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Wood density and functional differentiation of axial and radial parenchyma
The functional relationship between cell types and three xylem functions of conduction, support and storage using approximately 800 tree species from China.
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The science paper THEY TRIED TO SILENCE!
There’s a view that the anti-GM movement is like a mirror of the right-wing anti-science movement against climate change. It’s certainly
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Plant gamete ‘companion’ cells: one step forward – one step back
Germ line gene silencing by siRNAs.
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What does a tree cost, and what is its value?
“You know the cost of everything and the value of nothing,” was a common insult when I was a child. However, some environmentalists say that it’
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Fifty-Thousand Squared
See on Scoop.it – AnnBot I’ve been thinking a lot about the long-term evolution experiment (LTEE) with E. coli lately – even more than usual. One impetus has been the paper by Mike Wiser, Noah Ribeck, and me that appeared… See on telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com
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Mutualistic ants contribute to bromeliad nutrition
It is more advantageous for some bromeliads to obtain ant-derived nutrients via its roots than to eat them.
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Competitive conifers prefer an uneven canopy
LIDAR survey of forests in Borneo and Japan shows that in the canopy conifers and broadleaf trees are battling to extract the most energy from the sun.
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Improving the Yam
Improving the Yam
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Teaching kids about plants
How to make plants stick in the mind.
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Risky Business For Heather
A new study finds increased temperature requirements for germination of heather (Calluna vulgaris) seeds from colder climates.
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Warming in the forests
While looking for something else, I found a couple of papers in JXB and Forestry that caught my eye. The popular expectation is that more CO2
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Pollen limitation in hummingbird-pollinated plants
Many species of hummingbird-pollinated plants in a tropical montane rain forest experience pollen limitation.