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.
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Beitrag im Medienportal der Universität Wien: "How flowers adapt to their pollinators"
Aktuelle Publikationen 2019-2020
2020
Xafis, A., Mayda, S., Alçiçek, C. M., Kaya, T., Halaçlar, K., Grimsson, F., & Nagel, D. (2020). Large giraffids (Mammalia, Ruminantia) from the new late Miocene fossiliferous locality of Kemiklitepe-E (Western Anatolia, Turkey). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments.
Grimsson, F. (2020). Eocene palms from central Myanmar in a South-East Asian and global perspective: evidence from the palynological record. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa038
Xafis, A., Saarinen, J., Bastl, K., Nagel, D., & Grímsson, F. (2020). Palaeodietary traits of large mammals from the middle Miocene of Gračanica (Bugojno Basin, Bosnia-Herzegovina). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 100, 457–477. doi.org/10.1007/s12549-020-00435-2
Grímsson, F., Bouchal, J. M., Xafis, A., & Zetter, R. (2020). Combined LM and SEM study of the middle Miocene (Sarmatian) palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin, Austria. Part V. Magnoliophyta 3–Myrtales to Ericales. Grana, 59(2-3), 127-193. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2019.1696400
Leme, F. M., Schönenberger, J., Staedler, Y. M., & Teixeira, S. P. (2020). Comparative floral development reveals novel aspects of structure and diversity of flowers in Cannabaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, XX, 1-20. doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa004
Ferguson, D. K., Grímsson, F., & Weber, M. (2020). Reinhard Zetter, an appreciation. Grana, 59(1), 1-6. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2019.1695910
Currano, E. D., Jacobs, B. F., Bush, R. T., Novello, A., Feseha, M., Grimsson, F., McInerney, F. A., Michel, L. A., Pan, A. D., Phelps, S. R., Polissar, P., Strömberg, C. A. E., & Tabor, N. J. (2020). Ecological dynamic equilibrium in an early Miocene (21.73 Ma) forest, Ethiopia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 539, [109425]. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109425
Xiao, N., Bock, P., Antreich, S. J., Staedler, Y. M., Schönenberger, J., & Gierlinger, N. (2020). From the Soft to the Hard: Changes in Microchemistry During Cell Wall Maturation of Walnut Shells. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, [466]. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00466
Reich, D., Berger, A., von Balthazar, M., Chartier, M., Sherafati, M., Schönenberger, J., Manafzadeh, S., & Staedler, Y. M. (2020). Modularity and evolution of flower shape: the role of function, development, and spandrels in Erica. New Phytologist. doi.org/10.1111/nph.16337
Weber, M., Ulrich, S., Ciarallo, A., Henneberg, M., & Henneberg, R. J. (2020). Pollen analysis of volcanic ash in Pompeian human skeletal remains. Grana, 59(1), 107-113. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2019.1638448
Dellinger, A. S. (2020). Pollination syndromes in the 21st century: where do we stand and where may we go? New Phytologist, n/a(n/a). doi.org/10.1111/nph.16793
Ulrich, S., & Grímsson, F. (2020). The single-grain method: adding TEM to the equation. Grana, 59(1), 44-57. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2019.1666915
Grimsson, F. (2020). Triumph and Fall of the Wet, Warm, and Never-More-Diverse Temperate Forests (Oligocene-Pliocene). in Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35058-1_2
Fernández-Fernández, D. M., Jost, L., & Dellinger, A. S. (2020). Two new species of Meriania (Melastomataceae) from eastern Ecuador. Phytotaxa, 458(1), 1-14. doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.458.1.1
2019
Dellinger, A. S., Artuso, S., Pamperl, S., Michelangeli, F. A., Penneys, D. S., Fernández-Fernández, D. M., Alvear, M., Almeda, F., Armbruster, W. S., Städler, Y., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Modularity increases rate of floral evolution and adaptive success for functionally specialized pollination systems. Communications Biology, 2(1), [453]. doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0697-7
Dellinger, A., Pöllabauer, L., Loreti, M., Czurda, J., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Testing functional hypotheses on poricidal anther dehiscence and heteranthery in buzz-pollinated flowers. Acta ZooBot Austria , 156, 197-214.
