Orchid Ecology
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Evolutionary ecology and Conservation biology
This site is maintained by Raymond L Tremblay, PhD.
This site is maintained by Raymond L Tremblay, PhD.
Epidendrum ciliaris. A species growing in mangroves in Puerto Rico. However the effect of so many recent hurricanes has reduced populations size
February 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Epidendrum ciliaris. A species growing in mangroves in Puerto Rico. However the effect of so many recent hurricanes has reduced populations size
Populations of Arundina graminifolia were located on Puerto Rico, Hawaiian Islands and Mauritius. Aspects of global invasion are similar, but others differ among islands underscoring the context dependency of biological invasions and the difficulty of overall predictions.
doi.org/10.1007/s105...)
doi.org/10.1007/s105...)
Invasions of the bamboo orchid: performance variability on islands oceans apart - Biological Invasions
Traits associated with successful biological invasions across environmental gradients or geographical distances may vary depending on processes such as founder effects, ecological sorting, or adaptati...
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February 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Populations of Arundina graminifolia were located on Puerto Rico, Hawaiian Islands and Mauritius. Aspects of global invasion are similar, but others differ among islands underscoring the context dependency of biological invasions and the difficulty of overall predictions.
doi.org/10.1007/s105...)
doi.org/10.1007/s105...)
The authors were able to identify micro climatic changes which correlates with growth patterns in Pleione formosana in Taiwan.
doi.org/10.3390/plan...
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The Impact of Changing Climate on an Endangered Epiphytic Orchid (Pleione formosana) in a Montane Cloud Forest and the Conservation Challenge Ahead
Pleione formosana Hayata is an endemic orchid that was once widely distributed across the mid-elevations of Taiwan. However, populations of this orchid have steadily shrunk due to orchid poaching in m...
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February 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The authors were able to identify micro climatic changes which correlates with growth patterns in Pleione formosana in Taiwan.
doi.org/10.3390/plan...
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I just discovered this amazing paper, which appeared nearly one year ago in a little known journal and anyone interested in plant microclimates -- or more accurately 'micrometeorology' -- should read. It's brought here to give it some publicity. 🧪
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Heliocaminiform structures: plant organs that function as microgreenhouses
Plant structures that enclose trapped air are morphologically and taxonomically diverse. They range from pubescence (trichomes) on various parts of plants to flowers, inflorescences, stems, culms (abo...
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January 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I just discovered this amazing paper, which appeared nearly one year ago in a little known journal and anyone interested in plant microclimates -- or more accurately 'micrometeorology' -- should read. It's brought here to give it some publicity. 🧪
www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/...
www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/...
A list of all orchid pollinators and related variables. The data is available to everyone and published in Zenodo. Take advantage of this massive undertaking and test your hypothesis. Every information is correlated with its citation.
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(PDF) Pollination List Thru 2024
PDF | This file is an update through 2024 of orchid pollination data the supplemental material for Ackerman et al. (2023) Beyond the various... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Resea...
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January 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A list of all orchid pollinators and related variables. The data is available to everyone and published in Zenodo. Take advantage of this massive undertaking and test your hypothesis. Every information is correlated with its citation.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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A deep dive into an old box file has unexpectedly resulted in a possible answer to the question: what was the first online database of plant-pollinator interactions?
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#bees #pollinators #biodiversity #ecology #botany #History
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#bees #pollinators #biodiversity #ecology #botany #History
Was this the first online database of plant-pollinator interactions?
Over the past few years, the ways in which we collate and use large databases of plant-pollinator interactions, and make them publicly available according to FAIR data principles, has been much on …
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January 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A deep dive into an old box file has unexpectedly resulted in a possible answer to the question: what was the first online database of plant-pollinator interactions?
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/01/07/w...
#bees #pollinators #biodiversity #ecology #botany #History
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/01/07/w...
