Search Results - "Saarela, Jeffery M."

A 250 plastome phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae): topological support under different data partitions by Saarela, Jeffery M, Burke, Sean V, Wysocki, William P, Barrett, Matthew D, Clark, Lynn G, Craine, Joseph M, Peterson, Paul M, Soreng, Robert J, Vorontsova, Maria S, Duvall, Melvin R

“…The systematics of grasses has advanced through applications of plastome phylogenomics, although studies have been largely limited to subfamilies or other…”
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DNA barcoding the Canadian Arctic flora: core plastid barcodes (rbcL + matK) for 490 vascular plant species by Saarela, Jeffery M, Sokoloff, Paul C, Gillespie, Lynn J, Consaul, Laurie L, Bull, Roger D

“…Accurate identification of Arctic plant species is critical for understanding potential climate-induced changes in their diversity and distributions. To…”
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A phylogenetic analysis of Bromus (Poaceae: Pooideae: Bromeae) based on nuclear ribosomal and plastid data, with a focus on Bromus sect. Bromus by Nasiri, Akram, Kazempour-Osaloo, Shahrokh, Hamzehee, Behnam, Bull, Roger D, Saarela, Jeffery M

“…To investigate phylogenetic relationships among and within major lineages of , with focus on sect. , we analyzed DNA sequences from two nuclear ribosomal (ITS,…”
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Molecular phylogenetics of cool-season grasses in the subtribes Agrostidinae, Anthoxanthinae, Aveninae, Brizinae, Calothecinae, Koeleriinae and Phalaridinae (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae, Poeae chloroplast group 1) by Saarela, Jeffery M, Bull, Roger D, Paradis, Michel J, Ebata, Sharon N, Paul M Peterson, Soreng, Robert J, Paszko, Beata

“…Circumscriptions of and relationships among many genera and suprageneric taxa of the diverse grass tribe Poeae remain controversial. In an attempt to clarify…”
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Vascular plant biodiversity of Katannilik Territorial Park, Kimmirut and vicinity on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada: an annotated checklist of an Arctic flora by Saarela, Jeffery M, Sokoloff, Paul C, Gillespie, Lynn J, Bull, Roger D

“…The Arctic ecozone is undergoing a rapid transformation in response to climate change. Establishing a baseline of current Arctic biodiversity is necessary to…”
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Vascular plant biodiversity of the lower Coppermine River valley and vicinity (Nunavut, Canada): an annotated checklist of an Arctic flora by Saarela, Jeffery M, Sokoloff, Paul C, Bull, Roger D

“…The Coppermine River in western Nunavut is one of Canada's great Arctic rivers, yet its vascular plant flora is poorly known. Here, we report the results of a…”
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Vascular plants of Victoria Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada): a specimen-based study of an Arctic flora by Saarela, Jeffery M, Sokoloff, Paul C, Gillespie, Lynn J, Bull, Roger D, Bennett, Bruce A, Ponomarenko, Serguei

“…Victoria Island in Canada's western Arctic is the eighth largest island in the world and the second largest in Canada. Here, we report the results of a…”
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A molecular phylogeny and new subgeneric classification of Sporobolus (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Sporobolinae) by Peterson, Paul M., Romaschenko, Konstantin, Arrieta, Yolanda Herrera, Saarela, Jeffery M.

“…The grass subtribe Sporobolinae contains six genera: Calamovilfa (5 spp. endemic to North America), Crypsis (10 spp. endemic to Asia and Africa), Psilolemma (1…”
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New vascular plant records for the Canadian Arctic Archipelago by Gillespie, Lynn J, Saarela, Jeffery M, Sokoloff, Paul C, Bull, Roger D

“…The Canadian Arctic Archipelago is a vast region of approximately 1,420,000 km(2), with a flora characterized by low species diversity, low endemicity, and…”
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Origins of C₄ Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science by Edwards, Erika J, Osborne, Colin P, Strömberg, Caroline A.E, Smith, Stephen A

“…The evolution of grasses using C₄ photosynthesis and their sudden rise to ecological dominance 3 to 8 million years ago is among the most dramatic examples of…”
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Non-native vascular flora of the Arctic: Taxonomic richness, distribution and pathways by Wasowicz, Pawel, Sennikov, Alexander N., Westergaard, Kristine B., Spellman, Katie, Carlson, Matthew, Gillespie, Lynn J., Saarela, Jeffery M., Seefeldt, Steven S., Bennett, Bruce, Bay, Christian, Ickert-Bond, Stefanie, Väre, Henry

“…We present a comprehensive list of non-native vascular plants known from the Arctic, explore their geographic distribution, analyze the extent of…”
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Phylogeny and biogeography of Calamagrostis (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae: Agrostidinae), description of a new genus, Condilorachia (Calothecinae), and expansion of Greeneochloa and Pentapogon (Echinopogoninae) by Peterson, Paul M., Soreng, Robert J., Romaschenko, Konstantin, Barberá, Patricia, Quintanar, Alejandro, Aedo, Carlos, Saarela, Jeffery M.

