Do environmental factors influence plant community assembly on restrictive gypsum soils?
Tag - Mediterranean
William Salter
Stomatal anatomy coordinates leaf size with Rubisco kinetics in Limonium
Stomatal anatomy integrates Rubisco kinetics and leaf size in Limonium species, consistent with selection on functional coordination and shared developmental pathways.
How important is meat to a curious carnivorous plant?
Drosophyllum lusitanicum, also known as the Portuguese sundew or dewy pine, is unusual even for carnivorous plants in that it lives in dry environments. Typically, carnivorous plants live in nutrient-poor wetlands, so...
Alun Salt
2nd course: Cereals, nettles and conifers (and fish…) ****
Famously, humans will have a go at eating anything, which is why they’re considered to be omnivores, and they are therefore omnivorous *. However, information concerning how such dietary preferences came to be, and when...
Nigel Chaffey
Non-structural carbohydrate dynamics in shrubland under drought-induced die-off
The relationship between plant carbon economy and drought responses of co-occurring woody species can be assessed by comparing carbohydrate (C) dynamics following drought and rain periods, relating these dynamics to...
botanyone
Trading food for water – trees exude more carbon under drought stress
Plants secrete carbon compounds into soils through their roots, affecting microbes in such a way that nutrient availability in the soil can increase. This root exudation can cost over 10% of the carbon fixed through...
Joseph Stinziano
RAD-seq and morphology clarify evolutionary relationships in Eurasian bee orchids
Eurasian bee orchids (Ophrys, Orchidaceae) have become the most popular model system for studying reproduction via insect-mediated pseudo-copulation and for exploring the consequent, putatively adaptive, evolutionary...
This Carnivorous Plant Needs Its Home to Burn
Like the mythical Phoenix, the Portuguese Sundew is reborn from ashes, but that's a problem when people protect your habitat from flames.
The Mediterranean cradle of Anthoxanthum diploid diversity
The Mediterranean region has cradled the evolution of many European plant taxa, including grass genera. Chumová et al. use a multidisciplinary approach combining sequence data, rDNA FISH, climatic niche characterization...
Temporal dynamics of Corsican orchid communities
Orchids are particularly sensitive to environmental changes due to their narrow ranges in secondary-successional habitats, and partially cryptic which impede the observation during monitoring. Here Vogt-Schilb et al...
Phylogeography of a widespread species: Pre-glacial vicariance, refugia, occasional blocking straits and long-distance migration
Phylogeographic studies give us the opportunity to reconstruct the historical migrations of species and link them with climatic and geographic variation. They are, therefore, a key tool to understanding the...
AoBPLANTS
Investigating the impacts of recycled water on a long-lived conifer
Recycled wastewater is a popular alternative water resource. Although typical salt contents in recycled water are low (< 2.0 dS m-1), levels may still be harmful to salt-sensitive plants. The results of a new study...
Pollen receipt and quality in endemic-rich communities
The magnitude of pollen limitation is highly variable among habitats, species and differing plant communities. Alonso et al. analyse natural variability in pollen receipt and tube formation, and compare pollen quality...
