Search Results - "Charles G Willis"

Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large-scale digitization by Daru, Barnabas H., Park, Daniel S., Primack, Richard B., Willis, Charles G., Barrington, David S., Whitfeld, Timothy J. S., Seidler, Tristram G., Sweeney, Patrick W., Foster, David R., Ellison, Aaron M., Davis, Charles C.

“…Nonrandom collecting practices may bias conclusions drawn from analyses of herbarium records. Recent efforts to fully digitize and mobilize regional floras…”
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Germination, Postgermination Adaptation, and Species Ecological Ranges by Donohue, Kathleen, Rubio de Casas, Rafael, Burghardt, Liana, Kovach, Katherine, Willis, Charles G

“…Germination behavior is one of the earliest phenotypes expressed by plants. This fact has several consequences for the evolution of postgermination traits,…”
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Widespread homogenization of plant communities in the Anthropocene by Daru, Barnabas H., Davies, T. Jonathan, Willis, Charles G., Meineke, Emily K., Ronk, Argo, Zobel, Martin, Pärtel, Meelis, Antonelli, Alexandre, Davis, Charles C.

“…Native biodiversity decline and non-native species spread are major features of the Anthropocene. Both processes can drive biotic homogenization by reducing…”
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Global biogeography of seed dormancy is determined by seasonality and seed size: a case study in the legumes by Rubio de Casas, Rafael, Willis, Charles G., Pearse, William D., Baskin, Carol C., Baskin, Jerry M., Cavender‐Bares, Jeannine

“…Seed dormancy is expected to provide ecological advantages by adjusting germination to the favorable growth period. However, many species produce nondormant…”
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evolution of seed dormancy: environmental cues, evolutionary hubs, and diversification of the seed plants by Willis, Charles G, Baskin, Carol C, Baskin, Jerry M, Auld, Josh R, Venable, D. Lawrence, Cavender‐Bares, Jeannine, Donohue, Kathleen, Rubio de Casas, Rafael

“…Seed dormancy, by controlling the timing of germination, can strongly affect plant survival. The kind of seed dormancy, therefore, can influence both…”
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Phylogenetic patterns of species loss in Thoreau's woods are driven by climate change by Willis, Charles G, Ruhfel, Brad, Primack, Richard B, Miller-Rushing, Abraham J, Davis, Charles C

“…Climate change has led to major changes in the phenology (the timing of seasonal activities, such as flowering) of some species but not others. The extent to…”
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The importance of phylogeny to the study of phenological response to global climate change by Davis, Charles C., Willis, Charles G., Primack, Richard B., Miller-Rushing, Abraham J.

“…Climate change has resulted in major changes in the phenology—i.e. the timing of seasonal activities, such as flowering and bird migration—of some species but…”
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Leaf out times of temperate woody plants are related to phylogeny, deciduousness, growth habit and wood anatomy by Panchen, Zoe A, Primack, Richard B, Nordt, Birgit, Ellwood, Elizabeth R, Stevens, Albert‐Dieter, Renner, Susanne S, Willis, Charles G, Fahey, Robert, Whittemore, Alan, Du, Yanjun, Davis, Charles C

“…Leaf out phenology affects a wide variety of ecosystem processes and ecological interactions and will take on added significance as leaf out times increasingly…”
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CrowdCurio: an online crowdsourcing platform to facilitate climate change studies using herbarium specimens by Willis, Charles G., Law, Edith, Williams, Alex C., Franzone, Brian F., Bernardos, Rebecca, Bruno, Lian, Hopkins, Claire, Schorn, Christian, Weber, Ella, Park, Daniel S., Davis, Charles C.

“…Phenology is a key aspect of plant success. Recent research has demonstrated that herbarium specimens can provide important information on plant phenology…”
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Favorable Climate Change Response Explains Non-Native Species' Success in Thoreau's Woods by Willis, Charles G, Ruhfel, Brad R, Primack, Richard B, Miller-Rushing, Abraham J, Losos, Jonathan B, Davis, Charles C

“…Invasive species have tremendous detrimental ecological and economic impacts. Climate change may exacerbate species invasions across communities if non-native…”
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community‐level effect of light on germination timing in relation to seed mass: a source of regeneration niche differentiation by Zhang, Chunhui, Willis, Charles G, Burghardt, Liana T, Qi, Wei, Liu, Kun, Moura Souza‐Filho, Paulo Roberto, Ma, Zhen, Du, Guozhen

