Center for Tropical Plant Conservation – Peer-reviewed articles published in 2009 - 2012

Fairchild's Center for Tropical Plant Conservation is a world-wide leader in tropical botany, conservation and horticulture. During 2009 - 2012 our scientists have been producing a large number of ground breaking, peer-reviewed scientific publications. They are listed below.

Albrecht, M.A., E.O. Guerrant Jr., J. Maschinski, and K.L. Kennedy. 2011. A long-term view of rare plant reintroduction. Biological Conservation 144: 2557-2558.

Andrus, N., A. Tye, G. Nesom, D. Bogler, C. Lewis, R. Noyes, P. Jaramillo, and J. Francisco-Ortega. 2009. Phylogenetics of   Darwiniothamnus (Asteraceae: Astereae) - Molecular evidence for multiple origins of the endemic flora of the Galapagos Islands.  Journal of Biogeography 36: 1055-1069.

Anten, N. P. R., E.J. von Wettberg, H. Pawlowski, and H. Huber. 2009. Interactive effects of spectral shading and mechanical stress on the expression and costs of shade avoidance.  American Naturalist 173: 241-255.

Altaner, C.M., M.C. Jarvis, J.B. Fisher, and T.E. Marler. 2010. Molecular xylem cell wall structure of an inclined Cycas micronesica stem, a tropical Gymnosperm. IAWA Journal 31: 3-11.

Baker, W.J., M.V. Norup, J.J. Clarkson, T.L.P. Couvreur, J.L. Dowe, C.E. Lewis, J.-C. Pintaud, V. Savolainen, T. Wilmot, and M.W. Chase. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships among arecoid palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Annals of Botany 108: 1417-1432.

Farfan, W. and K.J. Feeley. 2009. Deforestacion y el mercado de carbono en los bosques tropicales. Xilema 26: 11-16

Feeley, K.J. 2009. Relaxation. In: Gillespie, R.G. and D.A. Clague (eds.).  Pp. 787-788. Encyclopedia of Islands.  University of California Press, Berkeley.

Feeley, K.J. 2010. The conservation value of secondary forests for tropical nocturnal bird species. Animal Conservation 13: 16-18.

Feeley, K.J., S.J. Davies, R. Perez, S.P. Hubbell, and R.B. Foster. 2011. Directional changes in the species composition of a tropical forest. Ecology 92: 871–882.

Feeley, K.J. and M.R. Silman.  2009.  Extinction risks of Amazonian plant species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106: 12382-12387.

Feeley, K.J. and M.R. Silman. 2010. Land-use and climate change effects on population size and extinction risk of Andean plants. Global Change Biology 16: 3215-3222.

Feeley, K.J. and M.R. Silman. 2010. Biotic attrition from tropical forests correcting for truncated temperature niches. Global Change Biology 16: 1830-1836.

Feeley, K.J. and M.R. Silman. 2010. Modelling the responses of Andean and Amazonian plant species to climate change: the effects of georeferencing errors and the importance of data filtering. Journal of Biogeography 37: 733-740.

Feeley, K.J. and M.R. Silman. 2011. The data void in modeling current and future distributions of tropical species. Global Change Biology 17: 626-630.

Feeley, K.J. and M.R. Silman. 2011. Keep collecting: accurate species distribution modeling requires more collections than previously thought due to temporally autocorrelated collection biases. Diversity and Distributions 17: 1132-1140.

Feeley K.J., M.R. Silman, M. Bush, W. Farfan, K. Garcia Cabrera, Y. Malhi, P. Meir, N. Salinas Revilla, M.N. Raurau Quisiyupanqui, and S. Saatchi. 2011. Upslope migration of Andean trees. Journal of Biogeography. 38: 783-791.

Fisher, J.B., A. Lindström, and T.E. Marler.  2009.  Tissue responses and solution movement after stem wounding in six Cycas species.  HortScience 44: 848-851.

Fourqurean, J.W., T.J. Smith, J. Possley, T. M. Collins, D. Lee, and S. Namoff.  2010.  Are mangroves in the tropical Atlantic ripe for invasion? Exotic mangrove  trees in the forests of South Florida.  Biological Invasions 12: 1387-3547.

Francisco-Ortega, J., A. Santos-Guerra, and J.J. Bacallado.  2009.  Biology– Canary Islands. In: R.G. Gillespie  and D. A. Clague(eds.).  Pp. 127-133. Encyclopedia of Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Francisco-Ortega, J., Z.-S. Wang, F.-G. Wang, F.-W. Xing, H. Liu, H. Xu, W.-X. Xu, Y.-B. Luo, X.-Q. Song, S. Gale, D.E. Boufford, M. Maunder, and S-Q An. 2010. Seed plant endemism on Hainan Island: A framework for conservation actions. Botanical Review 76: 346-376.

