31 minute documentary made for the Philippe De Zuttere Bryological Foundation. Discovery of the plant mosses with Philippe Dezuttere, field bryologist.
Tag - bryophytes
annbot
Altitude, temperature and gas exchange of bryophytes
Tropical bryophytes greatly increase in abundance and diversity with altitude, but the reasons for this are unclear. Wagner et al. study temperature responses of net photosynthesis (NP) and dark respiration (RD) in 18...
botanyone
Bryophyte ‘sperminator’…
Co-opting animals to help with pollination is a major event in flower (angiosperm) biology – and is very much a do-or-die act. But have you ever considered that a similar role might be performed by animals in the case...
Nigel Chaffey
The origin of the sporophyte shoot (Viewpoint)
The long-held notion that the sporophyte shoot is homologous with the seta of mosses has been questioned, but no alternative evolutionary model has hitherto been proposed. Ligrone et al. explore the origin of the...
Bryophytes and the evolution of early land plants (Review)
Land plants arose from a common ancestor at least 470 million years ago and presently encompass four major lineages: liverworts, mosses, hornworts and tracheophytes. By integrating paleontological, morphological...
Free paper — Dividing without centrioles
Innovative MTOCs organize mitotic spindles in bryophytes, the earliest extant lineages of land. Triple staining of γ-tubulin, microtubules, and nuclei here reveal that three types of MTOCs initiate spindles in...
Lulu Stader
Vegetation structure and invasibility of arctic tundra
Plant productivity and the cover of shrubs, grasses and dead plant material in arctic tundra are predicted to increase and the cover of bryophytes to decrease in response to higher air temperatures. Eckstein et al...
