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? Fi GennuJanuary 22, 2023
Close Encounters How mammals and molluscs attack oaks Foraging decisions of molluscs and mammals repulse seedlings from old adults. Fi GennuFebruary 28, 2021
Ecosystems When speed is a problem in mangrove restoration Rapid restoration isn't always the best restoration, when the restoring species is invasive. Dale MayleaMarch 18, 2020
AoB PLANTSNews in Brief Soil chemistry, not short-term deer exclusion, explains understory plant occupancy in Pennsylvania oak forests A study of deer browsing has uncovered the contribution of soil chemistry to βthe ghost of herbivory pastβ. William SalterNovember 11, 2019
AoB PLANTSNews in Brief Leaf:wood allometry and functional traits explain variation in growth rate of rainforest trees Plant growth rates drive ecosystem productivity and are a central element of a speciesβ ecological strategy. For seedlings grown under controlled conditions, a large body of scientific literature has identified the... William SalterMay 30, 2019