James Rodger
Biodiversity and Plant Reproduction
Publications
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Papers
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Yahaya, M., P. Landi, P., J.G. Rodger and C. Hui.2024. Emergence of structure in plant-pollinator networks: Low floral resource constrains network specialisation. Oikos.
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Rodger, J. G., J. M. Bennett, M. Razanajatovo, T. M. Knight, M. van Kleunen, T. L. Ashman, J. A. Steets, C. Hui, G. Arceo-Gómez, M. Burd, L. A. Burkle, J. H. Burns, W. Durka, L. Freitas, J. E. Kemp, J. Li, A. Pauw, J. Vamosi, M. Wolowski, J. Xia, and A. G. Ellis. 2021. Widespread vulnerability of plant seed production to pollinator declines. Science Advances 7 eabd3524.
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Latombe, G, D. M. Richardson, M. A. McGeoch, R. Altwegg, J. A. Catford, J. M. Chase, F. Courchamp, K. J. Esler, J. M. Jeschke, P. Landi, J. Measey, G. F. Midgley, H. O. Minoarivelo, J. G. Rodger, C. Hui. 2021. Mechanistic reconciliation of community and invasion ecology. Ecosphere e03359.
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Bennett, J. M., J. A. Steets, J. H. Burns, L. A. Burkle, J. C. Vamosi, M. Wolowski, G. Arceo-Gomez, M. Burd, W. Durka, A. G. Ellis, L. Freitas, J. Li, J. G. Rodger, V. Stefan, J. Xia, T. M. Knight, and T. L. Ashman. 2020. Land use and pollinator dependency drives global patterns of pollen limitation in the Anthropocene. Nature Communications 11:3999.
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Burns, J. H., J. M. Bennett, J. Li, J. Xia, G. Arceo-Gomez, M. Burd, L. A. Burkle, W. Durka, A. G. Ellis, L. Freitas, J. G. Rodger, J. C. Vamosi, M. Wolowski, T. L. Ashman, T. M. Knight, and J. A. Steets. 2019. Plant traits moderate pollen limitation of introduced and native plants: a phylogenetic meta-analysis of global scale. New Phytologist.
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Bennett, J.M., Steets, J.A., Burns, J.H., Durka, W., Vamosi, J.C., Arceo-Gómez, G., Burd, M., Burkle, L.A., Ellis, A.G., Freitas, L., Li, J., Rodger, J.G., Wolowski, M., Xia, J., Ashman, T-L., and Knight, T.M. 2018. GloPL, a global data base on pollen limitation of plant reproduction. Scientific Data 5 180249.
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Rodger, J.G., P. Landi and C. Hui. 2018. Heterogeneity in local density allows a positive evolutionary relationship between self-fertilisation and dispersal. Evolution 72: 1784-1800. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13562
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Rodger, J.G. and Ellis, A.G. 2016. Distinct effects of pollinator dependence and self-incompatibility on pollen limitation in South African biodiversity hotspots. Biology letters 12: 20160253.
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Dormontt, E.E., M.G. Gardner, M.F. Breed, J.G. Rodger, P.J. Prentis, and A.J. Lowe, 2014. Genetic Bottlenecks in Time and Space: Reconstructing invasions from contemporary and historical collections. Plos One 9. e106874
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De Waal, C., J.G. Rodger, B. Anderson and A.G. Ellis. 2014. Selfing ability and dispersal are positively related, but not affected by range position, across multiple species of southern African Asteraceae. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27: 950-959.
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Rodger, J. G. and S. D. Johnson. 2013. Self-pollination and inbreeding depression in Acacia dealbata. Can selfing promote invasion in trees? South African Journal of Botany 88:252-259.
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Rodger, J. G., M. van Kleunen and S. D. Johnson. 2013. Pollinators, mates and Allee effects: the importance of self-pollination for fecundity in an invasive lily. Functional Ecology 27: 1023-1033.
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Gibson, M. R., D. M. Richardson, E. Marchante, H. Marchante, J. G. Rodger, G. N. Stone, M. Byrne, A. Fuentes-Ramírez, N. George, C. Harris, S. D. Johnson, J. J. Le Roux, J. T. Miller, A. Pauw, M. N. Prescott, E. M. Wandrag, and J. R. U. Wilson. 2011. Reproductive biology of Australian acacias: important mediator of invasiveness? Diversity and Distributions 17:911-933.
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Rodger, J. G., M. van Kleunen, and S. D. Johnson. 2010. Does specialized pollination impede plant invasions? International Journal of Plant Sciences 171:382-391.
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Rodger, J. G., K. Balkwill, and B. Gemmill. 2004. African pollination studies: where are the gaps? International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 24:5-28.
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Rodger, J. G. and W. C. Twine. 2002. Tree canopies facilitate invasion of communal savanna rangelands by Lantana camara. African Journal of Range & Forage Science 19:131-135.
Book chapters
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Wandrag, E.M., Gibson, M.R., Rodger, J.G. 2023. Reproductive mutualisms of Australian Acacia species. in Richardson, D.M., Le Roux, J.J. and Marchante, E. (Eds). “Wattles – Australian Acacia species around the world.” CABI.
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Anderson, B., N. Allsopp, A. G. Ellis, S. D. Johnson, J. J. Midgley, A. Pauw, and J. G. Rodger. 2014. Biotic Interactions. in N. Allsopp, J. F. Colville, and G. A. Verboom, editors. Fynbos: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of a Megadiverse Region. Oxford University Press.
Popular articles
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Rodger, J. G. Biodiversity depends on pollinators: a first estimate of how many plants rely on animals. 2021, The Conversation.
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Rodger, J. G., J. S. Donaldson, E. C. Eardley, A. Pauw, S. D. Johnson and S. M. Richardson. 2013. SA should put bumblebees to flight. Farmers Weekly 13019:30-31.