Forschung und Lehre in unserer Abteilung sind tief in der organismischen Biologie, d.h. in der Untersuchung von Struktur, Funktion und Evolution auf der Ebene des Organismus, verwurzelt. Wir konzentrieren uns auf Fragen zur Diversität der Pflanzen – Wie sind wichtige Pflanzenmerkmale, wie z. B. die Blüten der Angiospermen, im Laufe der Evolution entstanden? Wie ist die morphologische Diversität über verschiedene Verwandtschaftsgruppen hinweg verteilt? Wie korrelieren verschiedene strukturelle Merkmale miteinander? Weshalb sind bestimmte morphologische Merkmalskomplexe weit verbreitet und im Laufe der Evolution wiederholt entstanden, während dem andere sehr selten sind? Diesen und ähnlichen Fragen gehen wir in verschiedenen Verwandtschaftsgruppen nach und stützen uns dabei auf modernste technische Untersuchungsmethoden und neuartige theoretische Forschungsansätze.
Aktuelle Publikationen
2018
Halbritter, H., Ulrich, S., Grimsson, F., Weber, M., Zetter, R., Hesse, M., ... Frosch-Radivo, A. (2018). Illustrated Pollen Terminology. (2 Aufl.) Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71365-6
Rose, J. P., Kleist, T. J., Löfstrand, S. D., Drew, B. T., Schönenberger, J., & Sytsma, K. J. (2018). Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and diversification of angiosperm order Ericales suggest ancient Neotropical and East Asian connections. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 122, 59-79. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.01.014
Jeiter, J., Staedler, Y. M., Schönenberger, J., Weigend, M., & Luebert, F. (2018). Gynoecium and Fruit Development in Heliotropium Sect. Heliothamnus (Heliotropiaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences, 179(4), 275–286. DOI: 10.1086/696219
Leme, F. M., Staedler, Y. M., Schönenberger, J., & Teixeira, S. P. (2018). Ontogeny and Vascularization Elucidate the Atypical Floral Structure of Ampelocera glabra, a Tropical Species of Ulmaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 0. DOI: 10.1086/697899
Kirchheimer, B., Wessely, J., Gattringer, A., Hülber, K., Moser, D., Schinkel, C. C. F., ... Dullinger, S. (2018). Reconstructing geographical parthenogenesis: Effects of niche differentiation and reproductive mode on Holocene range expansion of an alpine plant. Ecology Letters, 21(3), 392-401. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12908
Sauquet, H., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., Doyle, J. A., Endress, P. K., Magallon, S., Staedler, Y., & Schönenberger, J. (2018). Challenges and questions in reconstructing the ancestral flower of angiosperms: A reply to Sokoloff et al. American Journal of Botany: the journal for all plant biologists, 105(2), 127-135. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1023
Chomicki, G., Staedler, Y. M., Bidel, L. P. R., Jay-Allemand, C., Schönenberger, J., & Renner, S. S. (2018). Deciphering the complex architecture of an herb using micro-computed X-ray tomography, with an illustrated discussion on architectural diversity of herbs. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 186(2), 145-157. [box090]. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/box090
Staedler, Y. M., Kreisberger, T., Manafzadeh, S., Chartier, M., Handschuh, S., Pamperl, S., ... Schönenberger, J. (2018). Novel computed tomography-based tools reliably quantify plant reproductive investment. Journal of Experimental Botany, 69(3), 525-535. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx405
Cyran, N., Palumbo, A., Klepal, W., Vidal, E. A. G., Staedler, Y., Schönenberger, J., & von Byern, J. (2018). The short life of the Hoyle organ of Sepia officinalis: formation, differentiation and degradation by programmed cell death. Hydrobiologia: the international journal on limnology and marine sciences, 808(1), 35-55. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3291-3, 10.1007/s10750-017-3291-3
Mayer, V., Nepel, M., Blatrix, R., Oberhauser, F. B., Fiedler, K., Schönenberger, J., & Voglmayr, H. (2018). Transmission of fungal partners to incipient Cecropia-tree ant colonies. PLoS ONE, 13(2), [e0192207]. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192207
2017
Bastl, K., Berger, U., Kmenta, M., & Weber, M. (2017). Is there an advantage to staying indoors for pollen allergy sufferers? Composition and quantitative aspects of the indoor pollen spectrum. Building and Environment, 123, 78-87. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.06.040
Leme, E. M. C., Heller, S., Zizka, G., & Halbritter, H. (2017). New circumscription of Cryptanthus and new Cryptanthoid genera and subgenera (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) based on neglected morphological traits and molecular phylogeny. Phytotaxa, 318(1), 1-88. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.318.1
Dellinger, A. (RedakteurIn), Draganits, E. (RedakteurIn), & Gereben-Krenn, B-A. (RedakteurIn). (2017). Naturvermittlung im Kaunertal. Webpublikation, Wien: uni:view - Das Online-Magazin der Universität Wien.
