T. L. Parchman

Environment predicts the maintenance of reproductive isolation in a mosaic hybrid zone of rubber rabbitbrush

The paper examines how environmental factors influence reproductive isolation in a hybrid zone of rubber rabbitbrush, finding that hybridization patterns are strongly predicted by environmental variables and ecotone proximity.

Does a history of co-occurrence predict plant performance, community productivity, or invasion resistance?

The paper tests if a history of co-occurrence affects plant performance, community productivity, or invasion resistance in semi-arid plant communities, finding mixed effects with some species benefiting from allopatric or sympatric neighbors.

Fine-scale spatial genetic structure in a locally abundant native bunchgrass (Achnatherum thurberianum) including distinct lineages revealed within seed transfer zones

This study identifies fine-scale spatial genetic structure and distinct lineages in Achnatherum thurberianum, revealing factors shaping genetic variation and implications for conservation.

Genomic and common garden approaches yield complementary results for quantifying environmental drivers of local adaptation in rubber rabbitbrush, a foundational Great Basin shrub

The paper uses genomic and phenotypic data to identify environmental drivers of local adaptation in rubber rabbitbrush, finding consistent patterns between genetic and phenotypic responses to environmental variables.

A suite of rare microbes interacts with a dominant, heritable, fungal endophyte to influence plant trait expression

The paper manipulates rare and dominant endophytes in plants to show that rare endophytes affect host traits only in the absence of a dominant fungal endophyte, and that interactions between endophytes and pathogens can offset negative effects.

Evidence for both phylogenetic conservatism and lability in the evolution of secondary chemistry in a tropical angiosperm radiation

The paper examines the evolution of secondary chemistry in Radula, finding both phylogenetic conservatism and lability in metabolite classes.