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Connections between species diversity and genetic diversity by Vellend, Mark, Geber, Monica A.

“…Species diversity and genetic diversity remain the nearly exclusive domains of community ecology and population genetics, respectively, despite repeated…”
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Does rapid evolution matter? Measuring the rate of contemporary evolution and its impacts on ecological dynamics by Ellner, Stephen P., Geber, Monica A., Hairston Jr, Nelson G.

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 603–614 Rapid contemporary evolution due to natural selection is common in the wild, but it remains uncertain whether its effects…”
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Reduced pollinator service and elevated pollen limitation at the geographic range limit of an annual plant by Moeller, David A, Geber, Monica A, Eckhart, Vincent M, Tiffin, Peter

“…Mutualisms are well known to influence individual fitness and the population dynamics of partner species, but little is known about whether they influence…”
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Rapid evolution and the convergence of ecological and evolutionary time by Hairston Jr, Nelson G., Ellner, Stephen P., Geber, Monica A., Yoshida, Takehito, Fox, Jennifer A.

“…Recent studies have documented rates of evolution of ecologically important phenotypes sufficiently fast that they have the potential to impact the outcome of…”
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Statistical inference for seed mortality and germination with seed bank experiments by Siegmund, Gregor‐Fausto, Geber, Monica A.

“…Plant population ecologists regularly study soil seed banks with seed bag burial and seed addition experiments. These experiments contribute crucial data to…”
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Emission Rates of Species-Specific Volatiles Vary across Communities of Clarkia Species: Evidence for Multimodal Character Displacement by Eisen, Katherine E, Geber, Monica A, Raguso, Robert A

“…AbstractA current frontier of character displacement research is to determine whether displacement occurs via multiple phenotypic pathways and varies across…”
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The Geography of Demography: Long-Term Demographic Studies and Species Distribution Models Reveal a Species Border Limited by Adaptation by Eckhart, V. M., Geber, M. A., Morris, W. F., Fabio, E. S., Tiffin, P., Moeller, D. A.

“…Potential causes of species’ geographic distribution limits fall into two broad classes: (1) limited adaptation across spatially variable environments and (2)…”
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Inheritance and Natural Selection on Functional Traits by Geber, Monica A., Griffen, Lauren R.

“…We surveyed the literature published since 1985 for evidence of natural selection and heritability in vegetative functional traits and performance. Our goals…”
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Can plants evolve tolerance mechanisms to heterospecific pollen effects? An experimental test of the adaptive potential in Clarkia species by Arceo-Gómez, Gerardo, Raguso, Robert A., Geber, Monica A.

“…Flowering plants do not occur alone and often grow in mixed‐species communities where pollinator sharing is high and interactions via pollinators can occur at…”
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Correlated evolution of mating system and floral display traits in flowering plants and its implications for the distribution of mating system variation by Goodwillie, Carol, Sargent, Risa D, Eckert, Christopher G, Elle, Elizabeth, Geber, Monica A, Johnston, Mark O, Kalisz, Susan, Moeller, David A, Ree, Richard H, Vallejo-Marin, Mario, Winn, Alice A

“…Reduced allocation to structures for pollinator attraction is predicted in selfing species. We explored the association between outcrossing and floral display…”
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Population Genetics and the Evolution of Geographic Range Limits in an Annual Plant by Moeller, David A., Geber, Monica A., Tiffin, Peter

“…Theoretical models of species’ geographic range limits have identified both demographic and evolutionary mechanisms that prevent range expansion. Stable range…”
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Specific impacts of two root herbivores and soil nutrients on plant performance and insect-insect interactions by Erwin, Alexis C., Geber, Monica A., Agrawal, Anurag A.

“…Soil-dwelling insects commonly co-occur and feed simultaneously on belowground plant parts, yet patterns of damage and consequences for plant and insect…”
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ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF THE EVOLUTION OF SELF-POLLINATION IN CLARKIA XANTIANA: POPULATION SIZE, PLANT COMMUNITIES, AND REPRODUCTIVE ASSURANCE by Moeller, David A, Geber, Monica A

“…The repeated evolutionary transition from outcrossing to self-pollination in flowering plants has been suggested to occur because selfing provides reproductive…”
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The Evolution of Plant Ecophysiological Traits: Recent Advances and Future Directions by Ackerly, David D., Dudley, Susan A., Sultan, Sonia E., Schmitt, Johanna, Coleman, James S., Linder, C. Randall, Sandquist, Darren R., Geber, Monica A., Evans, Ann S., Dawson, Todd E., Lechowicz, Martin J.

“…Plants exhibit enormous ecophysiological and functional diversity, which underlies variation in growth rate, productivity, population and community dynamics…”
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Correlations among Fertility Components Can Maintain Mixed Mating in Plants by Johnston, Mark O., Porcher, Emmanuelle, Cheptou, Pierre‐Olivier, Eckert, Christopher G., Elle, Elizabeth, Geber, Monica A., Kalisz, Susan, Kelly, John K., Moeller, David A., Vallejo‐Marín, Mario, Winn, Alice A.

“…Classical models studying the evolution of self‐fertilization in plants conclude that only complete selfing and complete outcrossing are evolutionarily stable…”
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF ADAPTATION IN CLARKIA XANTIANA. II. FITNESS VARIATION ACROSS A SUBSPECIES BORDER by Geber, Monica A, Eckhart, Vincent M

“…Because the range boundary is the locale beyond which a taxon fails to persist, it provides a unique opportunity for studying the limits on adaptive evolution…”
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Reproductive assurance and the evolutionary ecology of self-pollination in Clarkia xantiana (Onagraceae) by Fausto, James A., Eckhart, Vincent M., Geber, Monica A.

“…The reproductive assurance hypothesis posits that selection favors self-pollination in flowering plants where mates and/or pollinators are scarce. A corollary…”
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Microbe‐mediated adaptation in plants by Petipas, Renee H., Geber, Monica A., Lau, Jennifer A., Thrall, Peter

“…Interactions with microbial symbionts have yielded great macroevolutionary innovations across the tree of life, like the origins of chloroplasts and the…”
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Variation among populations of Clarkia unguiculata (Onagraceae) along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients by Jonas, Christine S., Geber, Monica A.

“…We investigated phenotypic variation in 15 traits in greenhouse-grown plants from 16 populations of Clarkia unguiculata from three elevational habitats and six…”
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Microbe-mediated local adaptation to limestone barrens is context dependent by Petipas, Renee H., Wruck, Amy C., Geber, Monica A.

“…Plant-root-associated microbes influence plant phenotype and tolerance to environmental stress, and thus have been hypothesized to play a role in plant local…”
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