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Taxonomy And Phylogeny Of The Asphondylia Species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Of North American Goldenrods: Challenging Morphology, Complex Host Associations, And Cryptic Speciation, Netta Dorchin, Jeffrey Joy, Lukas Hilke, Michael Wise, Warren Abrahamson
Taxonomy And Phylogeny Of The Asphondylia Species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Of North American Goldenrods: Challenging Morphology, Complex Host Associations, And Cryptic Speciation, Netta Dorchin, Jeffrey Joy, Lukas Hilke, Michael Wise, Warren Abrahamson
Warren G. Abrahamson, II
Reproductive isolation and speciation in herbivorous insects may be accomplished via shifts between host-plant resources: either plant species or plant organs. The intimate association between gall-inducing insects and their host plants makes them particularly useful models in the study of speciation. North American goldenrods (Asteraceae: Solidago and Euthamia) support a rich fauna of gall-inducing insects. Although several of these insects have been the subject of studies focusing on speciation and tritrophic interactions, others remain unstudied and undescribed. Among the latter are at least seven species of the large, cosmopolitan gall midge genus Asphondylia Loew (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), the taxonomy and biology …
The Reproduction And Ecology Of Hypericum Edisonianum: An Endangered Florida Endemic, Warren G. Abrahamson Ii, Sam P. Vander Kloet
The Reproduction And Ecology Of Hypericum Edisonianum: An Endangered Florida Endemic, Warren G. Abrahamson Ii, Sam P. Vander Kloet
Warren G. Abrahamson, II
The reproduction and ecology of the narrow endemic and Florida endangered shrub Hypericum edisonianum (Edison’s St. John's Wort) was investigated through field and greenhouse studies. Hypericum edisonianum exhibits a number of traits common to rare and geographically limited plant species including heavy reliance on clonal propagation to maintain local stands; passive seed dispersal resulting in a near-parent seed shadow; limited numbers of genetically unique individuals in its isolated seasonal-pond habitat; and likely self-incompatibility. In the field study, most flowers were produced by a small subset of the monitored ramets. Indeed, three ramets belonging to a single genetic individual accounted for …