#bees #pollinators #biodiversity #ecology #botany #History
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Honoured to be incoming co-Editor-in-Chief of Fungal Ecology! Send us your best work. 🍄https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/fungal-ecology @benwolfe.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Honoured to be incoming co-Editor-in-Chief of Fungal Ecology! Send us your best work. 🍄https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/fungal-ecology @benwolfe.bsky.social
Translocation of Cattleya intermedia on trunk on crown of trees show different growth rates, survival and nutrients absorption. Possibility explaining the distribution of natural plants in a 3 year experiment.
doi.org/10.26848/rbgf.v17.1.p668-688
doi.org/10.26848/rbgf.v17.1.p668-688
Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física
A Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física é um periódico bimestral de divulgação científica, iniciada em 2008 da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Artigos técnico-científicos, Revisões de literatura e Notas científicas a serem publicados na Revista devem ser originais, e de relevância para a Geografia Física e meio ambiente. A Comissão Editorial abre exceção apenas para trabalhos apresentados em Congressos sob a forma de resumos simples.
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December 19, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Translocation of Cattleya intermedia on trunk on crown of trees show different growth rates, survival and nutrients absorption. Possibility explaining the distribution of natural plants in a 3 year experiment.
doi.org/10.26848/rbgf.v17.1.p668-688
doi.org/10.26848/rbgf.v17.1.p668-688
Evaluating climate change on species distribution. Models were based on two different global circulation models. CNRM projections predict expansion of orchids' geographical range. In contrast, FIO prediction is less optimistic, forecasting species range reduction
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70633
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70633
December 19, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Evaluating climate change on species distribution. Models were based on two different global circulation models. CNRM projections predict expansion of orchids' geographical range. In contrast, FIO prediction is less optimistic, forecasting species range reduction
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70633
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70633
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🌿 Our latest paper is out!
Long-term stability of tropical forest metacommunities in Puerto Rico: Native and non-native species 🌱
Explore the dynamics of biodiversity and resilience in tropical forests for both native and non-native species 🌍🌳
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Long-term stability of tropical forest metacommunities in Puerto Rico: Native and non-native species 🌱
Explore the dynamics of biodiversity and resilience in tropical forests for both native and non-native species 🌍🌳
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Long‐term stability of tropical forest metacommunities in Puerto Rico: Native and non‐native species
The temporal stability of metacommunity structure is rarely evaluated in systems with complex disturbance regimes with both anthropogenic and naturally occurring components. We evaluate temporal stab...
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December 14, 2024 at 4:01 PM
🌿 Our latest paper is out!
Long-term stability of tropical forest metacommunities in Puerto Rico: Native and non-native species 🌱
Explore the dynamics of biodiversity and resilience in tropical forests for both native and non-native species 🌍🌳
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Long-term stability of tropical forest metacommunities in Puerto Rico: Native and non-native species 🌱
Explore the dynamics of biodiversity and resilience in tropical forests for both native and non-native species 🌍🌳
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The subtribe Orchidinae are known to be self-compatible, here 11 species are evaluated and not all were shown to be self-compatible. Seeds from cross pollination was shown to have higher fitness, supporting Darwin’s view that cross pollination is advantageous.
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Seed quality and germination performance increase with cross-pollination in members of subtribe Orchidinae (Orchidaceae)
Abstract. Over half of angiosperms have self-incompatibility systems to avoid self-pollination and inbreeding depression. Many members of Orchidaceae are s
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December 8, 2024 at 2:48 PM
The subtribe Orchidinae are known to be self-compatible, here 11 species are evaluated and not all were shown to be self-compatible. Seeds from cross pollination was shown to have higher fitness, supporting Darwin’s view that cross pollination is advantageous.
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Phenotypes are shown to be site dependent in the reciprocal transplant of a twig epiphyte from shade and sunny sites. Vegetative and floral characters in morphological plasticity was evaluated with the former being more plastic.
