Hypotheses, mechanisms and trade‐offs of tolerance and adaptation to serpentine soils: from species to ecosystem level

E Kazakou, PG Dimitrakopoulos, AJM Baker… - Biological …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the relative importance of the abiotic environment and species interactions in
determining the distribution and abundance of organisms has been a challenge in …

[图书][B] The biology of alpine habitats

L Nagy, G Grabherr - 2009 - books.google.com
This book is unique in providing a global overview of alpine (high mountain) habitats that
occur above the natural (cold-limited) tree line, describing the factors that have shaped them …

High reproductive efficiency as an adaptive strategy in competitive environments

SP Bonser - Functional Ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Reproductive efficiency (the efficiency of conversion of resources from vegetative tissue to
reproductive output) is a central to our understanding of reproductive allocation and the …

Antioxidant enzymes activity and phenolic compounds content in red cabbage seedlings exposed to copper stress

MM Posmyk, R Kontek, KM Janas - Ecotoxicology and Environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
The phenolics: anthocyanin (ATH), sinapoyl esters and activity of antioxidant enzymes:
superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), guaiacol peroxidase (POX), ascorbate …

Linking the spatial scale of environmental variation and the evolution of phenotypic plasticity: selection favors adaptive plasticity in fine-grained environments

BS Baythavong - The American Naturalist, 2011 - journals.uchicago.edu
Adaptive phenotypic plasticity and adaptive genetic differentiation enable plant lineages to
maximize their fitness in response to environmental heterogeneity. The spatial scale of …

Bioaccumulation of As, