Aroid aerial roots answer new pressures with new morphology
Specialization for water retention came from a layer of cork on the roots’ exterior.
Tag: plasticity
Has agricultural intensification impacted maize root traits?
How have the roots of maize changed since the introduction of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser in the 1940s?
Climate Change Spells Bad News for Bambi
Optimum vegetation for the roe deer reproductive season is coming earlier in the year, but the birth dates lagging, leaving less forage for deer at a critical time.
Hydraulic adjustments are of limited use in bracken fern
Changes in leaf anatomy, more than hydraulics, allowed the ferns to thrive in a high light environment.
Contributions of microenvironmental variation to population persistence under climate change
When does Acacia koa know it’s time to grow up?
Sometimes the best strategy for a young plant is not the same as the best strategy for an old plant. Some heteroblastic plants can switch how they grow but what triggers this?
Functional acclimation across microgeographic scales in Dodonaea viscosa
Within- and trans-generational plasticity: seed germination responses to light quantity and quality
An orchid matches its scent emission rhythm to the local pollinators
Some flowers only smell at day and some only at night, but how did they evolve these different rhythms? In our study, we investigate if populations of the same orchid species that are more pollinated either at day or at night show different scent emission rhythms.