“…To investigate the evolutionary relationships and biogeographical history among the species of Calamagrostis and other members of subtribes Agrostidinae,…”
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A comprehensive species sampling sheds light on the molecular phylogenetics of Calothecinae (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae): Evidence for a new subtribe and multiple genera within the Chascolytrum clade by Silva, Leonardo N., Saarela, Jeffery M., Essi, Liliana, Souza‐Chies, Tatiana T.

“…The circumscription of the grass subtribe Calothecinae has undergone several changes since its description. Currently, it comprises Chascolytrum and the…”
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Multiple Pleistocene refugia for Arctic Bell‐Heather revealed with genomic analyses of modern and historic plants by Elphinstone, Cassandra, Hernández, Fernando, Todesco, Marco, Légaré, Jean‐Sébastien, Cheung, Winnie, Sokoloff, Paul C., Hofgaard, Annika, Christiansen, Casper T., Frei, Esther R., Lévesque, Esther, Daskalova, Gergana N., Thomas, Haydn J. D., Myers‐Smith, Isla H., Harris, Jacob A., Saarela, Jeffery M., May, Jeremy L., Obst, Joachim, Boike, Julia, Clark, Karin, MacIntosh, Katie, Betway‐May, Katlyn R., Case, Liam, Björkman, Mats P., Moody, Michael L., Schmidt, Niels Martin, Molgaard, Per, Björk, Robert G., Hollister, Robert D., Bull, Roger D., Agger, Sofie, Maire, Vincent, Henry, Greg H. R., Rieseberg, Loren H.

“…Aim Arctic plants survived the Pleistocene glaciations in unglaciated refugia. The number, ages, and locations of these refugia are often unclear. We use…”
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Hydatellaceae identified as a new branch near the base of the angiosperm phylogenetic tree by Saarela, J.M, Rai, H.S, Doyle, J.A, Endress, P.K, Mathews, S, Marchant, A.D, Briggs, B.G, Graham, S.W

“…Although the relationship of angiosperms to other seed plants remains controversial, great progress has been made in identifying the earliest extant splits in…”
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Plastid phylogenomics of the cool-season grass subfamily: clarification of relationships among early-diverging tribes by Saarela, Jeffery M., Wysocki, William P., Barrett, Craig F., Soreng, Robert J., Davis, Jerrold I., Clark, Lynn G., Kelchner, Scot A., Pires, J. Chris, Edger, Patrick P., Mayfield, Dustin R., Duvall, Melvin R.

“…Whole plastid genomes (plastomes) are being sequenced rapidly from across the green plant tree of life, and phylogenetic analyses of these are increasing…”
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Vascular plants of Victoria Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada): a specimen-based study of an Arctic flora by Roger D. Bull, Serguei Ponomarenko, Paul C. Sokoloff, Jeffery M. Saarela, Bruce A. Bennett, Lynn J. Gillespie

“…Victoria Island in Canada’s western Arctic is the eighth largest island in the world and the second largest in Canada. Here, we report the results of a…”
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Using Herbarium-Derived DNAs to Assemble a Large-Scale DNA Barcode Library for the Vascular Plants of Canada by Kuzmina, Maria L, Braukmann, Thomas W. A, Fazekas, Aron J, Graham, Sean W, Dewaard, Stephanie L, Rodrigues, Anuar, Bennett, Bruce A, Dickinson, Timothy A, Saarela, Jeffery M, Catling, Paul M, Newmaster, Steven G, Percy, Diana M, Fenneman, Erin, Lauron-Moreau, Aurélien, Ford, Bruce, Gillespie, Lynn, Subramanyam, Ragupathy, Whitton, Jeannette, Jennings, Linda, Metsger, Deborah, Warne, Connor P, Brown, Allison, Sears, Elizabeth, Dewaard, Jeremy R, Zakharov, Evgeny V, Hebert, Paul D. N

“…Premise of the study: Constructing complete, accurate plant DNA barcode reference libraries can be logistically challenging for large-scale floras. Here we…”
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regional approach to plant DNA barcoding provides high species resolution of sedges (Carex and Kobresia, Cyperaceae) in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago by CLERC-BLAIN, JESSICA LE, STARR, JULIAN R, BULL, ROGER D, SAARELA, JEFFERY M

“…Previous research on barcoding sedges (Carex) suggested that basic searches within a global barcoding database would probably not resolve more than 60% of the…”
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Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera; Salicaceae) Beyond the Tree Line in the Western Canadian Mainland Arctic (Northwest Territories) by SAARELA, JEFFERY M., GILLESPIE, LYNN J., CONSAUL, LAURIE L., BULL, ROGER D.

“…Balsam poplar is the northernmost tree species in North America, with a reported range that extends generally to the tree line across the continent and beyond…”
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