Alongside the use of fertilizer and chemical control of weeds, pests, and diseases modern
breeding has been very successful in generating cultivars that have increased agricultural …

The study of insular systems has a long history in ecology and biogeography. Island plants
often differ remarkably from their noninsular counterparts, constituting excellent models for …

Plant communities experience impacts of increasing numbers of global change factors (eg,
warming, eutrophication, pollution). Consequently, unpredictable global change effects …

Assumptions about the germination ecology of alpine plants are presently based on
individual species and local studies. A current challenge is to synthesise, at the global level …

Background and aims Root-released carboxylates enhance the availability of manganese
(Mn), which enters roots through transporters with low substrate specificity. Leaf Mn …

The era of big biodiversity data has led to rapid, exciting advances in the theoretical and
applied biological, ecological and conservation sciences. While large genetic, geographic …

Abstract Background and Aims Interactions between ecological factors and seed
physiological responses during the establishment phase shape the distribution of plants …

Ecological theory predicts close relationships between macroclimate and functional traits.
Yet, global climatic gradients correlate only weakly with the trait composition of local plant …

Plant defense theory explores how plants invest in defenses against natural enemies but
has focused primarily on the traits expressed by juvenile and mature plants. Here we …

We commonly use trait variation to characterize plant function within and among species
and understand how vegetation responds to the environment. Seedling emergence is an …