Morais, E. B., Schönenberger, J., Conti, E., Antonelli, A., & Szoevenyi, P. (2019). Orthologous nuclear markers and new transcriptomes that broadly cover the phylogenetic diversity of Acanthaceae. Applications in Plant Sciences, 7(9), [e11290]. doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11290
Grimsson, F., Graham, S. A., Coiro, M., Jacobs, B. F., Xafis, A., Neumann, F. H., Scott, L., Sakala, J., Currano, E. D., & Zetter, R. (2019). Origin and divergence of Afro-Indian Picrodendraceae: linking pollen morphology, dispersal modes, fossil records, molecular dating and paleogeography. Grana, 58(4), 227-275. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2019.1594357
Dellinger, A. S., Scheer, L. M., Artuso, S., Fernández-Fernández, D., Sornoza, F., Penneys, D. S., Tenhaken, R., Dötterl, S., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Bimodal Pollination Systems in Andean Melastomataceae Involving Birds, Bats, and Rodents. The American Naturalist, 194(1), 104-116. doi.org/10.1086/703517
Vasconcelos, T. N. C., Chartier, M., Prenner, G., Martins, A. C., Schönenberger, J., Wingler, A., & Lucas, E. (2019). Floral uniformity through evolutionary time in a species-rich tree lineage. New Phytologist, 221(3), 1597-1608. doi.org/10.1111/nph.15453
Dellinger, A. S., Chartier, M., Fernández-Fernández, D., Penneys, D. S., Alvear, M., Almeda, F., Michelangeli, F. A., Staedler, Y., Armbruster, W. S., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Beyond buzz-pollination – departures from an adaptive plateau lead to new pollination syndromes. New Phytologist, 221(2), 1136-1149. doi.org/10.1111/nph.15468
Xafis, A., Tsoukala, E., Solounias, N., Mandic, O., Harzhauser, M., Grímsson, F., & Nagel, D. (2019). Fossil Giraffidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the late Miocene of Thermopigi (Macedonia, Greece). Palaeontologia Electronica, 22(3), [22.3.67]. doi.org/10.26879/889
Jiménez, P. D., Hentrich, H., Aguilar-Rodríguez , P. A., Krömer, T., Chartier, M., MacSwiney G. , M. C., & Gibernau, M. (2019). A Review on the Pollination of Aroids with Bisexual Flowers. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 104(1), 83-104. doi.org/10.3417/2018219
Bastl, K., Bastl, M., Berger, U., & Weber, M. (2019). Air and surface soil samples – two different pairs of shoes? Comparing the pollen spectrum on different days of the pollen season. Grana, 58(5), 371-382. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2019.1615985
Maia, A. C. D., Grimm, C., Schubert, M., Etl, F., Gonçalves, E. G., Do Amaral Ferraz Navarro, D. M., Schulz, S., & Dötterl, S. (2019). Correction to: Novel Floral Scent Compounds from Night-Blooming Araceae Pollinated by Cyclocephaline Scarabs (Melolonthidae, Cyclocephalini). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45(2), 214-215. doi.org/10.1007/s10886-018-1026-1
Kellenberger, R. T., Byers, K. J. R. P., De Brito Francisco, R. M., Staedler, Y. M., LaFountain, A. M., Schönenberger, J., Schiestl, F. P., & Schlüter, P. M. (2019). Emergence of a floral colour polymorphism by pollinator-mediated overdominance. Nature Communications, 10, [63]. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07936-x
Sapir, Y., Brunet, J., Byers, D. L., Imbert, E., Schönenberger, J., & Staedler, Y. (2019). Floral Evolution: Breeding Systems, Pollinators, and Beyond. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 180(9), 929-933. doi.org/10.1086/706240
Etl, F., Brandauer, S. S., Brandauer, P., Prader, S., Neier, V., Dötterl, S., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Flower visitors of Calathea lutea (Marantaceae): The role of the hummingbird Threnetes ruckeri. Acta ZooBot Austria , 156, 183-196.
Xafis, A., Mayda, S., Grimsson, F., Nagel, D., Kaya, T., & Halaçlar, K. (2019). Fossil Giraffidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Turolian of Kavakdere (Central Anatolia, Turkey). Academie des Sciences. Comptes Rendus. Palevol, 18(6), 619-642. doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2019.04.010
Moreno, L. F., Mayer, V., Voglmayr, H., Blatrix, R., Stielow, J. B., Teixeira, M. M., Vicente, V. A., & de Hoog, S. (2019). Genomic analysis of ant domatia-associated melanized fungi (Chaetothyriales, Ascomycota). Mycological Progress, 18(4), 541-552. doi.org/10.1007/s11557-018-01467-x