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Publications

Gilman IS, Smith JA, Holtum JAM, Sage RF, Silvera K, Winter K,

Edwards EJ (2023)
The CAM lineages of planet Earth. 
Annals of Botany 132(4):627-654

 https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad135

Rowan FS, Gilman IS, Smith AC, Silvera K, Edwards EJ (2023)
Atmospheric CO2 decline and the timing of CAM plant evolution.

Annals of Botany 132(4): 753-770

https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad122

Silvera, Katia (2021)
The Orchids of Fortuna, Panama: A Checklist of Photosynthetic Pathways, Growth Habitat and Resource Acquisition. In "The Fortuna Forest Reserve, Panama: Interacting Effects of Climate and Soils on the Biota of a Wet Premonate Tropical Forest".
Edited by J. W. Dalling and B. L. Turner.
Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, No. 112.
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.14315990.v1

Silvera, Katia (2021)

Las orquídeas de Fortuna, Panamá: una lista de verificación de vías fotosintéticas, hábitat de crecimiento y adquisición de recursos. En "Reserva Forestal Fortuna, Panamá. Interacción de efectos del clima y los suelos sobre la biota de un bosque tropical húmedo premontano". Editado por J. W. Dalling and B. L. Turner. Contribuciones del Smithsonian a la Botánica, No. 112.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Scholarly Press. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.14315990.v1

Torres-Morales G, Lasso E, Silvera K, Turner BL, Winter K. (2020)

Occurrence of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Colombian orchids as determined by carbon isotope ratios.

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 193(4):431-477.

Heyduk K, Hwang M, Albert V, Silvera K, Lan T, Farr K, Chang T-H, Chan M-T, Winter K, Leebens-Mack J. (2019) 

Altered gene regulatory networks are associated with the origin of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Erycina (Oncidiinae).

Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.02000.

Blanco MA, Neubig KM, Endara L, Silvera K, Molgo IE, Carlsward BS. (2019) 

Orbituary

William Mark Whitten (1954 – 2019)

Lankesteriana 19(2): I–IX

https://hdl.handle.net/10669/85345

Santiago L, Silvera K, Andrade J, Dawson TE (2017) 

Functional strategies of tropical dry forest plants in relation to growth form and isotopic composition.

Environmental Research Letters 12(11), 115006.

Silvera K, Silvera G (2016)

Diversidad, evolución y distribución de orquídeas milimétricas panameñas. En: Orquídeas milimétricas de Panamá. Vitalmedic, Ciudad de Panama. Amaral Editores SAS, Bogotá, Colombia. 

Silvera K, Lasso E (2016)

Ecophysiology and Crassulacean Acid Metabolism of Tropical Epiphytes. In "Tropical Tree Physiology" 

Editors: Goldstein, G and Santiago, LS.

Springer International Publishing, Switzerland

Xiaohan Y, Cushman JC, Borland AM, Edwards EJ, Wullschleger SD, Tuskan GA, Owen NA, Griffiths H, Smith JAC, De Paoli HC, Weston DJ, Cottingham R, Hartwell J, Davis SC, Silvera K, Ming R, Schlauch K, Abraham P, Stewart JR, Guo H-B, Albion R, Ha J, Lim SD, Wone BWM, Yim WC, Garcia T, Mayer JA, Petereit J, Nair SS, Casey E, Hettich RL, Ceusters J, Ranjan P, Palla KJ, Yin H, Reyes-Garcia C, Andrade JL, Freschi L, Beltran JD, Dever LV, Boxall SF, Waller J, Davies J, Bupphada P, Kadu N, Winter K, Sage RF, Aguilar CN, Schmutz J, Jenkins J, Holtum JAM (2015)

A roadmap for research on crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) to enhance sustainable food and bioenergy production in a hotter, drier world.            

New Phytologist 207(3):491-504.

Silvera K, Winter K, Rodriguez BL, Albion RL, Cushman JC (2014).

Multiple isoforms of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in the Orchidaceae (subtribe Oncidiinae): implications for the evolution of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism.

Journal of Experimental Botany 65(13):3623-3636.

Holt JS, Welles SR, Silvera K, Heap IM, Heredia SM, Martinez-Berdeja A, Palenscar KT, Sweet LC, Ellstrand NC (2013)

Taxonomic and life history bias in herbicide resistant weeds: Implications for deployment of resistant crops.

Plos One 8(9): e71916.

Silvera K, Silvera GA (2012)

Encyclia chloroleuca (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae) reported for Panama.

Kew Bulletin 67:499-501.

Neubig KM, Whitten WM, Williams NH, Blanco MA, Endara L, Burleigh G, Silvera K, Cushman JC, Chase MW (2012)

Generic recircumscription of Oncidiinae (Orchidaceae: Cymbidieae) based on maximum likelihood analysis of combined DNA dataset.

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 168:117-146.

Silvera K, Whitten WM, Williams NH, Winter K, Cushman JC (2010)

Evolution along the crassulacean acid metabolism continuum.

Functional Plant Biology 37:995-1010.

Silvera K, Santiago LS, Cushman JC, Winter K (2010)

The incidence of crassulacean acid metabolism in the Orchidaceae derived from carbon isotope ratios: a checklist of the flora of Panama and Costa Rica. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163:194-222.

Silvera K, Santiago LS, Cushman JC, Winter K (2009)

Crassulacean acid metabolism and epiphytism linked to

adaptive radiations in the Orchidaceae.

Plant Physiology 149(4):1838-1847.

Santiago LS, Silvera K, Andrade JL, Dawson TE (2005)

El uso de isótopos estables en biología tropical.

Interciencia 30(9):536-541

Silvera K, Santiago LS, Winter K (2005)

Distribution of crassulacean acid metabolism in orchids of Panama: evidence of selection for weak and strong modes.

Functional Plant Biology 32:397-407.

Santiago LS, Schuur EAG, Silvera K (2005)

Nutrient cycling and plant-soil feedbacks along a precipitation gradient in lowland Panama.

                   Journal of Tropical Ecology 21:461-470.                 

Silvera K, Skillman JB, Dalling JW (2003)

Seed germination, seedling growth and habitat partitioning in two morphotypes of the pioneer tree Trema micrantha in a seasonal forest in Panama.

Journal of Tropical Ecology 19:27-34.

Silvera K  (2002)

Adaptive radiations of oil-reward compounds among neotropical orchid species (Oncidiinae)

A thesis presented to the graduate school of the University of Florida in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science

Dalling JW, Hubbell SP, Silvera K (1998)

Seed dispersal, seedling establishment and gap partitioning among tropical pioneer trees.

Journal of Ecology 86:674-698.

Andrade JL, Meinzer FC, Goldstein G, Holbrook NM, Cavalier J, Jackson P, Silvera K (1998)

Regulation of water flux through trunks, branches and leaves in trees of a lowland tropical forest.

Oecologia 115:463-471.

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