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Zingiberales seed morphoanatomy
The banana and ginger group, order Zingiberales, is an exceptionally diverse group of primarily tropical plants. Within Zingiberales, the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) is unique in being
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Antarctic endophytes improve drought tolerance in lettuce plants
Climate change has limited the availability of water for irrigating crops throughout many regions of the world. Indeed, current models of climate change predict that arid
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Aluminium accumulation in a temperate accumulating plant
Although aluminium (Al) is toxic for the vast majority of angiosperm plants, high concentrations of Al (i.e., > 1,000 mg·kg-1 dry mass)
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The effects of nitrogen form on root morphological and physiological adaptations of maize, white lupin and faba bean under phosphorus deficiency
Root morphological/physiological modifications are important for phosphorus (P) acquisition of plants under P deficiency, but strategies differ among plant species, and detailed studies on the
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Differential selection on pollen and pistil traits in relation to pollen competition in the context of a sexual conflict over timing of stigma receptivity
Sexual conflict and its evolutionary consequences are understudied in plants, but the theory of sexual conflict may help explain how selection generates and maintains variability in
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Early establishment of trees at the alpine treeline: idiosyncratic species responses to temperature-moisture interactions
Alpine treelines globally may move upslope due to climatic warming. Such movement would initially need seed germination and seedling establishment above current treelines. In a recent
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Reproductive traits affect the rescue of valuable and endangered multipurpose tropical trees
Conservation strategies are urgently needed for widely used tree species. Increasing numbers of species are threatened by overexploitation and their recovery might be poor due to
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Biogeography and evolutionary diversification in one of the most widely distributed and species rich genera of the Pacific
The largest natural feature on Earth is the Pacific Ocean, which covers over one-third of our planet’s surface. Despite its extent, the historical biogeography
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Two strategies by epiphytic orchids for maintaining water balance: thick cuticles in leaves and water storage in pseudobulbs
Epiphytes are an important component of tropical and subtropical flora, and serve vital ecological functions in forest hydrology and nutrient fluxes…
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Effects of topoclimatic complexity on the composition of woody plant communities
Topographically complex landscapes exhibit large variations in climate. This climate heterogeneity has been linked to high biodiversity and may enable species persistence with a changing climate.
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The defensive role of foliar endophytic fungi for a South American tree
Fungal endophytes colonize living internal plant tissues without causing any visible symptoms of disease. Endophytic fungi associated with healthy leaves of the South American tree Embothrium
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Combining incidence and demographic modelling approaches to evaluate metapopulation parameters for an endangered riparian plant
Metapopulations are a central concept in ecology and conservation biology, however estimating key parameters such as colonization rates presents a substantial obstacle to modeling metapopulations in