Francisco-Ortega, J., F.-G. Wang, Z.-S. Wang, F.-W. Xing, H. Liu, H. Xu, W.-X. Xu, Y.-B. Luo, X.-Q. Song, S. Gale, D.E. Boufford, M. Maunder, and S.-Q An. 2010. Endemic seed plant species from Hainan Island: A checklist. Botanical Review 76: 295-345.

Francisco-Ortega, J., A. Santos-Guerra, C.E. Jarvis, M. Carine, M. Sequeira, and M. Maunder. 2010.  Early British collectors of the Macaronesian flora: From Sloane to Darwin. In: D.M. Williams, D.M. and S. Knapp (eds.). Pp. 125-141. The branching of a paradigm: Beyond cladistics. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Friesen, M.L. and E.J. von Wettberg. 2010. Adapting genomics to study the ecology and evolution of agricultural systems.  Current Opinion in Plant Biology.  doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2009.11.003.

Friesen, M.L., S.S. Porter, S.C. Stark, E.J. von Wettberg, J. Sachs, and E. Martinez-Romero. 2011. Microbially mediated funcational plant traits. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics 42: 23-46.

Girardin C.A.J., Y. Malhi, L.E.O.C. Aragao, M. Mamani, W. Huaraca, L. Durand, K.J. Feeley, J. Rapp, J.E. Silva-Espejo, M. Silman, N. Salinas, and R.J. Whittaker. 2010. Net primary productivity allocation and cycling of carbon along a tropical forest elevational transect in the Peruvian Andes. Global Change Biology 16: 3176-3192

Holdredge, C, E.J. von Wettberg, M.B. Bertness, B.R. Silliman, B.R. 2010. Differential nutrient uptake abilities underlie cryptic Phragmites invasion in New England salt marshes. Oikos 119: 1776-1784.

Horn, J.W., J.B. Fisher, P.B. Tomlinson, C.E. Lewis, and K. Laubengayer. 2009. Evolution of lamina anatomy in the palm family (Arecaceae).  American Journal of Botany 96: 1462-1486.

Hu G., K.J. Feeley, J. Wu, G. Xu, and M. Yu. 2011. Determinants of plant species richness and nestedness in fragmented landscapes: evidence from land-bridge islands. Landscape Ecology 26: 1405-1417.

Huber, H., E.J. von Wettberg, A. Aguilera, and J. Schmitt. 2011. Testing mechanisms and context dependence of costs of plastic shade avoidance responses in Impatiens capensis (Balsaminaceae). American Journal of Botany 98: 1602-1612.

Jestrow, B., F. Jimenez Rodriguez, and J. Francisco-Ortega. 2010. Generic delimitations in the Antillean Adelieae (Euphorbiaceae) with description of the Hispaniolan endemic genus Garciadelia. Taxon 59: 1801-1814.

Knight, R.J., R.J. Campbell, and J. Maguire. 2009. Important mango cultivars and their descriptors. In: Litz, R. E. (ed.). The Mango: Botany, Production and Uses.  CABI, U.K.

Lee, D. and E.J. von Wettberg. 2010. Using bottles to study shade responses of seedlings and other plants. Plant Science Bulletin 56: 23-29.

Li, P., P. Ding, K.J. Feeley, J. Zhang, and P. Jiang. 2010. Patterns of species diversity and functional diversity of breeding birds in Hangzhou across an urbanization gradient. Chinese Birds 1(1):1–8

Liu, F. D, W.J. Yang, Z.S. Wang, Z. Xu, H. Liu, M. Zhang, Y.H. Liu, S.Q. An, and S.C. Sun. 2010. Plant size effects on the relationships among specific leaf area, leaf nutrient content, and photosynthetic capacity in tropical woody species. Acta Oecologica 36: 149-159.

Liu, H., Y-B. Luo, and H. Liu. 2010. Studies of mycorrhizal fungi of Chinese orchids and their role in orchid conservation in China—A review. Botanical Review 76: 241-262.

Liu, H., C.-L. Feng, Y-B. Luo, B.-S. Chen, Zhong-S. Wang, and H.-Y. Gu. 2010. Potential challenges of climate change to orchid conservation in a wild orchid hotspot in Southwestern China. Botanical Review 76: 174-192.

Liu, H. and Y.-B. Luo. 2010. Protecting orchids in natural reserves: Research and restoration needs. Botanical Review 76: 137-139.

