Mailyn Gonzalez

TL;DR: It is concluded that while DNA barcoding is an invaluable tool for detecting errors in identifications and for identifying plants at juvenile stages, its limited ability to identify collections will constrain the practical implementation of DNA-based tropical plant biodiversity programs.

TL;DR: The findings do not support the hypothesis that large seeds germinate faster than small seeds, but rather that small seeds germine faster, and propose four alternative mechanisms that could account for the observed pattern.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared species and phylogenetic diversity of sapling and tree communities at two sites in French Guiana and found that negative density dependence plays an important role during the sapling-to-tree transition.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied how the Andean uplift, the formation of the Panama land bridge, and Pleistocene climatic fluctuations affected dispersal and diversification in the Sapotaceae subfamily Chrysophylloideae.

TL;DR: The FunAndes database as discussed by the authors is a compilation of functional trait data for the Andean flora spanning six countries and contains data on 24 traits across 2,694 taxa, for a total of 105,466 entries.