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Floral attributes evolve in response to frequent and efficient pollinators, which are potentially important drivers of floral diversification and reproductive isolation. In this context, in a
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Nectar robbing commonly has negative consequences for the reproductive success of plants. Because total plant fitness is the result of both female and male functions, Rojas-
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Flower meristems have the capacity to expand throughout their development, generating space for new structures. Claßen-Bockhoff and Meyer demonstrated this by the example of corona
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Caught your attention? No, I’m not about to rubbish Botany, but this item does focus on a particular type of biological ‘rubbish’, leaf-litter.
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Characterizing ecological niches via Landolt indicator values of accompanying species, Sonnleitner et al. found that niches of four groups (two diploids, one tetraploid, one hexaploid) of Senecio carniolicus s.l. (Asteraceae) differed with respect to temperature, light and soil properties, but not i
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Whether rice uses an energy-dependent apoplasmic or a passive symplasmic strategy of phloem loading is still not resolved.
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The contribution of variation in seed bank dynamics to local adaptation is not well studied. Postma et al. investigated the extent to which genetic and environmental
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AoB PLANTS is pleased to announce that our website now provides valuable information about how each article published in our journal is being used by the
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Survival at geographic range edges, where organisms are often at the limits of their physiological tolerances, can trigger unusual responses in reproduction. Sinclair et al. describe
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Selenium is not required by plants, but is an essential mineral element for animal nutrition. In excess, it can be harmful to both plants and animals.
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And few eukaryotic things are smaller than diatoms, unicellular algae that are common, numerous and taxonomically extremely diverse, particularly in the oceans. Small? Yes, typically 20
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The influence of leaf mechanical properties on local ecosystem processes has resulted in a growing interest in including leaf mechanical resistance in large-scale databases of