Liu, H., Y.-B. Luo, R. Pemberton, D. Luo, and S.-Y.Luo. 2009. New hope for Chinese wild orchids. Oryx 43: 169.

Liu, H. and R.W. Pemberton. 2009. Invasive orchid bee outperforms co-occurring native bees to promote an invasive Solanum. Oecologia 159: 515-525.

Liu, H. and R.W. Pemberton. 2010. Pollination of an invasive orchid, Cyrtopodium polyphyllum (Orchidaceae), by an invasive oil-collecting bee, Centris nitida, in southern Florida. Botany 88: 290-295.

Mandle, L.M., D.L. Warren, A.T. Peterson, M. Hoffman, J. Schmitt, and E.J. von Wettberg. 2010. Niche expansion in introduced Impatiens walleriana populations (or not) depending on method of analysis. PlosOne 5(12): e15297.

Marler, T.E., A. Lindstrom, and J.B Fisher. 2010. Stem tissue dimensions correlate with vulnerability to injury for six Cycas species. HortScience 45: 1293-1296.

Maschinski, J., M.S. Ross, H. Liu, J. O’Brien, E.J. von Wettberg, and K.E. Haskins. 2011. Sinking ships: conservation options for endemic taxa threatened by sea level rise. Climatic Change 107: 147-167.

Maschinski, J., E. Sirkin, and J. Fant. 2010. Using genetic and morphological analysis to distinguish endangered taxa from their hybrids with the cultivated exotic pest plant Lantana strigocamara (syn: Lantana camara). Conservation Genetics 11: 1607-1621.

Maunder, M., M. Abdo, R. Berazain, C. Clubbe, F. Jimenez, A. Leiva, E. Santiago-Valentin, B. Jestrow, and J. Francisco-Ortega. 2011. The plants of the Caribbean Islands: A review of the biogeography, diversity and conservation of a storm battered biodiversity hot-spot. In: Bramwell, D. and J. Caujapé-Castells (eds.). Pp. 154-178. The biology of island floras. Cambridge University Press, London.

Mukherjee, J. and E.J. von Wettberg. 2011. The broad spectrum of molecular approaches in conservation and management. (book review).  Ecology 92: 1377-1378.

Namoff, S., Q. Luke, F. Jiménez, A. Veloz, C.E. Lewis, V. Sosa, M. Maunder, and J. Francisco-Ortega. 2010. Phylogenetic analyses of nucleotide sequences confirm a unique plant intercontinental disjunction between tropical Africa, the Caribbean, and the Hawaiian Islands. Journal of Plant Research 123: 57-65.

Namoff, S., C. Husby, L. Noblick, J. Francisco-Ortega, C.E. Lewis, and M.P. Griffith. 2010. How well does a botanical garden collection of a rare palm capture the genetic variation in a wild population? Biological Conservation 143: 1110-1117.

Namoff, S., J. Francisco-Ortega, S. Zona, and C. Lewis. 2010. Microsatellite markers developed for the Caribbean palm Pseudophoenix sargentii - two PCR-based methods. Conservation Genetic Resources 2: 85-87.

Namoff, S., A. Veloz, F. Jimenez, R.A. Rodriguez-Pena, B. Peguero, C. Lewis, J. Moynihan, M. Abdo, M. Maunder, E. Von Wettberg, A.W. Meerow, M.P. Griffith, and J. Francisco-Ortega. 2011. Sweet drinks are made of this: conservation genetics of an endemic palm species from the Dominican Republic. Journal of Heredity 102: 1-10.

Ojeda, I., J. Francisco-Ortega, and Q.C.B. Cronk. 2009. Evolution of petal epidermal micromorphology in Leguminosae and its use as a marker of petal identity. Annals of Botany 104: 1099-1110.

Oleas, N.H., A.W. Meerow, and J. Francisco-Ortega. 2009. Eight microsatellite loci in Phaedranassa schizantha Baker (Amaryllidaceae) and cross-amplification in other Phaedranassa species. Conservation Genetics 10: 1566-0621.

Pascarella, J.B., J. Maschinski, and S.J. Wright. 2011. Soil seedbanks and long-term seed survival in the endangered Florida beach clustervine (Jacquemontia reclinata House [Convolvulaceae]). Native Plants Journal 12: 233-240.

Pemberton, R.W. and H. Liu. 2009. Marketing time determines naturalization rates of horticultural plants in Florida. Ecology 90: 69-80.

Peres C.A., T.A. Gardner, J. Barlow, J. Zuanon, F. Michalski, A.C. Lees, I.C. Vieira, F.M.S. Moreira, and K.J. Feeley. 2010. Biodiversity conservation in human-modified Amazonian forest landscapes. Biological Conservation 143: 2314-2327

Possley, J., J. Maschinski, C. Rodriguez, and J. Dozier. 2009. Alternatives for reintroducing a rare ecotone species: manually thinned forest edge versus restored habitat remnant.  Restoration Ecology 17: 668-677.

