Predicting native plant responses to Japanese knotweed invasion
Can plant functional traits help to predict responses to Reynoutria japonica invasion in riparian and fallow ecosystems in southern Poland?
Plant Science from Cell Biology to Ecosystems
Can plant functional traits help to predict responses to Reynoutria japonica invasion in riparian and fallow ecosystems in southern Poland?
A novel modelling approach explores how resource availability, competition pressure and insect herbivore pressure drive selection.
Root systems face different pressures and economies than do leaves.
Endophytic bacteria, microbes living in plant tissue, can change how a plant grows. But experiments with microbe communities shows that it’s not in a predictable way.
A Bud Bank is not just a Seed Bank in a different form. It can affect populations of plants in a considerably different way.
Fibre concentration and dry matter content can be considered as good predictors of both digestibility and decomposability.
A review of the origins of the plant functional type concept also addresses the current state of models that use PFTs in northern high-latitude ecosystems.