How to reproduce when light is scarce? More ramets, less seeds

Petr Dostál This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Some invasive plants can substantially change the abiotic environment of invaded ecosystems. Many native plants cannot tolerate these novel conditions and are doomed to extinction. There are also plant species that can persist in invaded habitats because they can adapt to suboptimum environments created by invaders. … Continue reading How to reproduce when light is scarce? More ramets, less seeds

Biochemical plant traits respond differentially to climate than structural traits

Dinesh Thakur, Věroslava Hadincová, Renáta Schnablová, Helena Synková, Daniel Haisel, Nada Wilhelmová, Tomáš Dostálek, Zuzana Münzbergová This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Understanding the effects of climate change on plants has been a major goal for many scientists in recent decades. To do so, researchers are identifying and using traits that may capture the … Continue reading Biochemical plant traits respond differentially to climate than structural traits