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Cold-induced forest dieback of rear-edge tree populations
Although extreme climatic events such as drought are known to modify forest dynamics by triggering tree dieback, the impact of extreme cold events, especially at the
AoB PLANTS
Climatic niche and flowering and fruiting phenology of an epiphytic plant
Every species passes through various life stages, and each life stage may have different requirements in terms of climate, soil, topography or other abiotic factors. The
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Plant phosphorus nutrition under elevated CO2 (Review)
Increasing attention is being focused on the influence of rapid increases in atmospheric CO2 concentration on nutrient cycling in ecosystems. An understanding of how elevated CO2
Plant Cuttings
Altruistic plants?
Do faba beans altruistically help maize plants?
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Climate warming and recruitment success in glacier forelands
Glacier foreland plants are highly threatened by global warming. Regeneration from seeds on deglaciated terrain will be crucial for successful migration and survival of these species,
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Global warming may reduce plant nectar yield
Although flower nectar yield is well known to be temperature dependent, the effects of climate change on the availability of nectar to pollinators have rarely been
AoB PLANTS
A parasitic plant increases native and exotic plant species richness in vernal pools
Parasitic plants can have a variety of effects on species diversity in communities. In a new study published in AoB PLANTS, Graffis and Kneitel tested whether
annals-of-botany
Using dormant twigs to investigate climate change (Viewpoint)
Climate change has altered the spring phenology of many temperate plants, with important ecological consequences. However, studies of phenological shifts are generally restricted to field observations
Plant Cuttings
Plant Science at the leading edge
Trichomes that are not aligned in a regular pattern on the leaves might help protect them from herbivores.
Reviews
The Beast is released…
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2nd Edition. Edited by Bob B. Buchanan, Wilhelm Gruissem and Russell L. Jones. Wiley, 2015. Buchanan et al.’s 2nd
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Native plant responses to enhanced rainfall
The environmental and biotic context within which plants grow have a great potential to modify responses to climatic changes, yet few studies have addressed both the
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Farming in the DNA
Archaeology shows that farming spread across Europe from the Middle East. For Europeans, farming started in the Fertile Crescent in the Levant, Turkey and Iraq around