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To adapt or go extinct? The fate of megafaunal palm fruits under past global change by Onstein, Renske E, Baker, William J, Couvreur, Thomas L P, Faurby, Søren, Herrera-Alsina, Leonel, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Kissling, W Daniel

“…Past global change may have forced animal-dispersed plants with megafaunal fruits to adapt or go extinct, but these processes have remained unexplored at broad…”
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Origin and global diversification patterns of tropical rain forests: inferences from a complete genus-level phylogeny of palms by Couvreur, Thomas L P, Forest, Félix, Baker, William J

“…Understanding how biodiversity is shaped through time is a fundamental question in biology. Even though tropical rain forests (TRF) represent the most diverse…”
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Cenozoic imprints on the phylogenetic structure of palm species assemblages worldwide by Kissling, W. Daniel, Eiserhardt, Wolf L., Baker, William J., Borchsenius, Finn, Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Balslev, Henrik, Svenning, Jens-Christian

“…Despite long-standing interest in the origin and maintenance of species diversity, little is known about historical drivers of species assemblage structure at…”
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Individualistic evolutionary responses of Central African rain forest plants to Pleistocene climatic fluctuations by Helmstetter, Andrew J., Béthune, Kevin, Kamdem, Narcisse G., Sonké, Bonaventure, Couvreur, Thomas L. P.

“…Understanding the evolutionary dynamics of genetic diversity is fundamental for species conservation in the face of climate change, particularly in…”
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Odd man out: why are there fewer plant species in African rain forests? by Couvreur, Thomas L. P

“…Although tropical rain forests represent the most species-rich terrestrial ecosystem on the planet, the three main rain forest regions (Neotropics, South-East…”
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Bibliometric analysis of parasite vaccine research from 1990 to 2019 by de Couvreur, L.A., Cobo, M.J., Kennedy, P.J., Ellis, J.T.

“…•Bibliometric overview of parasite vaccinology over a 20-year period.•Visualised disciplinary transitions directed by public health and…”
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Plant phylogeny as a window on the evolution of hyperdiversity in the tropical rainforest biome by Eiserhardt, Wolf L., Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Baker, William J.

“…Tropical rainforest (TRF) is the most species-rich terrestrial biome on Earth, harbouring just under half of the world’s plant species in c. 7% of the land…”
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A mega-phylogeny of the Annonaceae: taxonomic placement of five enigmatic genera and support for a new tribe, Phoenicantheae by Guo, Xing, Tang, Chin Cheung, Thomas, Daniel C., Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Saunders, Richard M. K.

“…The Annonaceae, the largest family in the early-divergent order Magnoliales, comprises 107 genera and c. 2,400 species. Previous molecular phylogenetic studies…”
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ConR: An R package to assist large‐scale multispecies preliminary conservation assessments using distribution data by Dauby, Gilles, Stévart, Tariq, Droissart, Vincent, Cosiaux, Ariane, Deblauwe, Vincent, Simo‐Droissart, Murielle, Sosef, Marc S. M., Lowry, Porter P., Schatz, George E., Gereau, Roy E., Couvreur, Thomas L. P.

“…The Red List Categories and the accompanying five criteria developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) provide an authoritative and…”
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Molecular Phylogenetics, Temporal Diversification, and Principles of Evolution in the Mustard Family (Brassicaceae) by Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Franzke, Andreas, Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A., Bakker, Freek T., Koch, Marcus A., Mummenhoff, Klaus

“…Brassicaceae is an important family at both the agronomic and scientific level. The family not only inlcudes several model species, but it is also becoming an…”
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Tectonics, climate and the diversification of the tropical African terrestrial flora and fauna by Couvreur, Thomas L.P., Dauby, Gilles, Blach‐Overgaard, Anne, Deblauwe, Vincent, Dessein, Steven, Droissart, Vincent, Hardy, Oliver J., Harris, David J., Janssens, Steven B., Ley, Alexandra C., Mackinder, Barbara A., Sonké, Bonaventure, Sosef, Marc S.M., Stévart, Tariq, Svenning, Jens‐Christian, Wieringa, Jan J., Faye, Adama, Missoup, Alain D., Tolley, Krystal A., Nicolas, Violaine, Ntie, Stéphan, Fluteau, Frédiéric, Robin, Cécile, Guillocheau, Francois, Barboni, Doris, Sepulchre, Pierre

