Search Results - "McAlvay, Alex C."
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Historical Indigenous Land-Use Explains Plant Functional Trait Diversity
Published in Ecology and society (01-06-2021)“…Human land-use legacies have long-term effects on plant community composition and ecosystem function. While ancient and historical land use is known to affect…”
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Brassica rapa Domestication: Untangling Wild and Feral Forms and Convergence of Crop Morphotypes
Published in Molecular biology and evolution (30-04-2021)“…Abstract The study of domestication contributes to our knowledge of evolution and crop genetic resources. Human selection has shaped wild Brassica rapa into…”
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Transcriptome and organellar sequencing highlights the complex origin and diversification of allotetraploid Brassica napus
Published in Nature communications (28-06-2019)“…Brassica napus , an allotetraploid crop, is hypothesized to be a hybrid from unknown varieties of Brassica rapa and Brassica oleracea . Despite the economic…”
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Prospects of Feral Crop De Novo Redomestication
Published in Plant and cell physiology (22-11-2022)“…Abstract Modern agriculture depends on a narrow variety of crop species, leaving global food and nutritional security highly vulnerable to the adverse effects…”
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Historical ecology of forest garden management in Laxyuubm Ts'msyen and beyond
Published in Ecosystems and people (Abingdon, England) (31-12-2023)“…Cultural land-use is an important driver of ecosystem change, influencing the composition of species across landscapes and through time. Recent research in…”
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The global relevance of locally grounded ethnobiology
Published in Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine (18-05-2024)“…While ethnobiology is a discipline that focuses on the local, it has an outstanding, but not yet fully realized potential to address global issues. Part of…”
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Reply to Oswald et al.: scale in studies of pre-colonial forests
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Agronomic and Metabolomic Side-Effects of a Divergent Selection for Indol-3-Ylmethylglucosinolate Content in Kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
Published in Metabolites (14-06-2021)“…Brassica oleracea var. acephala (kale) is a cruciferous vegetable widely cultivated for its leaves and flower buds in Europe and a food of global interest as a…”
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The Evolutionary History of Wild, Domesticated, and Feral Brassica oleracea (Brassicaceae)
Published in Molecular biology and evolution (01-10-2021)“…Abstract Understanding the evolutionary history of crops, including identifying wild relatives, helps to provide insight for conservation and crop breeding…”
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Cereal species mixtures: an ancient practice with potential for climate resilience. A review
Published in Agronomy for sustainable development (01-10-2022)“…Food security depends on the ability of staple crops to tolerate new abiotic and biotic pressures. Wheat, barley, and other small grains face substantial yield…”
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Anthropological contributions to historical ecology: 50 questions, infinite prospects
Published in PloS one (24-02-2017)“…This paper presents the results of a consensus-driven process identifying 50 priority research questions for historical ecology obtained through crowdsourcing,…”
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Building a feral future: Open questions in crop ferality
Published in Plants, people, planet (01-09-2023)“…Societal Impact Statement Given the rapidly increasing drought and temperature stresses associated with climate change, innovative approaches for food security…”
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Coupled archaeological and ecological analyses reveal ancient cultivation and land use in Nuchatlaht (Nuu-chah-nulth) territories, Pacific Northwest
Published in Journal of archaeological science (01-07-2022)“…Indigenous peoples’ legacies of plant cultivation and management can have profound effects on contemporary forest structure and species composition long after…”
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Historical ecology of forest garden management in L a xyuubm Ts’msyen and beyond
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Complementing model species with model clades
Published in The Plant cell (12-10-2023)“…Abstract Model species continue to underpin groundbreaking plant science research. At the same time, the phylogenetic resolution of the land plant tree of life…”
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Complementing model species with model clades
Published in The Plant cell (12-10-2023)“…Model species continue to underpin groundbreaking plant science research. At the same time, the phylogenetic resolution of the land plant tree of life…”
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Complementing model species with model clades
Published in The Plant cell (01-05-2024)“…Abstract Model species continue to underpin groundbreaking plant science research. At the same time, the phylogenetic resolution of the land plant tree of life…”
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Prospects of Feral Crop De Novo Re-Domestication
Published in Plant and cell physiology (26-05-2022)“…Modern agriculture depends on a narrow variety of crop species, leaving global food and nutritional security highly vulnerable to adverse effects of climate…”
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