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Morphological flexibility across an environmental gradient in the epiphytic orchid, Tolumnia variegata: complicating patterns of fitness
Abstract. Deceit-pollinated orchid species show substantial variation in floral traits, which may be maintained by genetic drift or various forms of select
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December 8, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Phenotypes are shown to be site dependent in the reciprocal transplant of a twig epiphyte from shade and sunny sites. Vegetative and floral characters in morphological plasticity was evaluated with the former being more plastic.
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Herrera demonstrates how to evaluate fitness of individuals with multiple reproductive bouts. The conceptual and statistical methods are innovative an should be evaluated in a wide range of taxonomic group. New insights on evolution is likely emerge.
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December 8, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Herrera demonstrates how to evaluate fitness of individuals with multiple reproductive bouts. The conceptual and statistical methods are innovative an should be evaluated in a wide range of taxonomic group. New insights on evolution is likely emerge.
www.revistaecosistemas.net/index.php/ec...
www.revistaecosistemas.net/index.php/ec...
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"Common misconceptions of speciation", nice! I have to read this, definitely will use this image!
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December 1, 2024 at 9:44 PM
"Common misconceptions of speciation", nice! I have to read this, definitely will use this image!
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Global movement of plants to new regions – by trade or negligence – can set the stage for establishment of invasive herbivore insects that may not have survived otherwise.
The new arrivals can allow establishment of their invasive predators and parasitoids.
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The new arrivals can allow establishment of their invasive predators and parasitoids.
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Global proliferation of nonnative plants is a major driver of insect invasions
Abstract. Invasions by nonnative insect species can massively disrupt ecological processes, often leading to serious economic impacts. Previous work has id
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December 3, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Global movement of plants to new regions – by trade or negligence – can set the stage for establishment of invasive herbivore insects that may not have survived otherwise.
The new arrivals can allow establishment of their invasive predators and parasitoids.
🧪🪲🪳🌎
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
The new arrivals can allow establishment of their invasive predators and parasitoids.
🧪🪲🪳🌎
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This 2002 paper attempts to elucidate if fungi are necessary after germination in the field. The elimination of fungi using fungicides show that survivorship is impacted, thus fungi presence after photosynthesis begins have positive impact.
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Are fungi necessary? How fungicides affect growth and survival of the orchid Lepanthes rupestris in the field
1 Mycorrhizal associations of tropical, epiphytic orchids have been studied in vitro, but the importance of the relationship has not been demonstrated in the field. We investigated the effect of f...
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December 6, 2024 at 12:14 AM
This 2002 paper attempts to elucidate if fungi are necessary after germination in the field. The elimination of fungi using fungicides show that survivorship is impacted, thus fungi presence after photosynthesis begins have positive impact.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Orchid seed fungi seed germination InSitu and ExSitu variation on Rasmussen method. The technique is applicable to epiphytic a terrestrial species.
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December 6, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Orchid seed fungi seed germination InSitu and ExSitu variation on Rasmussen method. The technique is applicable to epiphytic a terrestrial species.
www.researchgate.net/profile/Tada...
www.researchgate.net/profile/Tada...
A review of the orchid mycorrhizae. This short review is a good introduction for those wanting to get an updated with the literature on the subject. Specifically the authors have a section on nutrient uptake.
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December 5, 2024 at 11:18 PM
A review of the orchid mycorrhizae. This short review is a good introduction for those wanting to get an updated with the literature on the subject. Specifically the authors have a section on nutrient uptake.
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Orchid mycorrhizae fungi (OMF) are ubiquitous in the seed germination process in situ, which has been known for a long time. This paper brings evidence that OMF abundance influence the dynamics of individuals and their likelihood of dormancy.
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Mycorrhizal fungi affect orchid distribution and population dynamics
Symbioses are ubiquitous in nature and influence individual plants and populations. Orchids have life history stages that depend fully or partially on fungi for carbon and other essential resources. ...
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December 5, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Orchid mycorrhizae fungi (OMF) are ubiquitous in the seed germination process in situ, which has been known for a long time. This paper brings evidence that OMF abundance influence the dynamics of individuals and their likelihood of dormancy.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Johnson show a pollinator shift from nocturnal to diurnal pollinator, from a moth to butterfly. How common are pollinator shifts in the Orchidaceae?
doi.org/10.1007/s006...
doi.org/10.1007/s006...
