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The relationship between climate and biodiversity has been long debated. In a changing environment, there is new emphasis to resolve this debate for practical reasons: to
Plant Cuttings
Plants seem to have hit upon an asexual method that can give rise to new species.
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Plants require nitrogen to make proteins, nucleic acids and other biological molecules. It is widely accepted that plants absorb inorganic forms of nitrogen to fill their
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I’m delighted that there’s a review of Auxin in this month’s American Journal of Botany, Auxin activity: Past, present, and future by Enders
Plants & People
Looking to speed up your research? The Lazy Scholar extension for Google Chrome is now even more helpful. I’ve mentioned Lazy Scholar before, but it’
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Intraspecific genetic variation in natural populations governs their potential to overcome challenging ecological and environmental conditions. In addition, knowledge of this variation is critical for the
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I’ve been reading with interest about Hieroglyph, the first anthology of science fiction stories from Project Hieroglyph based at ASU. The idea is that inspirational
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A considerable number of plants depend on structural support by other plants. To understand their diversity and ecology, it is essential to know how strongly potential
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The special issue on pollinator-driven speciation is available with free access now. We covered a few of the papers last year, but now they’re
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Knowledge of a tree species’ or cultivar’s fine root distribution is important. However, the time and resource requirements of established soil core based methods where
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Populations of introduced species in their new environments are expected to differ from native populations, due to processes such as genetic drift, founder effects, and local
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Understanding which species are introduced and become invasive are central questions in invasion science. In this sense, the cactus family is an interesting case study. Only