Journal of Plant EcologyFeb 8

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Woody plant functional traits of natural #KarstForests in the Maolan National Nature Reserve, southwestern China

#MorphologicalTraits | #IntraspecificVariation | #InterspecificVariation | #PrimaryForest | #KarstGeomorphology

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag010

American NaturalistMar 25, 2025

Januario et al. found no correlation between sexual selection intensity & speciation rates or proxy traits. Because sexual selection intensity has high intraspecific variation and low phylogenetic signal, its macroevolutionary impacts are weak. Read now!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/734457

#sexualSelection #speciation #intraspecificVariation #phylogenetics #macroevolution

Journal of Plant EcologyMar 11, 2025
The variation and plasticity of #LeafMorphology play a pivotal role in the response to #EnvironmentalChanges for plant individuals. Rong Tang et al. investigated #IntraspecificVariation in leaf morphology of three widespread woody species along #ClimaticGradients.
1️⃣ Leaf morphology is influenced by #Climate.
2️⃣ The variation trend of leaves #RelativeWidth during leaf enlargement is influenced by climate.
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae091
Journal of Plant EcologyMar 11, 2025
#SeedMineralNutrition is essential for early seedling establishment, and varies under different environmental conditions. Hao Wu et al. explored #IntraspecificVariation of #Multi-elements in seeds of #EupteleaPleiospermum and its association with #Soils, #Climate, and #LeafElements. Results showed that seed elements were highly variable across different populations, with macroelements exhibiting lower variability than most of the microelements.
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae090