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Title
Population climatic history predicts phenotypic responses in novel environments for Arabidopsis thaliana in North America
Source
American Journal of Botany
Date
2019
Author
Samis, Karen E.
;
Stinchcombe, John R.
;
Murren, Courtney J.
Genre
Journal Article
Volume
106
Issue
8
Start Page
1068
DOI
10.1002/ajb2.1334
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Title
Microbial diversity of buckwheat rhizosphere in wireworm-infested and non-infested soils using metagenomics
Date
2019
Author
Alkhnajari, Aisha K.
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Wireworm has become a major problem causing extensive crop loss in many potato production areas in Canada. Wireworm control methods includes the...
Thesis Supervisor
Fofana, Bourlaye; Samis, Karen; Lacroix, Christian
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status
PUBLISHED
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Title
On the adaptation of salinity tolerance
Subtitle
A study of phenotypic divergence between lacustrine and marine populations of Cakile edentula
Date
2018
Author
Ferrish, Justin Everett
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
A species’ evolution is a process mostly driven by generations of adaptation to different conditions in the local environment. Due to the sedentary...
Thesis Supervisor
Samis, Karen; Lacroix, Christian
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status
PUBLISHED
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Title
Strong genetic differentiation but not local adaptation towards the range limit of a coastal dune plant
Source
Evolution
Date
2016
Author
Samis, Karen E.
;
Lopez-Villalobos, Adriana
;
Eckert, Christopher G.
Genre
Journal Article
Volume
70
Issue
11
Start Page
2520
DOI
10.1111/evo.13047
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Title
Adapting to beach and dune environments
Subtitle
A study of fitness and ecological factors in the coastal plant Cakile edentula
Date
2015
Author
Cole, Brittany Taylor
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Species’ geographical and ecological ranges are limited by the interaction of genotypes with the biotic and abiotic environment, and the quality of...
Thesis Supervisor
Samis, Karen
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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PUBLISHED
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Title
Are species' range limits simply niche limits writ large?
Subtitle
A review of transplant experiments beyond the range
Source
American Naturalist
Date
2014
Author
Hargreaves, Anna L.
;
Samis, ; Karen E.
,
Eckert; Christopher G.
Genre
Journal Article
Abstract
Many species' range limits (RL) occur across continuous environmental gradients without obvious barriers imposing them. Such RL are expected to...
Volume
183
Issue
2
Start Page
157
DOI
10.1086/674525
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PUBLISHED
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Title
Microsatellite primers for Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia (Onagraceae) and cross-amplification in related species
Source
Applications in Plant Sciences
Date
2014
Author
López-Villalobos, Adriana
;
Samis, Karen E.
;
Eckert, Christopher G.
Genre
Journal Article
Abstract
Premise of the study: We developed 24 nuclear microsatellite primers from an enriched genomic library for the Pacific coastal dune endemic...
Volume
2
Issue
10
Start Page
1400057
DOI
10.3732/apps.1400057
Publication Status
PUBLISHED
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Title
Longitudinal trends in climate drive flowering time clines in North American Arabidopsis thaliana
Source
Ecology and Evolution
Date
2012
Author
Samis, Karen E.
;
Murren, Courtney J.
;
Bossdorf, Oliver
;
Donohue, Kathleen
;
Fenster, Charles B.
;
Malmberg, Russell L.
;
Purugganan, Michael D.
;
Stinchcombe, John R.
Genre
Journal Article
Abstract
Introduced species frequently show geographic differentiation, and when differentiation mirrors the ancestral range, it is often taken as evidence...
Volume
2
Issue
6
Start Page
1162
DOI
10.1002/ece3.262
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Title
Broad geographic covariation between floral traits and the mating system in Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia (Onagraceae)
Subtitle
multiple stable mixed mating systems across the species' range?
Source
Annals of Botany
Date
2012
Author
Dart, Sara R.
;
Samis, Karen E.
;
Austen, Emily
;
Eckert, Christopher G.
Genre
Journal Article
Abstract
Background and Aims: Methods: Key Results: Conclusions: Plants vary widely in the extent to which seeds are produced via self-fertilization vs....
Volume
109
Issue
3
Start Page
599
DOI
10.1093/aob/mcr266
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Title
Perspectives in plant ecology, evolution & systematics
Source
Island Studies Journal
Date
2011
Author
Samis, Karen E.
Genre
Journal Article
Volume
6
Issue
2
Start Page
284
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Title
Ecological correlates of fitness across the northern geographic range limit of a Pacific Coast dune plant
Source
Ecology
Date
2009
Author
Samis, Karen E.
;
Eckert, Christopher G.
Genre
Journal Article
Abstract
A species is expected to occur where the prevailing biotic and abiotic conditions fall within its fundamental niche. Geographic range limits should...
Volume
90
Issue
11
Start Page
3051
DOI
10.1890/08-1914.1
Publication Status
PUBLISHED
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Title
Discordant longitudinal clines in flowering time and phytochrome C in Arabidopsis thaliana
Source
Evolution
Date
2008
Author
Samis, Karen E.
;
Heath, Katy D.
;
Stinchcombe, John R.
Genre
Journal Article
Abstract
Using seasonal cues to time reproduction appropriately is crucial for many organisms. Plants in particular often use photoperiod to signal the time...
Volume
62
Issue
12
Start Page
2971
DOI
10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00484.x
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Title
Increased seed dispersal potential towards geographic range limits in a Pacific coast dune plant
Source
New Phytology
Date
2008
Author
Darling, Emily
;
Samis, Karen E.
;
Eckert, Christopher G.
Genre
Journal Article
Abstract
• Dispersal may be favoured at geographic range edges by unstable population
and metapopulation dynamics. However, dispersal may also evolve in...
Volume
6
Issue
12
Start Page
424
DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02349.x
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Title
Genetic variation across species' geographical ranges
Subtitle
the central-marginal hypothesis and beyond
Source
Molecular Ecology
Date
2008
Author
Eckert, C. G.
;
Samis, K. E.
;
Lougheed, S. C.
Genre
Journal Article
Abstract
There is growing interest in quantifying genetic population structure across the geographical ranges of species to understand why species might...
Volume
17
Issue
5
Start Page
1170
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03659.x
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Title
Testing the abundant center model using range-wide demographic surveys of two coastal dune plants
Source
Ecology (Washington D C)
Date
2007
Author
Samis, Karen E.
;
Eckert, Christophe-R G.
Genre
Journal Article
Abstract
It is widely accepted that species are most abundant at the center of their geographic ranges and become progressively rarer toward range limits....
Volume
88
Issue
7
Start Page
1747
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Title
Enhanced storage organ production in plants
Source
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patents
Date
2003
Author
McKersie, Bryan D.
;
Bowley, Stephen R.
;
Jones, Kim S.
;
Samis, Karen
Abstract
A method for increasing the mass of a storage organ of a plant comprising tansforming the plant with at least one heterologous gene that encodes an...
Volume
1267
Issue
2
ISBN
0098-1133 (ISSN print) ER
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Title
Pyramiding Mn-superoxide dismutase transgenes to improve persistence and biomass production in alfalfa
Source
Journal of Experimental Botany
Date
2002
Author
Samis, Karen
;
Bowley, Stephen
;
McKersie, Bryan
Genre
Journal Article
Abstract
Expression of individual superoxide dismutase (SOD) transgenes improves environmental stress tolerance and biomass production in alfalfa (Medicago...
Volume
53
Issue
372
Start Page
1343
DOI
10.1093/jexbot/53.372.1343