“…Within a community, species may germinate at different times so as to mitigate competition and to take advantage of different aspects of the seasonal…”
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Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed by Russell, Ann E, Aide, T Mitchell, Braker, Elizabeth, Bruna, Emilio M, Ganong, Carissa N, Hardin, Rebecca D, Holl, Karen D, Hotchkiss, Sara C, Klemens, Jeffrey A, Kuprewicz, Erin K, McClearn, Deedra, Middendorf, George, Ostertag, Rebecca, Powers, Jennifer S, Russo, Sabrina E, Stynoski, Jennifer L, Valdez, Ursula, Willis, Charles G

“…Understanding tropical biology is important for solving complex problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and zoonotic pandemics, but biology…”
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Correction: Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed by Russell, Ann E, Aide, T Mitchell, Braker, Elizabeth, Bruno, Emilio M, Ganong, Carissa N, Hardin, Rebecca D, Holl, Karen D, Hotchkiss, Sara C, Klemens, Jeffrey A, Kuprewicz, Erin K, McClearn, Deedra, Middendorf, George, Ostertag, Rebecca, Powers, Jennifer S, Russo, Sabrina E, Stynoski, Jennifer L, Valdez, Ursula, Willis, Charles G

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001674.]…”
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Phylogenetic community structure in Minnesota oak savanna is influenced by spatial extent and environmental variation by Willis, Charles G., Halina, Marta, Lehman, Clarence, Reich, Peter B., Keen, Adrienne, McCarthy, Shawn, Cavender-Bares, Jeannine

“…The relative importance of environmental filtering, biotic interactions and neutral processes in community assembly remains an openly debated question and one…”
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“Out of my control”: science undergraduates report mental health concerns and inconsistent conditions when using remote proctoring software by Pokorny, Annika, Ballen, Cissy J., Drake, Abby Grace, Driessen, Emily P., Fagbodun, Sheritta, Gibbens, Brian, Henning, Jeremiah A., McCoy, Sophie J., Thompson, Seth K., Willis, Charles G., Lane, A. Kelly

“…Efforts to discourage academic misconduct in online learning environments frequently include the use of remote proctoring services. While these services are…”
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Herbarium records are reliable sources of phenological change driven by climate and provide novel insights into species' phenological cueing mechanisms by Davis, Charles C., Willis, Charles G., Connolly, Bryan, Kelly, Courtland, Ellison, Aaron M.

“…PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Climate change has resulted in major changes in the phenology of some species but not others. Long-term field observational records…”
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ANTAGONISTIC MULTILEVEL SELECTION ON SIZE AND ARCHITECTURE IN VARIABLE DENSITY SETTINGS by Weinig, Cynthia, Johnston, Jill A, Willis, Charles G, Maloof, Julin N

“…In some ecological settings, an individual's fitness depends on both its own phenotype (individual-level selection) as well as the phenotype of the individuals…”
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Old Plants, New Tricks: Phenological Research Using Herbarium Specimens by Willis, Charles G., Ellwood, Elizabeth R., Primack, Richard B., Davis, Charles C., Pearson, Katelin D., Gallinat, Amanda S., Yost, Jenn M., Nelson, Gil, Mazer, Susan J., Rossington, Natalie L., Sparks, Tim H., Soltis, Pamela S.

“…The timing of phenological events, such as leaf-out and flowering, strongly influence plant success and their study is vital to understanding how plants will…”
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Herbarium specimens show patterns of fruiting phenology in native and invasive plant species across New England by Gallinat, Amanda S., Russo, Luca, Melaas, Eli K., Willis, Charles G., Primack, Richard B.

“…Premise of the Study Patterns of fruiting phenology in temperate ecosystems are poorly understood, despite the ecological importance of fruiting for animal…”
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Machine learning predicts large scale declines in native plant phylogenetic diversity by Park, Daniel S., Willis, Charles G., Xi, Zhenxiang, Kartesz, John T., Davis, Charles C., Worthington, Steven

“…Though substantial effort has gone into predicting how global climate change will impact biodiversity patterns, the scarcity of taxon-specific information has…”
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