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Gill et al. conduct a meta-analysis of studies that report the timing of autumn leaf senescence in the northern hemisphere and show that increased temperatures are associated with larger senescence delays at low latitudes than at high latitudes.
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Climate change is altering leaf senescence phenology but variation in the phenology of leaf senescence among species & locations is still poorly understood.
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Camille Parmesan and Mick E. Hanley introduce the special issue with a review of some of the surprises so far with plant responses to anthropogenic climate
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The 11th IPMB Congress was be held 25–30 October 2015 in Iguazú Falls, Brazil, bringing together leading scientists in this area.
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Ontogenetic changes in anti-herbivore defences are common and result from variation in resource availability and herbivore damage throughout plant development. However, little is known about
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Interactions between species are especially sensitive to environmental changes. The interaction between plants and pollinators is of particular interest given the potential current global decline in
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The carbon balance of boreal terrestrial ecosystems is sensitive to increasing temperature, but the direction and thresholds of responses are uncertain. Jensen et al. measure seasonal-
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Leaf longevity is controlled by the light gradient in the canopy and also by the nitrogen (N) sink strength in the plant. Stand density may influence
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The 2-Cys peroxiredoxin (Prx) A protein of Arabidopsis thaliana performs the dual functions of a peroxidase and a molecular chaperone depending on its conformation and
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Plants regulate cellular oxygen partial pressures (pO2), together with reduction/oxidation (redox) state in order to manage rapid developmental transitions such as bud burst after a
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The development of seedlings involves many morphological, physiological and biochemical processes, which are controlled by many factors. Some reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS and RNS,
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Studies that have evaluated the effects of heterospecific pollen (HP) receipt on plant reproductive success have generally overlooked the variability of the natural abiotic environment in