Search Results - "Reeves, Gail"
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Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots
Published in Nature (15-02-2007)“…One of the biggest challenges for conservation biology is to provide conservation planners with ways to prioritize effort. Much attention has been focused on…”
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Phylogenetic relationships within Colchicaceae
Published in American journal of botany (01-10-2003)“…Three plastid regions-the rps16 intron, the atpB-rbcL intergenic spacer, and the trnL-F region-in 73 taxa representing all the genera of Colchicaceae except…”
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Molecular systematics of Iridaceae: evidence from four plastid DNA regions
Published in American journal of botany (01-11-2001)“…Iridaceae are one of the largest families of Lilianae and probably also among the best studied of monocotyledons. To further evaluate generic, tribal, and…”
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DIVERSIFICATION OF THE AFRICAN GENUS PROTEA (PROTEACEAE) IN THE CAPE BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT AND BEYOND: EQUAL RATES IN DIFFERENT BIOMES
Published in Evolution (01-03-2010)“…The Cape region of South Africa is a hotspot of flowering plant biodiversity. However, the reasons why levels of diversity and endemism are so high remain…”
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Systematics of the tribe Podalyrieae (Fabaceae) based on DNA, morphological and chemical data
Published in Botanical journal of the Linnean Society (01-06-2002)“…Phylogenetic relationships among nine genera and 28 species of the southern African tribe Podalyrieae were estimated from sequences of the internal transcribed…”
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Spatial Predictions of Phylogenetic Diversity in Conservation Decision Making
Published in Conservation biology (01-12-2011)“…Considering genetic relatedness among species has long been argued as an important step toward measuring biological diversity more accurately, rather than…”
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Colonization and persistence ability explain the extent to which plant species fill their potential range
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-07-2007)“…Aim: How species traits and environmental conditions affect biogeographical dynamics is poorly understood. Here we test whether estimates of a species'…”
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A phylogenetic hypothesis for the Aizoaceae (Caryophyllales) based on four plastid DNA regions
Published in American journal of botany (01-10-2003)“…The Aizoaceae is the largest family of leaf succulent plants, and most of its species are endemic to southern Africa. To evaluate subfamilial, generic, and…”
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Population genetics and conservation of critically small cycad populations: a case study of the Albany Cycad, Encephalartos latifrons (Lehmann)
Published in Biological journal of the Linnean Society (01-02-2012)“…Declining populations of less than 250 mature individuals are symptomatic of many Critically Endangered cycads, which, globally, comprise the most threatened…”
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Spatial Predictions of Phylogenetic Diversity in Conservation Decision Making; Predicciones Espaciales de la Diversidad Filogenética en la Toma de Decisiones de Conservación
Published in Conservation biology (01-12-2011)“…Considering genetic relatedness among species has long been argued as an important step toward measuring biological diversity more accurately, rather than…”
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Spatial Predictions of Phylogenetic Diversity in Conservation Decision Making: Patterns of Phylogenetic Diversity
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Radiation in the Cape flora and the phylogeny of peacock irises Moraea (Iridaceae) based on four plastid DNA regions
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-11-2002)“…Phylogenetic analyses of four plastid DNA regions, the rbcL exon, trnL intron, trnL–trnF intergenic spacer, and rps16 intron from each of 73 species in the…”
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A Plea for DNA Banking
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (04-06-2004)Get full text
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Colonization and persistence ability explain the extent to which plant species fill their potential range
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Phylogenetics of Asphodelaceae (Asparagales): An Analysis of Plastid rbcL and trnL-F DNA Sequences
Published in Annals of botany (01-11-2000)“…Phylogenetic relationships of Asphodelaceae were investigated by parsimony analysis of 57 monocotrbcL nucleotide sequences, including 17 genera that have at…”
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The major clades of Loasaceae: phylogenetic analysis using the plastid matK and trnL-trnF regions
Published in American journal of botany (01-08-2003)“…Phylogenetic analyses of Loasaceae that apply DNA sequence data from the plastid trnL-trnF region and matK gene in both maximum-parsimony and…”
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A Phylogenetic Hypothesis for the Alzoaceae (Caryophyllales) Based on Four Plastid DNA Regions
Published in American journal of botany (01-10-2003)“…The Aizoaceae is the largest family of leaf succulent plants, and most of its species are endemic to southern Africa. To evaluate subfamilial, generic, and…”
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Genome Size is Negatively Correlated with Altitude in Natural Populations of Dactylis glomerata
Published in Annals of botany (1998)“…Previously, we found a significant negative correlation between DNA C-value and altitude among eight natural populations of Dactylis glomerataL. (Creber et…”
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Systematic Relationships in Southern African Oxalis L. (Oxalidaceae): Congruence between Palynological and Plastid trnL-F Evidence
Published in Taxon (01-11-2004)“…In the most recent morphology-based taxonomic classification of African Oxalis L., 206 species were recognized in nine indigenous southern African sections. A…”
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