“…ABSTRACT Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems. Past climatic change and geological events have impacted…”
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Exploring the floristic diversity of tropical Africa by Sosef, Marc S M, Dauby, Gilles, Blach-Overgaard, Anne, van der Burgt, Xander, Catarino, Luís, Damen, Theo, Deblauwe, Vincent, Dessein, Steven, Dransfield, John, Droissart, Vincent, Duarte, Maria Cristina, Engledow, Henry, Fadeur, Geoffrey, Figueira, Rui, Gereau, Roy E, Hardy, Olivier J, Harris, David J, de Heij, Janneke, Janssens, Steven, Klomberg, Yannick, Ley, Alexandra C, Mackinder, Barbara A, Meerts, Pierre, van de Poel, Jeike L, Sonké, Bonaventure, Stévart, Tariq, Stoffelen, Piet, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Sepulchre, Pierre, Zaiss, Rainer, Wieringa, Jan J, Couvreur, Thomas L P

“…Understanding the patterns of biodiversity distribution and what influences them is a fundamental pre-requisite for effective conservation and sustainable…”
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Phylogenomics of the Major Tropical Plant Family Annonaceae Using Targeted Enrichment of Nuclear Genes by Couvreur, Thomas L P, Helmstetter, Andrew J, Koenen, Erik J M, Bethune, Kevin, Brandão, Rita D, Little, Stefan A, Sauquet, Hervé, Erkens, Roy H J

“…Targeted enrichment and sequencing of hundreds of nuclear loci for phylogenetic reconstruction is becoming an important tool for plant systematics and…”
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Targeted Capture of Hundreds of Nuclear Genes Unravels Phylogenetic Relationships of the Diverse Neotropical Palm Tribe Geonomateae by Loiseau, Oriane, Olivares, Ingrid, Paris, Margot, de La Harpe, Marylaure, Weigand, Anna, Koubínová, Darina, Rolland, Jonathan, Bacon, Christine D, Balslev, Henrik, Borchsenius, Finn, Cano, Angela, Couvreur, Thomas L P, Delnatte, César, Fardin, Frédérique, Gayot, Marc, Mejía, Fabian, Mota-Machado, Talita, Perret, Mathieu, Roncal, Julissa, Sanin, Maria José, Stauffer, Fred, Lexer, Christian, Kessler, Michael, Salamin, Nicolas

“…The tribe Geonomateae is a widely distributed group of 103 species of Neotropical palms which contains six ecologically important understory or subcanopy…”
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Intra‐individual polymorphism in chloroplasts from NGS data: where does it come from and how to handle it? by Scarcelli, N., Mariac, C., Couvreur, T. L. P., Faye, A., Richard, D., Sabot, F., Berthouly-Salazar, C., Vigouroux, Y.

“…Next‐generation sequencing allows access to a large quantity of genomic data. In plants, several studies used whole chloroplast genome sequences for inferring…”
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Unraveling rain forest biodiversity: an interview with Thomas Couvreur by Couvreur, Thomas L P

“…Thomas Couvreur is a researcher and botanist at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), based in Montpellier, France, studying tropical…”
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Frugivory-related traits promote speciation of tropical palms by Onstein, Renske E., Baker, William J., Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Faurby, Søren, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Kissling, W. Daniel

“…Animal-mediated seed dispersal by frugivorous birds and mammals is central to the ecology and functioning of ecosystems, but whether and how frugivory-related…”
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Phylogenetic Analysis of Seven WRKY Genes across the Palm Subtribe Attaleinae (Arecaceae) Identifies Syagrus as Sister Group of the Coconut by Meerow, Alan W, Noblick, Larry, Borrone, James W, Couvreur, Thomas L.P, Mauro-Herrera, Margarita, Hahn, William J, Kuhn, David N, Nakamura, Kyoko, Oleas, Nora H, Schnell, Raymond J

“…Background: The Cocoseae is one of 13 tribes of Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae, and contains a number of palms with significant economic importance, including…”
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Five major shifts of diversification through the long evolutionary history of Magnoliidae (angiosperms) by Massoni, Julien, Couvreur, Thomas L P, Sauquet, Hervé

“…With 10,000 species, Magnoliidae are the largest clade of flowering plants outside monocots and eudicots. Despite an ancient and rich fossil history, the tempo…”
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Molecular phylogenetics reveal multiple tertiary vicariance origins of the African rain forest trees by Couvreur, T.L.P, Chatrou, L.W, Sosef, M.S.M, Richardson, J.E

“…Tropical rain forests are the most diverse terrestrial ecosystems on the planet. How this diversity evolved remains largely unexplained. In Africa, rain…”
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