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What happens if bees disappear?
New research shows that loss of a group of pollinators doesn’t always have a predictable decline in pollination success.
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Aquilegia performs better in soils influenced by distant relatives
Growing evidence suggests that plant–soil interactions have important implications for plant community composition. However, the role of phylogenetic relatedness in governing interactions between plants and
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AoB PLANTS Special Issue: Evolutionary Dynamics of Tree Invasions
Invasion changes the landscape, but it also changes the invaders too. But can you study that when the invaders are trees with long life spans?
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Soil N not microbes favours an exotic plant over natives
The resilience of plant communities to invasion by exotic species may depend on the extent to which native and exotic plant performance are mediated by abiotic
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Sand temperature and moisture break seed physical dormancy
Seasonal periodicity of seed germination and its relationship to seasonal changes in temperature and soil moisture have been well studied in seeds of species with physiological
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Plant conservation genetics in an Arctic archipelago
Small and peripheral populations often contain low levels of genetic variation. This may limit their ability to adapt to environmental change, including climate warming. In a
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Species-environment interactions changed by introduced herbivores
Summit areas of oceanic islands constitute some of the most isolated ecosystems on earth and are highly vulnerable to climate change and introduced species. Within the
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The global distribution of bamboos
Bamboos are one of the most economically important plant groups globally, but this worldwide trade creates risks of invasions. In a recent review published in AoB
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Model-based calculating tool for gene flow
The potential socioeconomic and environmental impacts caused by transgene flow from genetically engineered (GE) crops have stimulated worldwide biosafety concerns. A recent study published in AoB
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Phytomer development in a C4 grass
The morphology of almost all grasses can be conceptualized as a hierarchical arrangement of subunits, termed phytomers. Therefore, knowledge of phytomer growth and development serves as
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Seed priming confers rice cold tolerance during seed germination
Mechanization and simplification are inevitable trends in agriculture to decrease input demands and simultaneously improve resource use efficiency. Dry direct-seeded rice is a resource-saving
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Population genetic patterns in an endangered island perennial
Oceanic islands are of particular importance for the conservation of global diversity. Rare island plants with small population sizes and unique genetic patterns resulting from prolonged