Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Pirie, Michael David"

An approach to determining anthocyanin synthesis enzyme gene expression in an evolutionary context: an example from Erica plukenetii

Le Maitre, Nicholas C.; Pirie, Michael David; Bellstedt, Dirk U. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

Background and Aims: Floral colour in angiosperms can be controlled by variations in the expression of the genes of the anthocyanin pathway. Floral colour shifts influence pollinator specificity. Multiple shifts in floral ...

Arboretets venner, aktiviteter og opplevelser 2019–2021

Moe, Bjørn; Pirie, Michael David (Journal article, 2022-12)

Botaniske hager går sammen for å stanse utryddelsen av arter: Global Conservation Consortium for Erica (lyng)

Pirie, Michael David; Blackhall-Miles, Robbie; Bourke, Greg; Crowley, Dan; Ebrahim, Ismail; Forest, Félix; Knaack, Michael; Koopman, Rupert; Lansdowne, Alex; Nürk, Nicolai M.; Osborne, Jo; Pearce, Tim; Rohrauer, Daniel; Smit, Martin; Wilman, Victoria (Journal article, 2022-12)

Chromosome-level reference genome of the soursop (Annona muricata): A new resource for Magnoliid research and tropical pomology

Strijk, Joeri S.; Hinsinger, Damien D.; Roeder, Mareike M.; Chatrou, Lars W.; Couvreur, Thomas L.P.; Erkens, Roy H.J.; Sauquet, Hervé; Pirie, Michael David; Thomas, Daniel C.; Cao, Kunfang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

The flowering plant family Annonaceae includes important commercially grown tropical crops, but development of promising species is hindered by a lack of genomic resources to build breeding programs. Annonaceae are part ...

Diversification in evolutionary arenas—Assessment and synthesis

Nürk, Nicolai; Linder, H. Peter; Onstein, Renske E; Larcombe, Matthew J; Hughes, Colin E; Piñeiro Fernández, Laura; Schlüter, Philipp M; Valente, Luis; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; Cutts, Vanessa; Donoghue, Michael J; Edwards, Erika J; Field, Richard; Flantua, Suzette; Higgins, Steven I; Jentsch, Anke; Liede‐Schumann, Sigrid; Pirie, Michael David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

Understanding how and why rates of evolutionary diversification vary is a key issue in evolutionary biology, ecology, and biogeography. Evolutionary rates are the net result of interacting processes summarized under concepts ...

The enigmatic tropical alpine flora on the African sky islands is young, disturbed, and unsaturated

Kandziora, Martha; Gehrke, Berit; Popp, Magnus; Gizaw, Abel; Brochmann, Christian; Pirie, Michael David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

Tropical alpine floras are renowned for high endemism, spectacular giant rosette plants testifying to convergent adaptation to harsh climates with nightly frosts, and recruitment dominated by long-distance dispersal from ...

Erica L. (Ericaceae): homonyms amongst published names for African species and proposed replacement names

Nelson, E. Charles; Oliver, Edward G.H.; Pirie, Michael David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)

In support of ongoing taxonomic work on the large and complex flowering plant genus Erica (Ericaceae), we document nineteen pairs of homonyms representing currently used illegitimate names. We provide replacements for ...

Fire, frost, and drought constrain the structural diversity of wood within southern African Erica (Ericaceae)

Akinlabi, Funmilade Modupe; Pirie, Michael David; Oskolski, Alexei A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)

Erica comprises ~860 species of evergreen shrubs and trees ranged from Europe to southern Africa and Madagascar. Wood structure of the around 20 European species is well studied, but despite its relevance to adaptation ...

Floral Color, Anthocyanin Synthesis Gene Expression and Control in Cape Erica Species

Le Maitre, Nicholas C.; Pirie, Michael David; Bellstedt, Dirk U. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

Introduction: The Cape Floristic Region (CFR) is a biodiversity hotspot, recognized globally for its unusually high levels of endemism. The origins of this biodiversity are a long-standing topic of research. The largest ...

History and evolution of the afroalpine fora: in the footsteps of Olov Hedberg

Brochmann, Christian; Gizaw, Abel; Chala, Desalegn; Kandziora, Martha; Eilu, Gerald; Popp, Magnus; Pirie, Michael David; Gehrke, Berit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

The monumental work of Olov Hedberg provided deep insights into the spectacular and fragmented tropical alpine flora of the African sky islands. Here we review recent molecular and niche modelling studies and re-examine ...

Innsamlingstur til Serbia på Balkan-halvøya

Moe, Bjørn; Lie Andersen, Heidi; Golubovic, Mladen; Pirie, Michael David (Journal article, 2020)

Leaps and bounds: geographical and ecological distance constrained the colonisation of the Afrotemperate by Erica

Pirie, Michael David; Kandziora, Martha; Nürk, Nicolai; Le Maitre, Nicholas C.; Mugrabi de Kuppler, Ana; Gehrke, Berit; Oliver, Edward G.H.; Bellstedt, Dirk U. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-05)

Background The coincidence of long distance dispersal (LDD) and biome shift is assumed to be the result of a multifaceted interplay between geographical distance and ecological suitability of source and sink areas. Here, ...

Preventing species extinctions: A global conservation consortium for Erica

Pirie, Michael David; Blackhall-Miles, Robbie; Bourke, Greg; Crowley, Dan; Ebrahim, Ismail; Forest, Félix; Knaack, Michael; Koopman, Rupert; Lansdowne, Alex; Nürk, Nicolai M.; Osborne, Jo; Pearce, Timothy R.; Rohrauer, Daniel; Smit, Martin; Wilman, Victoria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

Societal Impact Statement Human-caused habitat destruction and transformation is resulting in a cascade of impacts to biological diversity, of which arguably the most fundamental is species extinctions. The Global ...