Peatlands are crucial sinks for atmospheric carbon but are critically threatened due to warming climates. Sphagnum (peat moss) species are keystone members of peatland …
Functional traits are critical tools in plant ecology for capturing organism–environment interactions based on trade‐offs and making links between organismal and ecosystem …
Anthropogenic activities have increased exposure to heavy metal pollution in previously uncontaminated ecosystems, threatening plant communities. Considering that phenotypic …
AJ Shaw, AM Duffy, M Nieto-Lugilde, B Aguero… - Annals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Sphagnum (peatmoss) comprises a moss (Bryophyta) clade with~ 300–500 species. The genus has unparalleled ecological importance because …
EE Shortlidge, SB Carey, AC Payton… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The evolution of sustained plant–animal interactions depends critically upon genetic variation in the fitness benefits from the interaction. Genetic analyses of such interactions are …
D Zumel, X Diéguez, O Werner… - Annals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Endoreduplication, the duplication of the nuclear genome without mitosis, is a common process in plants, especially in angiosperms and mosses …
DE STANTON, KK COE - Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution, 2021 - mapress.com
Since the late Cambrian era, bryophytes have been shaping terrestrial ecosystems through unique and diverse suites of anatomical, physiological, and morphological traits. In this …
Secondary sexual dimorphism (SSD) in flowering plants is expressed as differences in sexual characteristics that are not directly related to gamete production, involving a wide …