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Interactions of belowground fungal communities with exotic and native plant species may be important drivers of plant community structure in invaded grasslands. However, field surveys linking
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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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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
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Drought severely limits forage productivity of C4 grasses across the tropics. Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) and Brachiaria hybrid cv. Mulato II are tropical C4 grasses used
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Little is known about adaptive within-species thermotolerance variation in wild plants despite its likely role in functional adaptation at range limits and in predicting response
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Forecasting the effects of climate change on nitrogen (N) cycling in pastures requires an understanding of changes in tissue N. A new study published in AoB
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Plant reproduction is often limited by the availability of pollinators, which are themselves dependent on larval host plants. The Palamedes swallowtail butterfly is abundant in the
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The severity of the effects that large disturbance events such as hurricanes can have on the forest canopy and the associated mechanically dependent plant community (epiphytes,
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Recent biodiversity experiments using sown plant communities suggest a positive effect of plant species diversity on ecosystem functioning and resource use. However, are these experimental results
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In 1759, Linnaeus convinced his followers that plants could hybridize by crossing flowers in the daisy family and producing intermediate offspring. These hybrids, between Tragopogon pratensis
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To combat the growing problems associated with biological invasions, many researchers have focused on identifying which communities are most vulnerable to invasion by exotic species. However,
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Although enhanced carbon fixation by forest trees may contribute significantly to mitigating an increase in atmospheric CO2, capacities for this fixation vary greatly among different tree