2024
Reconstructing 120 years of climate change impacts on Joshua tree flowering
Yoder J, Andrade A, DeFalco L, Esque T, Carlson C, Shryock D, Yeager R, Smith C. Reconstructing 120 years of climate change impacts on Joshua tree flowering. Ecology Letters 2024, 27: e14478. PMID: 39092581, DOI: 10.1111/ele.14478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClimate change impactsJoshua treesChange impactsMasting eventsWild populationsClimate change effectsDrought stressFlowering eventsTree flowersFlowersMojave DesertChange effectsAnnual precipitationIncreased variationWeather recordsNegative impactHistorical recordsTreesClimateSystematic datasetPerennialsBiodiversitySpecies
2020
Zygomorphic flowers have fewer potential pollinator species
Yoder J, Gomez G, Carlson C. Zygomorphic flowers have fewer potential pollinator species. Biology Letters 2020, 16: 20200307. PMID: 32871089, PMCID: PMC7532724, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0307.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZygomorphic flowersCo-occurring plantsSpecialized pollinator interactionsEffective pollinatorsPlant visitorsVisitor diversityPollination interactionsPollinator behaviourRisk of extinctionPollinator speciesPollinator lossVisitor speciesPollinationFloral symmetryFlowersZygomorphic speciesPlantsSpeciesWeb asymmetryZygomorphySub-networksDiversityDiversificationCommunityExtinction