🌱Check the newly published article ‘A shift in species niche through autopolyploidy: From sexual to vegetative reproduction in Saxifraga oppositifolia’ in @AnnBot by Ingrid Vesterdal Tjessem 🧵(1/9)
#AoBpapers #PlantScience #Polyploidy #ArcticEcology #PlantReproduction #ClimateAdaptation
🌍 Why it matters: this research expands our understanding of how flower size evolves beyond classic model plants, offering insight into developmental innovation in one of the most unique plant families on Earth. (8/8)
#AoBpapers #Botany #PlantScience #Cactus #FlowerDevelopment #Evolution #Genetics #EvoDevo
🌵🌸 Join us to learn about the newly published “Insights into the genetic bases of differential organ size in cactus flowers: a case study in two contrasting species” in @AnnBot by Isaura Rosas-Reinhold and co-authors. (1/8)
#AoBpapers #Botany #PlantScience #Cactus #FlowerDevelopment #Evolution #Genetics #EvoDevo
🌿🌊Just published in @AnnBot : “The summer carbon budget of fucoid forests and encrusting coralline barrens on a NW Mediterranean rocky reef” by Fabio Bulleri and co-authors. 🧵 (1/9)
#AoBpapers #MarineEcology #BlueCarbon #MediterraneanSea #ClimateChange #EcosystemFunction #Macroalgae #CarbonCycle
As branches age, stems thicken, needles spread out, less self-shading.
This dynamic may further support long-term survival in low light. (10/10)
#AoBpapers #PlantScience #Photosynthesis #ForestEcology #PlantAdaptation #Botany
AbstractBackground and Aims. Evergreen conifer shoots that develop under full sunlight eventually move to the shade within the canopy as the tree grows. We
🌲Just published in @AnnBot : “Densely packed needles along the shoots of evergreen conifers exhibit shade-acclimated photosynthetic characteristics even under full sunlight” by Mitsutoshi Kitao and co-authors. 🧵 (1/10)
#AoBpapers #PlantScience #Photosynthesis #ForestEcology #PlantAdaptation #Botany
🔍 The review highlights key gaps: we need to better integrate floral chemistry, flowering timing, and pollinator sensory biology to understand how resilient these interactions are under climate warming. (8/8)
🌸🌼Join us to learn about the newly published “Warming effects on floral volatile organic compounds and plant–pollinator interactions in tropical ecosystems” in @AnnBot by Ibrahim Salman and co-authors. 🧵 (1/8)
🔥 Fire-stimulated flowering appears to be an adaptive strategy that helps plants maximize reproductive success in fire-prone ecosystems. Fire may play a major role in shaping plant life-history evolution in Mediterranean habitats. (7/7)
#PlantScience #Ecology #FireEcology #WildfireEcology #PlantReproduction #AoBpapers
🌿Just published in @AnnBot : “Fire-stimulated flowering enhances multiple plant fitness components” by Julia Gegunde and co-authors. 🧵(1/7)
#PlantScience #Ecology #FireEcology #WildfireEcology #PlantReproduction #AoBpapers
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