D. N. Anstett

Temperature, phenology, and plant defenses predict fitness near colder range limit

The study assesses how anti-herbivore defenses, phenology, and morphology affect seed production in Oenothera biennis populations near the cold range limit, finding that southern genotypes produce more seeds than northern ones.

Phenotypic lags influence rapid evolution throughout a drought cycle

The paper examines how phenotypic lags affect rapid evolution during a drought cycle by analyzing climate metrics across multiple years in Mimulus cardinalis populations.

Does urbanization lead to parallel demographic shifts across the world in a cosmopolitan plant?

This study examines the demographic effects of urbanization on white clover populations globally, finding increased gene flow and no reduction in genetic diversity in urban areas.

Variation in adaptation across geographic ranges is consistent with strong selection in marginal climates and legacies of range expansion

This study uses transplant data to show that populations at geographic range edges have varying adaptation levels, with poleward edges showing lower fitness and equatorial edges showing higher fitness relative to foreign populations.