Center for Tropical Plant Conservation – Peer-reviewed articles published in 2009 - 2010

Fairchild's Center for Tropical Plant Conservation is a world-wide leader in tropical botany, conservation and horticulture. During 2009 - 2010 our scientists have been producing a large number of ground breaking, peer-reviewed scientific publications. They are listed below.

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.

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. 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.  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. 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 ion 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.

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.

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.