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AoB PLANTS is an open-access, online journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of environmental and evolutionary biology. Published by Oxford University Press, AoB PLANTS provides a
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Although most biological invasions are not successful, relatively few studies have examined otherwise notorious invaders in systems where they are not highly problematic. The annual grass
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Fertilization, especially with nitrogen (N), increases aboveground primary productivity (APP), but reduces plant species richness at some level. Silicon (Si) fertilization alone, or with addition of
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Carbohydrate storage enables plants to both tolerate seasonally unfavourable conditions and recover from disturbance. Although short-term changes in storage levels due to disturbance are fairly
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Quantifying the effects of population bottlenecks and inbreeding on genetic variation underlying fitness in natural populations is central to understanding the potential limits to natural selection.
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In many regions of the world, exotic or overabundant large herbivores are a concern for the conservation of forest plant communities. Previous work suggests that the
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The negative effect of climate change on plants and plant–pollinator interactions is a matter of concern worldwide. The Mediterranean region is considered particularly susceptible to
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Interactions of belowground fungal communities with exotic and native plant species may be important drivers of plant community structure in invaded grasslands. However, field surveys linking
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Every species passes through various life stages, and each life stage may have different requirements in terms of climate, soil, topography or other abiotic factors. The
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Parasitic plants can have a variety of effects on species diversity in communities. In a new study published in AoB PLANTS, Graffis and Kneitel tested whether
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Drought severely limits forage productivity of C4 grasses across the tropics. Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) and Brachiaria hybrid cv. Mulato II are tropical C4 grasses used
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Little is known about adaptive within-species thermotolerance variation in wild plants despite its likely role in functional adaptation at range limits and in predicting response
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Forecasting the effects of climate change on nitrogen (N) cycling in pastures requires an understanding of changes in tissue N. A new study published in AoB