Risa D Sargent

Summary

Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Seasonal changes in pollen-packaging schedules in the protandrous plant Chamerion angustifolium
    Risa D Sargent
    Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
    Oecologia 135:221-6. 2003
  2. ncbi Floral symmetry affects speciation rates in angiosperms
    Risa D Sargent
    Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
    Proc Biol Sci 271:603-8. 2004
  3. ncbi The role of local species abundance in the evolution of pollinator attraction in flowering plants
    Risa D Sargent
    Department of Zoology, 6270 University Boulevard, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
    Am Nat 167:67-80. 2006
  4. ncbi A model of the evolution of dichogamy incorporating sex-ratio selection, anther-stigma interference, and inbreeding depression
    Risa D Sargent
    Department of Zoology, 6270 University Boulevard, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
    Evolution 60:934-44. 2006
  5. ncbi Linking floral symmetry genes to breeding system evolution
    Susan Kalisz
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 4249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Trends Plant Sci 11:568-73. 2006
  6. ncbi Plant-pollinator interactions and the assembly of plant communities
    Risa D Sargent
    Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 3140, USA
    Trends Ecol Evol 23:123-30. 2008

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Seasonal changes in pollen-packaging schedules in the protandrous plant Chamerion angustifolium
    Risa D Sargent
    Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
    Oecologia 135:221-6. 2003
    ..I suggest that seasonal differences in the variability of pollinator visitation and the availability of female flowers has played an important role in selection for pollen presentation schedules...
  2. ncbi Floral symmetry affects speciation rates in angiosperms
    Risa D Sargent
    Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
    Proc Biol Sci 271:603-8. 2004
    ..This study supports an important role for pollinator-mediated speciation and demonstrates that floral morphology plays a key role in angiosperm speciation...
  3. ncbi The role of local species abundance in the evolution of pollinator attraction in flowering plants
    Risa D Sargent
    Department of Zoology, 6270 University Boulevard, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
    Am Nat 167:67-80. 2006
    ....
  4. ncbi A model of the evolution of dichogamy incorporating sex-ratio selection, anther-stigma interference, and inbreeding depression
    Risa D Sargent
    Department of Zoology, 6270 University Boulevard, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
    Evolution 60:934-44. 2006
    ..This result may help to explain otherwise puzzling phenomena such as why dichogamy is rarely complete in nature and why dichogamy tends to be associated with asynchronous flower presentation...
  5. ncbi Linking floral symmetry genes to breeding system evolution
    Susan Kalisz
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 4249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Trends Plant Sci 11:568-73. 2006
    ..We posit that the integration of floral symmetry and the roles of other regulatory genes in plant breeding system evolution will provide new insights about macro-evolutionary patterns and processes in flowering plants...
  6. ncbi Plant-pollinator interactions and the assembly of plant communities
    Risa D Sargent
    Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 3140, USA
    Trends Ecol Evol 23:123-30. 2008
    ..An integrated framework for understanding plant community assembly needs to incorporate abiotic and biotic interactions, including plant-pollinator and other plant-animal interactions...