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Editor Pat Heslop-Harrison
The plant that helps you slim (if you’re a bluegill)
Utricularia vulgaris isn't a slimming aid as such. It's just hard for a fish to grow when someone else has eaten all the fleas.
Alun Salt
Defence dichotomy: coping with herbivores in air and water (Review)
Plant defence against herbivores is a crucial theme in the evolution of both plants and animals, yet it is expressed very differently in water and on land. Spines, hairs, and distance signalling are common in land...
botanyone
Free—open access paper: Isolated history of the coastal plant Lathyrus japonicus (Leguminosae) in Lake Biwa, an ancient freshwater lake
Lathyrus japonicus commonly inhabits seashores. However it also grows near the shores of an inland lake (Lake Biwa, an ancient japanese freshwater lake) where it is assumed to have been isolated for a long time. The...
Lulu Stader