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All bees are equal – but some are more equal than others
Honey bees are good pollinators – but they may pose a threat to endangered plant species.
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Seedling functional traits of tropical vs. cool-temperate trees
The dynamics of humid forests are thought to involve a trade-off between shade tolerance and growth in high light. Lusk et al. compare seedling growth
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Manninotriose dynamics in Lamium purpureum
Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs) are ubiquitous in higher plants and function as transport compounds, and are also involved in stress tolerance mechanisms and perhaps also signalling
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Nepenthes pitfall traps are an anti-microbial environment
Nepenthes pitfall traps are an anti-microbial environment which prevents microbes competing with their hosts for vital nutrients in short supply.
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Biogeography of Tecophilaeaceae
Tecophilaeaceae is a small family with a peculiar disjunct distribution in California, Chile and southern and tropical mainland Africa, and occurs mainly in arid regions, including
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Nitrogen and water use efficiencies under elevated CO2
Water and nitrogen are two limiting resources for biomass production of terrestrial vegetation. Palmroth et al. employ optimization theory to quantify interactions between marginal water and
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Altitude, temperature and gas exchange of bryophytes
Tropical bryophytes greatly increase in abundance and diversity with altitude, but the reasons for this are unclear. Wagner et al. study temperature responses of net photosynthesis
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Current methods for detecting ethylene in plants (Invited Review)
Ethylene plays critical roles in developmental and physiological processes and is thus an important subject of research. Cristescu et al. review current methods available for ethylene
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Choosing the correct candidate gene (two Viewpoint papers)
This is an exciting time to study how different non-model species use common developmental genes to create such diversity in the plant world. In many
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Phylogeography and seed dispersal in islands
Rumex bucephalophorus subsp. canariensis (Polygonaceae) is an endemic taxon to Macaronesia with diaspore polymorphism. Talavera et al. use AFLP analysis to study 260 plants from 22
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Genetic structure and diversity of Coffea
In addition to the two species cultivated for coffee, Coffea arabica and C. canephora, the genus has a further 123 wild species, of which 112 are
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Leaf traits and disease tolerance in Dutch elm hybrids
Ophiostoma novo-ulmi, the causative agent of Dutch elm disease (DED), is able to colonize remote areas in infected plants of Ulmus such as the leaf