Native plants that suffer when black mustard invades their patch do much better when a neighbour helps.
Tag - Coexistence
Dale Maylea
Pitfalls between fungus gnats and plant pitchers
Fungus gnats might not be a glamorous group of insects but they are important pollinators, especially attracted to plants with dark red flowers. Not much is known about their pollination behaviour and plant species...
Juniper Kiss
Fighting for resources – a native forb competitively excludes a closely related introduced species
Do niche or fitness differences prevent local-scale long-term coexistence between two closely related annual plant species?
William Salter
Interactions between plants and soil microbes may alter the relative importance of intraspecific and interspecific plant competition in a changing climate
Interactions between plants and soil microbes play an important role in structuring terrestrial ecosystems by influencing plant growth and competitive ability. Abiotic conditions such as varying nutrient levels or...
How do you grow a palm? The secret’s in the soil.
An investigation on a tiny island reveals that microscopic fungi can dictate the destiny of giants, opening the possibility of mycorrhizal-driven speciation.
Alun Salt
Model-based calculating tool for gene flow
The potential socioeconomic and environmental impacts caused by transgene flow from genetically engineered (GE) crops have stimulated worldwide biosafety concerns. A recent study published in AoB PLANTS by Wang and Lu...
AoBPLANTS
Ecological differentiation of Senecio by ploidy is stronger in areas of sympatry
Characterizing ecological niches via Landolt indicator values of accompanying species, Sonnleitner et al. found that niches of four groups (two diploids, one tetraploid, one hexaploid) of Senecio carniolicus s.l...
botanyone
Intra-population variation in physical dormancy
Differences at the individual plant level contributes to physical dormancy-breaking thresholds for five dormant shrub species from fire-prone vegetation
Minority cytotypes in fragrant orchids
Patterns of ploidy variation can provide useful insights into the evolutionary mechanisms that shape the dynamics of plant systems showing ploidy diversity. Trávníček et al. examine cytotype variation in fragrant...
Coexistence of multiple cytotypes of an orchid
Coexistence of multiple cytotypes of an orchid Large-scale cytotype surveys have indicated that intraspecific ploidy diversification is much more common than previously thought. Trávníček et al. examine inter- and...