Butterfly pollination in Platycoryne (Orchidaceae): evidence for a key pollinator shift in the large Habenaria clade - Plant Systematics and Evolution
Shifts between pollinator functional groups can explain major changes in floral phenotype. I document a novel case of butterfly pollination in Platycoryne, an African genus that is phylogenetically em...
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December 2, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Johnson show a pollinator shift from nocturnal to diurnal pollinator, from a moth to butterfly. How common are pollinator shifts in the Orchidaceae?
doi.org/10.1007/s006...
doi.org/10.1007/s006...
Many orchids have been shown to be invasive. Here the bamboo orchid invasive processes is shown to vary among three islands. Reproductive success significantly differed among islands and linked to floral traits, local pollinator pools and perhaps florivory.
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
Invasions of the bamboo orchid: performance variability on islands oceans apart - Biological Invasions
Traits associated with successful biological invasions across environmental gradients or geographical distances may vary depending on processes such as founder effects, ecological sorting, or adaptati...
doi.org
December 2, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Many orchids have been shown to be invasive. Here the bamboo orchid invasive processes is shown to vary among three islands. Reproductive success significantly differed among islands and linked to floral traits, local pollinator pools and perhaps florivory.
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
The size of floral parts influences reproductive success in many species. Here the removal of floral bracts resulted in reduced plant fitness but not visitation rates in Thunia alba.
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
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The conspicuously large bracts influence reproductive success in Thunia alba (Orchidaceae)
Abstract. In angiosperms, diverse floral traits are adaptations to various selective pressures and ecological functions. So far, studies on floral traits i
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December 2, 2024 at 10:35 PM
The size of floral parts influences reproductive success in many species. Here the removal of floral bracts resulted in reduced plant fitness but not visitation rates in Thunia alba.
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
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As promised, here's a list of women doing research in Ecology & Evolution.
You can pin it to your home and then follow these wonderful scientists by clicking the about tab.
If you want to be added just comment or DM me.
Please share far and wide :)
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You can pin it to your home and then follow these wonderful scientists by clicking the about tab.
If you want to be added just comment or DM me.
Please share far and wide :)
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December 1, 2024 at 9:05 PM
As promised, here's a list of women doing research in Ecology & Evolution.
You can pin it to your home and then follow these wonderful scientists by clicking the about tab.
If you want to be added just comment or DM me.
Please share far and wide :)
🧪🌍🌐
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You can pin it to your home and then follow these wonderful scientists by clicking the about tab.
If you want to be added just comment or DM me.
Please share far and wide :)
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Cypripedium macranthos present distribution is correlated with peleoclimatic changes from the middle Pleistocene using genetic diversity indices. The results also suggest distributional origin of the taxa.
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Middle Pleistocene climate change influenced northward divergence and cold adaptation in an Asian lady’s slipper orchid, Cypripedium macranthos Sw. (Orchidaceae)
Abstract. The Pleistocene was characterized by climate fluctuations with rapid transitions between glacial and interglacial periods. East Asia’s land bridg
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December 1, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Cypripedium macranthos present distribution is correlated with peleoclimatic changes from the middle Pleistocene using genetic diversity indices. The results also suggest distributional origin of the taxa.
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Old farm tea gardens in China where old trees are preserved for shade are shown to be sites where a diversity of orchids are found and recruitment was observed. This is similar to old orange and coffee groves in the new world.
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Ancient tea gardens play important role on in situ conservation of epiphytic orchids in southwest Yunnan, China
Southwest Yunnan of China is the homeland of famous Pu’er tea and preserved the largest area of ancient tea gardens in the world. The ancient tea gard…
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December 1, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Old farm tea gardens in China where old trees are preserved for shade are shown to be sites where a diversity of orchids are found and recruitment was observed. This is similar to old orange and coffee groves in the new world.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...