Lianas more likely to infest smaller trees
Sometimes it takes a shorter plant to help a liana get to the top.
Category: Ecosystems
The importance of light for grassland plant diversity
Field experiment shows that competition for light is the key mechanism driving loss of plant diversity under eutrophication and lack of grazing.
Vegetation regulates energy exchange in the arctic
Despite the importance of high-latitude surface energy budgets for land-climate interactions in the rapidly changing Arctic, uncertainties in their prediction persist.
Study examines how well-timed cover crops can suppress weeds in California orchards
Experiments show a variety of cover crop management programs can produce weed-suppressing cover crops.
Botanists investigate fairy circles in the desert
When plants in the Namib desert suffer from water stress, strange things happen.
Botanical gardens act as artificial oases for butterflies in arid urban areas
Botanical gardens provide access to vital plants and water for butterflies in the southwest US. This will only become more important as the climate becomes warmer and drier.
Better sex doesn’t lead to better reproduction for a Balearic Arum
Botanists have found disturbance can increase pollination and seed set for an Arum on Mallorca. So why isn’t that good news for the plant?
New Modelling Reveals Opportunities to Blunt Plant Invasions Before They Reach a Tipping Point
An examination of herbarium records has helped track the dynamics of plant invasions.
A rare shrub needs to burn to avoid extinction
Camera traps show that it’s not missing pollinators that leave an Australian shrub critically endangered.
Modelling perennial grass phenology
Predicting phenology can provide insight into better management.
It’s not too late to save the carnivorous plants of Janggun wetland
Surveys of Janggun wetland in South Korea have found some parts have no carnivorous plants, but a study of the seed bank shows that they have the potential to return if the wetland is managed correctly.
Unexpected responses to wildfire by seedlings in the Yukon
Fire-adapted trees should be able to take advantage of wildfires, but on the boundary between the boreal forest and the tundra, something odd is happening.
When invasive plants move in, where do native pollinators go?
Invasive plants change the opportunities for pollinators, helping some but harming others.
Every day is like Christmas for some declining farmland birds
Novel agriculture provides a refuge for some birds driven out of traditional farmland.