Botanists find petal colour can signal a monkeyflower’s drought tolerance.
Tag - precipitation
Juniper Kiss
Lomas microrefugia subject to random, but not function-based losses due to lowered rainfall
The finding bodes well for the survival of Lomas communities in the Atacama Desert under future climate change.
Erin Zimmerman
Interactive effects of prolonged drought and warming on plant growth and chemistry
Future shifts in precipitation regimes and temperature are expected to affect plant traits dramatically. To date, many studies have explored the effects of acute stresses, but few have investigated the consequences of...
Alex Assiry
Quantifying temporal change in plant population attributes: insights from a resurrection approach
Plant populations vary over time as a result of the effects of environmental variation on life-cycle traits and genetic diversity. It is important to quantify how much populations actually change over time to better...
William Salter
Thresholds for the onset of xylogenesis in juniper
A mismatch between the thresholds of temperature and moisture for the onset of xylogenesis may increase forest vulnerability in semi-arid areas under forecasted warmer and drier conditions.
botanyone
Population variation in germination strategies in an edaphic specialist
Endemic species in biodiversity hotspots are often dependent on edaphic conditions and germination strategies that allow them to persist under climatically variable conditions. Torres-Martinez et al. tested whether...
Maize root growth angles, nitrogen capture and environmental conditions
Crops capable of improved nitrogen capture are in demand for the purposes of efficient global agricultural production. Dathe et al. employ functional-structural modelling to test the hypothesis that variation in the...
Cellulose research reaches new heights
A new study shows the effects that plant cellulose has on the weather!
Nigel Chaffey