Botanists discover unexpected ways in which controlled fires can influence plant diversity, including the puzzling persistence of certain invasive species.
Tag - microclimate
Alun Salt
Forest Herbs Adapt to Climate Change Through Intra-Individual Variation, Study Shows
Forest herbs adapt to climate change by adjusting their growth patterns within individual plants, which helps them better capture light and conserve water in response to environmental challenges like drought and shading.
Fi Gennu
Hedgerows act as wildlife corridors for the wildlife that cannot walk
Hedgerows may provide habitat for forest plants to colonise to travel in Europe's patchwork woodland.
Potential risk of photo-damage in Antarctic photosynthetic organisms
Light is indispensable for photosynthetic organisms, but excess light energy causes damage in photosystems and readily leads to cell death in severe environments such as Antarctica. Kosugi et al. determine reaction...
Alex Assiry
Dispersal and establishment of vascular epiphytes in modified landscapes
The ongoing destruction of old-growth forests puts tropical forest species, with epiphytes as a key element, under great pressure. To maintain viable epiphyte communities in fragmented landscapes, remaining habitable...
AoBPLANTS
Low-altitude mountain ranges provide refugia for two narrow endemics
A small change in altitude can make a big difference in the right place.
botanyone
Host tree phenology affects vascular epiphytes at the physiological, demographic and community level
The processes that govern diverse tropical plant communities have rarely been studied in life-forms other than trees. Structurally dependent vascular epiphytes, a major part of tropical biodiversity, grow in a three...