Santos-Guerra, A., C.E. Jarvis, M.A. Carine, M. Maunder, and J. Francisco-Ortega. 2011. Late 17^th century herbarium collections from the Canary Islands: the plants collected by James Cuninghame in La Palma. Taxon 60: 1734-1753.

Sequeira M.M., A. Santos-Guerra, C.E. Jarvis, A. Oberli, M.A. Carine, M. Maunder, and J. Francisco-Ortega. 2010. The Madeiran plants collected by Sir Hans Sloane in 1687, and his descriptions. Taxon 59: 598-612.

Terborgh. J.W. and K.J. Feeley.  2010. Propagation of trophic cascades via multiple pathways in tropical forests. In: Terborgh J. W. and J. A. Estes (eds.). Pp. 125-140. Trophic Cascades: Predators, Prey, and the Changing Dynamics of Nature. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Tomlinson, P.B., J.W. Horn, and J.B. Fisher. 2011. The Anatomy of Palms (Arecaceae-Palmae). Oxford University Press, Oxford. 251 pp.

Trusty, J.L., H.C. Kesler, J. Rodriguez, and J. Francisco-Ortega. 2011. Conservation status of endemic plants on Isla del Coco, Costa Rica: Applying IUCN Red List criteria on a small island. In: Bramwell, D. and J. Caujapé-Castells (eds.). Pp. 452-473. The biology of island floras. Cambridge University Press, London.

Trusty, J.L., A. Tye, T.M. Collins, F.A. Michelangeli, P. Madriz & J. Francisco-Ortega. 2012. Galapagos and Cocos Islands: geographically close, botanically distant. International Journal of Plant Sciences 173: 36-53.

Turner, T.L., E.C. Bourne, E.J.  von Wettberg, T.L. Hu, and S.V. Nuzhdin. 2010. Population resequencing reveals local adaptation of Arabidopsis lyrata to serpentine soils. Nature Genetics 42: 260-263.

Tye, A. and J. Francisco-Ortega. 2011. Origins and evolution of Galapagos endemic vascular plants. In: Bramwell, D. and J. Caujapé-Castells (eds.). Pp. 89-153. The biology of island floras. Cambridge University Press, London.

Von Wettberg, E.J., M.L. Stanton, and J.B. Whittall, J.B. 2010.  How anthocyanin mutants respond to stress: the need to distinguish between stress tolerance and maximal vigor.  Evolutionary Ecology Research 12: 457–47.

Von Wettberg, E.J. and Wright, J. 2011.  Genomic approaches to understanding adaptation.  In: Rajakaruana, N. and Harrison, S.P. (eds). Pp. 139-153. Serpentine: a Model for Evolution and Ecology.  University of California Press, Berkeley.

Wang Y., J. Zhang, K.J. Feeley, P. Jiang, and P. Ding. 2009. Life-history traits associated with fragmentation vulnerability of lizards in the Thousand Island Lake, China. Animal Conservation 12: 329-337.

Wang, Z., H. Liu, N. Wei, W. Xu, S. An, and S. Liu. 2009. Effects of stand regeneration management regimes and age on genetic structure of Quercus aquifolioides (sclerophyllous oak) in southwestern China. Forest Science 52: 142-148.

Wendelberger, K.S. and J. Maschinski. 2009. Linking GIS, observational and experimental studies to determine optimal seedling microsites of an endangered plant in a subtropical urban fire-adapted ecosystem.  Restoration Ecology 17: 845-853.

Wright, J. and E.J. von Wettberg. 2009. Serpentinomics – an emerging field of study. Northeastern Naturalist 16 (Special Issue 5): 285-296.

Zimmermann, M., P. Meir, M. Silman, A. Fedders, A. Gibbon, Y. Malhi, D. Urrego, M. Bush, K.J. Feeley, K. Garcia, G. Dargie, W. Farfan, B. Goetz, W. Johnson, K. Kline, A. Modi, N. Rurau, B. Staudt, and F. Zamora. 2009. No differences in soil carbon stocks across the tree line in the Peruvian Andes. Ecosystems 13: 62-74.

Zona, S., J. Francisco-Ortega, B. Jestrow, W.J. Baker, and C.E. Lewis. 2011. Molecular phylogenetics of the palm subtribe Ptychospermatinae (Arecaceae). American Journal of Botany 98:1716-1726.


Last updated: January 31, 2012