Ecologists are discovering the growth of a biodiverse grassland community can take over a thousand years.
Tag - Succession
Alun Salt
Ecology of Floristic Quality Assessment: testing for correlations between coefficients of conservatism, species traits and mycorrhizal responsiveness
Many plant species are limited to habitats relatively unaffected by anthropogenic disturbance, so protecting these undisturbed habitats is essential for plant conservation. Coefficients of conservatism (C values) are...
William Salter
Light and competition fail to explain seedling coexistence
The coexistence of forest tree species has often been linked to differences in their response to light availability during the regeneration stage. Van Couwenberghe et al. study natural regenerated shade-tolerant Fagus...
botanyone
N-source preference in plants (Viewpoint)
Plants can utilize two major forms of inorganic nitrogen, nitrate (NO3–) and ammonium (NH4+), with some species appearing to ‘prefer’ one form over another, under certain conditions. Soil-N speciation has been shown to...
Has spring sprung yet?
It's not just humans waiting for Spring - recent research reveals that microbes are also looking forward to the new growth of plants.
Nigel Chaffey
Leaf traits, growth allometry and competition
The ability to simulate plant competition accurately is essential for plant functional-type (PFT)-based models used in climate-change studies. Yu and Gao investigate competition between oak (Quercus liaotungensis) and...
