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Within the invasion ecology literature, it is often noted that abiotically stressful environments are typically less invaded by non-native plants than nearby less-stressful environments.
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This study reveals that leaf shape diversity is underpinned by highly similar genomic architecture in three Mimulus species.
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Plant Life: A Brief History. Frederick Essig. Oxford University Press, 2015 A phenomenon I thought only applied to buses was that you wait for ages for
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Different reproductive strategies are important for avoiding pollinator competition between sympatric populations of two Silene spp.
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The leaf economics spectrum (LES) is a global set of patterns that describes correlations between functional traits (e.g. carbon assimilation rate, lifespan) that determine terrestrial
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This study uncovers the north-eastern African origins of the dessert watermelon and concludes that it was is domesticated there over 4000 years ago.
Plant Cuttings
We reveal a traveling merry-go-round and highlight the exploits of some of our fellow botanists!
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The leaves and fruits of some of the approximately 230 species of hawthorn (Crataegus) yield natural health products with significant therapeutic effects on symptoms of cardiovascular
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This study uses flow sorting and FISH techniques to further the development of molecular tools to progress introgression breeding in wheat
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The rhythms of clock genes in Arabidopsis facilitates peak expression of photosynthesis-related genes at noon independently of day length.
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There have been many studies of the diverse impacts of invasions by alien plants but only a few have assessed impacts on water resources. In a
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Differences at the individual plant level contributes to physical dormancy-breaking thresholds for five dormant shrub species from fire-prone vegetation