Chen et al. investigate the impact of a summer water stress on tree development and organ growth in three apple cultivars at tree, shoot and organ scales. A common response was found: water stress accelerated tree...
Explaining seed bank size of an invasive shrub
Bakker et al. find a positive relationship between plant size (V) and seedbank size (S), the SV relationship, using the invasive shrub Ulex europaeus as an example. Bigger plants produce more seeds and ultimately...
Heterochrony in reproductive development among P. rufum cytotypes
Apomixis in angiosperms is associated with polyploidy and hybridity. In Paspalum rufum, some sexual diploids show apomixis potential. As apomixis seems to derive from a deregulation of the sexual pathway, Soliman et al...
Benefits of within-species diversity on crop mixtures
Like positive effects of species diversity, genetic diversity may have strong positive effects on agricultural ecosystems and positively influence production and species abundances in multispecies covers. But the...