Sauquet, H., Von Balthazar, M., Magallón, S., Doyle, J. A., Endress, P. K., Bailes, E. J., ... Schönenberger, J. (2017). The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification. Nature Communications, 8, [16047]. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms16047
Manafzadeh, S., Städler, Y., & Conti, E. (2017). Visions of the past and dreams of the future in the Orient: the Irano-Turanian region from classical botany to evolutionary studies. Biological Reviews, 92(3), 1365–1388. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12287
Etl, F., Franschitz, A., Aguiar, A. J. C., Schönenberger, J., & Dötterl, S. (2017). A perfume-collecting male oil bee? Evidences of a novel pollination system involving Anthurium acutifolium (Araceae) and Paratetrapedia chocoensis (Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 232, 7-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.020
Santos-Silva, F., Venda, A. K. L., Halbritter, H., Leme, E. M. C., Mantovani, A., & Forzza, R. C. (2017). Nested in chaos: Insights on the relations of the 'Nidularioid Complex' and the evolutionary history of Neoregelia (Bromelioideae-Bromeliaceae). Brittonia, 69(2), 133-147. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-017-9460-x
Chartier, M., Loefstrand, S., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., Gerber, S., Jabbour, F., Sauquet, H., & Schönenberger, J. (2017). How (much) do flowers vary? Unbalanced disparity among flower functional modules and a mosaic pattern of morphospace occupation in the order Ericales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1852), [20170066]. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0066
Leme, E. M. C., Halbritter, H., & Barfuss, M. H. J. (2017). Waltillia, a new monotypic genus in Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae) arises from a rediscovered, allegedly extinct species from Brazil. Phytotaxa, 299(1), 1-35. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.299.1.1
Vasse, M., Voglmayr, H., Mayer, V., Gueidan, C., Nepel, M., Moreno, L., ... Blatrix, R. (2017). A phylogenetic perspective on the association between ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and black yeasts (Ascomycota: Chaetothyriales). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1850), [20162519]. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2519
Ta, K. N., Adam, H., Städler, Y., Schönenberger, J., Harrop, T., Tregear, J., ... Jouannic, S. (2017). Differences in meristem size and expression of branching genes are associated with variation in panicle phenotype in wild and domesticated African rice. EvoDevo, 8, [2]. DOI: 10.1186/s13227-017-0065-y
Ulrich, S., Hesse, M., Weber, M., & Halbritter, H. (2017). Amorphophallus: New insights into pollen morphology and the chemical nature of the pollen wall. Grana: international journal of palynology and aerobiology, 56(1), 1-36. DOI: 10.1080/00173134.2015.1133699
Manafzadeh, S., Städler, Y., Moazzeni, H., Masson, D., Schönenberger, J., & Conti, E. (2017). Response of oriental xerophytes to the occidental industrial revolution. bioRxiv.
Dellinger, A., Artuso, S., Fernandez-Fernandez, D., Penneys, D. S., Michelangeli, F. A., Alvear, M., ... Schönenberger, J. (2017). Bees, birds, bats - and mice? Pollination syndromes and floral traits in Merianieae (Melastomataceae). in IBC 2017, Abstract Book I: Oral Presentations (S. 59). [T1-18-06]
Mayer, V. E., Lauth, J., & Orivel, J. (2017). Convergent structure and function of mycelial galleries in two unrelated Neotropical plant-ants. Insectes Sociaux, 64(3), 365-371. DOI: 10.1007/s00040-017-0554-y
Mayer, V., Blatrix, R., & Voglmayr, H. (2017). Evolutionary and functional ecology of ant-plant-fungus symbioses. in 16th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships: Abstractbook (S. 105). [Poster 21]
Dellinger, A., Artuso, S., Fernandez-Fernandez, D., Penneys, D. S., Michelangeli, F. A., Alvear, M., ... Schönenberger, J. (2017). Functional differentiation and floral trait convergence in accordance with pollinator shifts in Merianieae (Melastomataceae). in IBC 2017, Abstract Book I: Oral Presentations (S. 205). [T2-37-05]
Dellinger, A., Paun, O., Fernandez-Fernandez, D. M., Penneys, D. S., & Schönenberger, J. (2017). Impact of pollinator shifts on mating systems and population genetic diversity in a Neotropical plant group. in Population Biology in a Changing World. 30th Conference of the Plant Population Biology Section of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - GfÖ: Abstracts (S. 31)
Schönenberger, J., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., Magallon, S., Albert, B., Prieu, C., & Sauquet, H. (2017). Integrating morphology, molecules, and fossil flowers: First results from the Paleo-eFLOWER initiative. in XIX IBC 2017, Abstract Book I: Oral Presentations (S. 130). [T2-11-01]
Chartier, M., Fernandez, J-L., Prehsler, D., Schönenberger, J., & Gibernau, M. (2017). Note on the pollination of Calla palustris L. (Araceae). Aroideana : Journal of the International Aroid Society, 40(1), 71-83.