Ecosystems
The importance of soil seed banks to invasive plant species
Can soil seed banks contribute to the success of invasive plant species?
Computational Models
Human assistance is still needed for measuring trees with laser scans
Every day, it seems that scientists publish a new technology or algorithm. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are all powerful tools that can help people worldwide
Growth & Development
The wonders of leaf hydraulics: efficiency-safety trade offs in woody plants
A high biomechanical resistance was found to be associated with considerable hydraulic safety
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Las “redes sociales” de las mitocondrias de las plantas
Las mitocondrias de las plantas interactúan como en una red social para compartir información crucial para su adecuado funcionamiento.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
The “social networks” of plant mitochondria
Plant mitochondria interact with each other using social networks to share crucial information for their proper functioning.
Computational Models
From branches to entire trees and forests: a new laser scanning-based model improves estimations
New laser technology can measure faster and more accurately.
Ecosystems
Microclimates in herb patches can provide refuges for overheating insects
Research shows that patches of flowering plants can provide crucial shade during heatwaves, even in surprisingly small patches.
Taxonomy & Evolution
Studying plant remains at the entrance and the exit of a chimpanzee
A chimp’s diet can be studied through microscopic opals.
Ecosystems
Hedgerows act as wildlife corridors for the wildlife that cannot walk
Hedgerows may provide habitat for forest plants to colonise to travel in Europe’s patchwork woodland.
Ecosystems
The impacts of wolf willow on a Canadian grassland ecosystem
How do the architecture and spatial arrangement of shrubs impact understory species in a Canadian savannah ecosystem?
Reviews
Plants’ plan preserves people and planet
The Nation of Plants, by Stefano Mancuso 2021. Other Press. Who’s in charge of the Earth? Aside from religioso-spiritual responses to this question, the
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Botanists find the molecular difference between edible pacaya and the wild palms
Pacaya palm (Chamaedorea tepejilote) is a plant eaten in Guatemala and Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras. It’s cultivated, but not intensively. Hanene Hosni and colleagues