Ecosystems
No acclimation: flexible responses of photosynthesis to different temperatures in American elm
Will photosynthetic processes of trees be able to keep up with future changes in temperature and precipitation under climate change?
Plants & People
AoBP ECOS Awardee Elise Gornish
“The main reason more scientists don’t communicate their science effectively is a lack of formal training”
Plants & People
AoBP ECOS Awardee Larry York
“Knowledge is empowering and should be free to all”
Plants & People
AoBP ECOS 2020 Awardee Chris Muir
“Open science is one of the best tools we have to change scientific culture by incentivizing good scientific practice.”
Plants & People
The 2020 AoBP ECOS Awards
Elise Gornish, Chris Muir and Larry York are the 2020 recipents of the AoBP ECOS Awards
Close Encounters
Express delivery – seed dispersal by gopher tortoise
Not known for their speed, how effective are tortoises as seed dispersal agents?
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Control of the stomatal response to VPD in sunflower
Stomata close in response to increasing VPD but what is the mechanism responsible for this response?
Close Encounters
Kicking a plant whilst it’s down – caterpillar herbivory on nematode infested plants
Does the impact of above-ground herbivory on root-knot nematode-induced responses depend on the nematode’s life cycle stage?
Growth & Development
Has agricultural intensification impacted maize root traits?
How have the roots of maize changed since the introduction of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser in the 1940s?
Growth & Development
The effects of heterospecific pollen deposition on pollen-tube growth
How does the pollen of one plant species impact the reproductive success of another?
Ecosystems
Genetic variation in early fitness traits across European populations of silver birch
How will silver birch populations across Europe be affected by climate change?
Close Encounters
Disentangling domestication and environmental effects on plant-herbivore interactions
How has domestication affected herbivory and anti-herbivore defenses of chaya, a plant crop grown for it’s leaves in the Yucatan pensula?