incompatible and self-compatible populations in a hermaphroditic perennial, Trillium camschatcense: Which is the derivative?
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Ecological SectionKubota, Shosei; Ohara, Masashi.Japanese Trillium
phylogeny
mating-system evolution
self-compatibility
self-incompatibility
selfing
49The hypothesis of diminishing returns: evidence from the scaling of specific leaf area
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Ecological SectionNiklas, Karl J.; Cobb, Edward D..allometry
leaf traits
298The impact of Spotted Knapweed (C. maculosa) on the grassland community of Lac du Bois Provincial Park
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Ecological SectionMay, Laura; Baldwin, Lyn.Centaurea maculosa
grasslands
Phytotoxin
allelopathy
Modified Whittaker Plot
363The role of hybridization in reproduction and establishment of invasive Pyrus calleryana (Callery pear)
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Ecological SectionHardiman, Nicole; Culley, Theresa M..cultivar
invasive
hybridization
Hybrid vigor
Pyrus calleryana
444
Canceled
The value of Specific Leaf Area (SLA) for predicting future woody invaders in New England
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Ecological SectionRushford, Jennifer L.; Martine, Christopher T.; Herron, Patrick M.; Leicht-Young, Stacey A.; Latimer, Andrew M..Invasive Species
specific leaf area
prediction
New England
44Tissue culture and characterization of genetic diversity in a threatened plant species, Opuntia fragilis
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Ecological SectionCarlson, Kitrina; Shrestha, Archana.Opuntia fragilis
RAPD
Genetic diversity
tissue culture
502
Canceled
Toxicity assessment of Industrial effluents on Allium root tip mitosis
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Ecological SectionOgunwenmo, K. Olusola; Dibia, Daphnie; Oyelana, Olatunji.Allium test
effluent
chromosomal aberration
mitosis
Phytotoxicity
Wastewater
292Tree plots, DNA barcoding, and tropical ecologists' contribution to species discovery
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Ecological SectionDexter, Kyle; Terborgh, John; Cunningham, Cliff.DNA Barcoding
tropical trees
Species Discovery
Amazon Rainforest
Inga (Mimosoideae: Fabaceae)
663Variation among populations of Ipomoea pes-caprae (Convolvulaceae) growing around the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
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Ecological SectionDevall, Margaret; Thien, Leonard.common garden study
strand vegetation

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