A new study from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has shown that a common method of plants preserving seeds in "seed banks"—which involves storing them in soil until more favorable conditions for their survival ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2023
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Agriculture is considered a major disturbance for ecological systems—the recovery of degraded or formally used agricultural land might take a long time.
Ecology
Feb 7, 2023
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Many plants are responding to a warming climate by leafing out and flowering earlier in the spring. However, mismatches may occur when species respond at different rates, leading to disruptions in ecological relationships.
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2022
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Woody climbing plants, known as lianas, are more likely to infest smaller trees in Malaysian forests and therefore stop them growing to their full potential, which may have implications for climate change.
Ecology
Nov 7, 2022
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A big part of evolution is competition— when there are limited resources to go around, plants and animals have to duke it out for nutrients, mates, and places to live. That means that the flower-covered meadows of China's ...
Ecology
Oct 24, 2022
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Epiphytic communities offer an original framework to disentangle the contributions of environmental filters, biotic interactions and dispersal limitations to community structure at fine spatial scales. Bryophytes are ideal ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 14, 2022
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As trees grow, they absorb ever greater amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere. Consequently, the health of trees both determines climate and is determined by it. During heat waves and droughts, trees stop growing and almost ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 29, 2022
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The mechanisms of biodiversity maintenance have been a hot topic in ecology for decades. Fungi and insect herbivores contribute to the diversity of plants in grasslands, which has been frequently reported. However, evidence ...
Ecology
Sep 14, 2022
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Soil microbes can have a great impact on the spread of harmful invasive species as they can either hinder or facilitate the plant's growth. Researchers at the Department of Biology of the University of Turku, Finland, studied ...
Ecology
Sep 8, 2022
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Co-occurrence of numerous closely related species at a local scale is a hallmark of diverse tropical forests. However, identifying the factors that permit closely related species to co-exist in species-rich tropical forests ...
Ecology
Aug 29, 2022
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