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- E-mailmichael.pirie@uib.no
- Phone+47 55 58 29 28+47 458 62 644
- Visitor AddressAllégaten 41Realfagbygget5007 Bergen
- Postal AddressPostboks 78005020 Bergen
Selected publications:
- Kandziora, M., Gehrke, B., Popp, M., Gizaw, A., Brochmann, C., & Pirie, M.D. 2022. The enigmatic tropical alpine flora on the African sky islands is young, disturbed, and unsaturated. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119: e2112737119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2112737119
- Pirie, M.D., Blackhall-Miles, R., Bourke, G., Crowley, D., Ebrahim, I., Forest, F., Knaack, M., Koopman, R., Lansdowne, A., Nürk, N.M., Osborne, J., Pearce, T.R., Rohrauer, D., Smit, M., & Wilman, V. 2022. Preventing species extinctions: A global conservation consortium for Erica. PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET 4 (4): 335–344. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10266
- Pirie, M. D., Kandziora, M., Nürk, N. M., Le Maitre, N. C., Mugrabi de Kuppler, A., Gehrke, B., Oliver, E. G. H., & Bellstedt, D. U. 2019. Leaps and bounds: geographical and ecological distance constrained the colonisation of the Afrotemperate by Erica. BMC Evol. Biol., 19: 222. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1545-6
- Pirie, M. D., Maas, P. J. M., Wilschut, R., Melchers-Sharrott, H., & Chatrou, L. 2018. Parallel diversifications of Cremastosperma and Mosannona (Annonaceae), tropical rainforest trees tracking Neogene upheaval of the South American continent. R Soc Open Sci., 5(1): 171561. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098%2Frsos.171561
- Kadlec, M., Bellstedt, D. U., Le Maitre, N. C., & Pirie, M. D. 2017. Targeted NGS for species level phylogenomics: ‘made to measure’ or ‘one size fits all’? PeerJ 5:e3569 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3569
- Pirie, M.D., Oliver, E.G.H., Mugrabi de Kuppler, A., Gehrke, B., Le Maitre, N.C., Kandziora, M., & Bellstedt, D.U. (2016). The biodiversity hotspot as evolutionary hot-bed: spectacular radiation of Erica in the Cape Floristic Region. BMC Evol. Biol. 16, 1-11 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0764-3
- Kadereit, G., Ackerly, D., & Pirie, M.D. (2012). A broader model for C4 photosynthesis evolution in plants inferred from the goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae s.s.). Proc. R. Soc. B. 279, 3304-3311 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.0440
- Pirie, M.D., & Doyle, J.A. (2012). Dating clades with fossils and molecules: the case of Annonaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 69, 84-116 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01234.x
- Pirie, M.D., Humphreys, A.M., Barker, N.P. & Linder, H.P. (2009) Reticulation, data combination and inferring evolutionary history: an example from Danthonioideae. Syst. Biol., 58, 612-628 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syp068
Academic article
- (2022). Where have all the heathers gone? . Sibbaldia. 75-92.
- (2022). The enigmatic tropical alpine flora on the African sky islands is young, disturbed, and unsaturated. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
- (2022). Preventing species extinctions: A global conservation consortium for Erica. Plants, People, Planet. 1-10.
- (2021). Chromosome-level reference genome of the soursop (Annona muricata): A new resource for Magnoliid research and tropical pomology. Molecular Ecology Resources. 1608-1619.
- (2020). Diversification in evolutionary arenas—Assessment and synthesis. Ecology and Evolution. 6163-6182.
- (2019). Leaps and bounds: geographical and ecological distance constrained the colonisation of the Afrotemperate by Erica. BMC Evolutionary Biology.
- (2019). Floral Color, Anthocyanin Synthesis Gene Expression and Control in Cape Erica Species. Frontiers in Plant Science.
- (2019). An approach to determining anthocyanin synthesis enzyme gene expression in an evolutionary context: an example from Erica plukenetii. Annals of Botany. 121-130.
Report
- (2020). Remarkable insights into processes shaping African tropical tree diversity. 100094. 100094. .
Lecture
- (2020). Sjokolade!
Popular scientific lecture
- (2020). Immigrants prevail: lessons from dating the Afroalpine flora.
Academic lecture
- (2022). Young, disturbed, and usaturated: the enigmatic tropical alpine flora on the African sky islands.
- (2022). History and evolution of the afroalpine flora: in the footsteps of Olov Hedberg.
- (2021). A Global Conservation Consortium for Erica.
- (2020). Benefits and challenges of an iNaturalist-based workflow for field collection.
- (2019). “May you live in interesting times” On interesting problems in species level phylogenomics, and the rapid species radiation in Cape Erica (Ericaceae).
- (2019). Erica phylogeny: Present and future .
Other presentation
- (2022). Eple.
- (2021). Arboretum tour: 'How together we can conserve biological diversity'.
- (2020). Arboretum tour.
- (2020). Arboretum tour.
- (2019). Epledag i Botanisk hage.
Popular scientific article
- (2023). Truede Rhododendron-arter i Universitetetshagene i Bergen. Lapprosen. 4-9.
- (2022). Botanic gardens unite to prevent species extinctions: the Global Conservation Consortium for Erica. Årringen. 103-110.
- (2022). Arboretets venner, aktiviteter og opplevelser 2019–2021. Årringen. 164-182.
- (2022). Annual reports for the Bergen University Gardens 2019–2021. Årringen. 127-163.
- (2020). Small differences, big secrets. Veld & Flora. 26-31.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
- (2022). The Soursop Genome (Annona muricata L., Annonaceae). 26 pages.
Poster
- (2021). A Global Conservation Consortium for Erica.
Academic literature review
- (2021). History and evolution of the afroalpine flora: in the footsteps of Olov Hedberg. Alpine Botany.
Brochure
- (2021). Brosjyre: Velkommen til Arboretet og Bergen Botaniske hage.
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