Darwin's longstanding puzzle about reef productivity sparked ongoing research that reveals the complex dynamics sustaining coral symbioses and entire reef ecosystems.
Tag - Ecology
Nigel Chaffey
What’s new in botany?
Does the word 'new' add anything to the title of a botanical paper?
Scientists Put 5 Different Ways To Calculate Pollinators’ Favourite Flowers To The Test. The Best Is Simple Enough To Apply To Your Own Garden.
Scientists found that methods for quantifying bees' floral preferences fundamentally disagree on which flowers bees find most attractive. In a new article, they identify the most reliable method, one that's simple...
Alun Salt
A.I. Assistant
Wohlleben’s powerful trees – and words
Peter Wohlleben takes a very human look at trees, but is it too human?
How Do Plants Remember Experiences?
Plants have an amazing ability to remember and adapt to different environments, which helps them survive and grow better, and scientists are using different scientific approaches to understand how this works, unlocking...
Renata Cantoro
The Hidden Impact of Climate Change on Seagrass Meadows
As climate change narrows seagrass habitats, a surprising twist emerges - the rise of unique species, challenging our understanding of biodiversity and conservation strategies.
Curious about plants? Let’s have a word (or two… hundred and fifty)
If you've ever wondered what Orchidelirium is, then this might be the book for you.
A new life for centuries-old herbaria
Old collections of dried plants trapped in herbaria for centuries are acquiring unprecedented powers in understanding the history of plant evolution and improving biodiversity conservation, thanks to new technological...
Michela Osnato
Perlin’s potentially perfect plants-and-people publication
"A Forest Journey is a brilliant book that should be compulsory reading for everybody – not just those with an interest in plants and people."
A book about trees and fungi, what’s not to like?*
Fungi and trees: Their complex relationships, by Lynne Boddy, 2021. Arboricultural Association. Arbor is the borrowed-from-Latin word for a tree. You’d therefore expect a book from the UK’s Arboricultural Association to...
Pulling trees from clouds with mobile laser scanning
A new algorithm offers to take up the hard work of turning data points into tree models.
Fi Gennu
The bright side of Facebook: users catalogue rare plant species in Italy
A new study in the Journal of Applied Ecology highlights how photos in a Facebook group can complement plant scientists’ sightings.
Juniper Kiss
Plants’ plan preserves people and planet
The Nation of Plants, by Stefano Mancuso 2021. Other Press. Who’s in charge of the Earth? Aside from religioso-spiritual responses to this question, the mantle of this awesome responsibility appears to be have been...
In celebration of plants
In Defense of Plants: An Exploration into the Wonder of Plants by Matt Candeias 2021. Mango Publishing. Having read a lot of books from a plants-and-people perspective lately, I’d forgotten the sheer joy of reading...
