For the first time, estimates of comparative seed yield and number for over 800 annuals and their predictor equations have been produced and the ecological importance of these regenerative traits has been illustrated.
Tag - trade-offs
Juniper Kiss
How does Holly Oak compensate for losing leaves?
Defoliation had larger legacy effects than immediate effects.
Fi Gennu
Aspen, they grow up so… weirdly.
Aspen possesses enormous levels of
genotype-based intraspecific variation.
Resource allocation trade-offs in a mast-seeding conifer
Three key functions are required for the long-term persistence of tree populations in a landscape. Broadly speaking, trees must acquire and allocate resources to maintain or increase their biomass, to tolerate or resist...
William Salter
Modelling reveals how fire and water shape the life strategies of Pinus halepensis
Is it better to grow fast, or to grow slowly and invest in the future? Structural Equation Modeling reveals that Pinus halepensis cannot decide.
Alun Salt
Herbivore-specific induction of indirect and direct defensive responses in leaves and roots
Herbivory-induced defensive responses in plants can be direct (e.g. secondary chemicals to suppress herbivory) or indirect (e.g. extrafloral nectar attracting ants). These different types of anti-herbivore responses may...
Why large leaved plants have wide piths
Corner’s rules describe a global spectrum from large-leaved plants with thick, sparingly branched twigs with low-density stem tissues and thick piths to plants with thin, highly branched stems with high-density stem...
Alex Assiry
Associations between shoot-level water relations and photosynthetic responses to water and light in 12 moss species
In vascular plants, water and carbon economics are closely coupled. In mosses, this relationship has been little studied but a strong coupling is expected because photosynthesis depends heavily on water content in these...
Start from here: SPL Theory links regenerative and life history strategies
The best chance of growing to maturity is to have the best start. A new theory connects seed and leaf size with phytomers to describe the relationship between regeneration and growth through a plant's lifetime.
botanyone
Sex-specific functional traits in cycads
The Mesozoic is often referred to as the “age of cycads”. During this period, dinosaurs roamed vast cycad forests, yet modern cycads are a vestige of their Mesozoic glory. Extant species represent the oldest lineage of...
AoBPLANTS
With fronds like these… foliar dimorphism and reproduction in ferns
Ferns use their leaves for both reproduction and carbon fixation. How do they manage to use one organ to tackle two very different jobs?
