Kowiyou Yessoufou

Island Biogeography Theory-inspired predictions reveal that urban non-native plant richness is source dependent and defies classical isolation predictions

The paper uses a global dataset of urban alien plants to test island biogeography theory, finding that city size and geographic isolation interact to influence alien plant richness, with hub-dependent variations.

Random patterns of medicinal plants on a phylogeny do not imply random selections of medicinal plants

The paper challenges the assumption that random phylogenetic patterns in medicinal plants indicate random human selection, proposing a framework to interpret selection patterns more accurately.

Whilst the gymnosperm tree of life may survive the ongoing biodiversity crisis, the angiosperm tree of life may not

The paper assesses the impact of the biodiversity crisis on angiosperm and gymnosperm evolutionary history using risk predictions, finding angiosperms are more vulnerable to disproportionate loss.

Over half of the phylogenetic diversity accumulated on the African plant tree of life may be eroded under current biodiversity crisis even though threatened species are not evolutionarily unique

The paper assesses the risk of losing evolutionary history in the African plant tree of life due to the biodiversity crisis, finding that 59% of evolutionary history could be lost if all threatened species go extinct.