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Category: Ecosystems

Ecosystems Growth & Development

Missing seed data from the tropics could be harming conservation efforts

Visscher and colleagues propose that global analyses of seed traits with evidence for geographical variation prioritize the generation of new data from tropical regions as well as multi-lingual searches to fill geographical and taxonomic gaps.

by Fi GennuJanuary 25, 2023January 23, 2023
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Ecosystems

How does environment affect biodiversity? Did Humboldt get it right?

Modern botanists have revisited sites examined by Alexander von Humboldt. Have modern advances made the German polymath’s work irrelevant?

by Fi GennuJanuary 22, 2023January 22, 2023
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Ecosystems

Pollinators like moths are increasingly missing from a warming subarctic

The complex relationships between plants and their pollinators in subarctic Finland have changed dramatically across the last century

by Eurekalert, Dale MayleaJanuary 6, 2023January 3, 2023
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A James Bond like character among an extraordinarily lush collection of leaves in a botanic garden.
Ecosystems

Yew Only Live Twice

Biologists have talked about bringing back extinct species like the dodo, but now botanists have drawn up a list of extinct plants that might be able to return to the wild.

by Alun SaltJanuary 5, 2023January 3, 2023
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Cells, Genes & Molecules Ecosystems

Streetlamps create an artificial summer for urban trees

The long days of summer are stretching into winter, with LED street lights replacing the retreating sun.

by Alun SaltJanuary 3, 2023January 3, 2023
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Ecosystems

An early start to the growing season doesn’t lead to a longer growing season in the Alps

by Eurekalert, Dale MayleaDecember 15, 2022December 15, 2022
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Ecosystems

Lianas more likely to infest smaller trees

Sometimes it takes a shorter plant to help a liana get to the top.

by Eurekalert, Dale MayleaNovember 7, 2022November 20, 2022
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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.

by Eurekalert, Dale MayleaNovember 6, 2022November 6, 2022
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Ecosystems

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.

by Dale Maylea, EurekalertNovember 1, 2022November 1, 2022
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Ecosystems

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.

by Dale Maylea, EurekalertOctober 31, 2022October 31, 2022
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Ecosystems

Botanists investigate fairy circles in the desert

When plants in the Namib desert suffer from water stress, strange things happen.

by Alun Salt, EurekalertOctober 21, 2022October 21, 2022
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Ecosystems

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.

by Alun SaltOctober 6, 2022October 6, 2022
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Annals of Botany Ecosystems

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?

by Alun SaltOctober 4, 2022November 20, 2022
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Ecosystems

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.

by Alun SaltSeptember 9, 2022September 9, 2022
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