One way invasive species spread through an area is by harnessing variability in traits, but this doesn’t match observations of invasive species on the slopes of Mount Teide.
Although dispersal is generally viewed as a crucial determinant for the fitness of any organism, our understanding of its role in the persistence and spread of plant populations remains incomplete. Dispersal influences...
Is a population of rare cress found near Bristol, UK, a remnant of an ice age population, or is it part of a wider European population that survived in refugia somewhere?
Successful restoration of habitats relies on the sourcing of seed appropriate to the restoration environment. The use of non-adapted genotypes can compromise the long-term success of restoration programmes if fitness of...
‘Two households, both alike in dignity’ is famously the opening line of Romeo & Juliet. How alike houses Montague and Capulet actually are is debatable, but what is clear is that plants with two households can be...
Have you ever gone for a walk and noticed that the landscape has changed? Changes in plant species are easy to spot between, for example, a meadow and a forest. The transition area of biomes is called an ecotone which...
In recent years, wild relatives of crop species have come under the spotlight as a potential solution to the genetic bottleneck experienced by many domesticated crops. Crop wild relatives (CWRs) have also been...
Alpine ecosystems are shaped by climatic stress, particularly extremes of temperature and precipitation. Characterising plant functional adaptations to such stresses can give us a better understanding of a whole...