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Tag: functional traits

Growth & Development

Hakea drought resistance determined by climate factors rather than functional traits

Cavitation resistance appears to be genetic, making it useful as a predictor of drought resistance.

by Erin ZimmermanFebruary 27, 2021February 26, 2021
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Ecosystems Growth & Development

Very fine roots act as renewed carbon sink in rewetted peatland forest

New study suggests that rewetting peatland forests could increase their climate change mitigation function.

by Juniper KissNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020
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Taxonomy & Evolution

A new assessment of Madagascar’s Coffea species shows which traits reflect phylogenetic signal

Flowering phenology appears to have a strong genetic component, and may serve as a barrier to hybridization

by Erin ZimmermanNovember 21, 2020November 20, 2020
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Growth & Development

Thirsty? Learn from the drought escape strategy of an invasive radish plant!

by Juniper KissOctober 6, 2020October 6, 2020
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Ecosystems Growth & Development

Are a few, large seeds or many, small seeds a better strategy for a plant?

For the first time, estimates of comparative seed yield and number for over 800 annuals and their predictor equations have been produced and the ecological importance of these regenerative traits has been illustrated.

by Juniper KissSeptember 1, 2020September 1, 2020
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Growth & Development

Can photosynthetic traits offer insight into the success of a widespread invasive grass?

Johnsongrass has been described as one of the world’s worst weeds, but what makes it so invasive?

by William SalterJuly 23, 2020July 23, 2020
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Growth & Development

When weather becomes less predictable, so do reproductive traits

Both within a plant and within a population, trait variability increases with unpredictable precipitation.

by Erin ZimmermanJune 17, 2020June 17, 2020
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Ecosystems

Functional traits restrict plant community assembly at high elevations

Community structure is most likely regulated by both elevation and soil nitrogen availability.

by William SalterJune 11, 2020June 11, 2020
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Cells, Genes & Molecules Ecosystems

It’s epigenetics after all! How environmentally-induced traits might support plant ecosystems

Diversity of parental environments could have comparable effects to genetic diversity in Arabidopsis.

by Liam ElliottJune 1, 2020June 1, 2020
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Growth & Development

Differences in Protea Traits Add up to Explain Differences in Fitness

It’s the differences in individuals that make one Protea more successful than another.

by Alex AssiryApril 20, 2020April 20, 2020
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Growth & Development

Plants from different climates can react to drought in similar ways

by Alex AssiryApril 4, 2020April 3, 2020
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Close Encounters

Hybrids may succeed where invasive species fail as sea levels rise

Invasive species might suffer from a change in conditions in tidal areas, but their hybrid offspring may have genes to survive.

by Alun SaltDecember 6, 2019December 6, 2019
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AoB PLANTS News in Brief

Leaf:wood allometry and functional traits explain variation in growth rate of rainforest trees

by William SalterMay 30, 2019May 28, 2019
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Annals of Botany News in Brief

Intraspecific variation in soy across the leaf economics spectrum

by Alex AssiryFebruary 26, 2019February 18, 2019
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