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View article: Enhanced UV-Reflection Facilitated a Shift in the Pollination System of the Red Poppy, Papaver rhoeas (Papaveraceae)
Enhanced UV-Reflection Facilitated a Shift in the Pollination System of the Red Poppy, Papaver rhoeas (Papaveraceae) Open
Evolutionary change is considered a major factor influencing the invasion of new habitats by plants. Yet, evidence on how such modifications promote range expansion remains rather limited. Here we investigated flower color modifications in…
View article: Differences and similarities of sex ratios between dioecious angiosperms and dioicous bryophytes
Differences and similarities of sex ratios between dioecious angiosperms and dioicous bryophytes Open
Observation: For plant species with separate sexes, the average population sex ratio is female biased in mosses and liverworts, male biased in trees and shrubs, and unbiased in short-lived herbs. Key assumption: When fertilization occurs, …
View article: Elevation patterns of plant diversity and recent altitudinal range shifts in Sinai's high‐mountain flora
Elevation patterns of plant diversity and recent altitudinal range shifts in Sinai's high‐mountain flora Open
Questions Is there evidence of recent altitudinal range shifts in a hyper‐arid Middle Eastern desert mountain flora? How do the directions of shift for upper and lower altitudinal range limits of plants vary? Location Hyper‐arid mountain d…
View article: Landscape Archaeology in the Wādī al-ʿArab Region
Landscape Archaeology in the Wādī al-ʿArab Region Open
As an integral part of the Gadara-Region-Project, a survey of the Wādī al-‘Arab region was conducted during the years 2009-2012, by the Biblical-Archaeological Institute Wuppertal and the German Protestant Institute for Archaeology in orde…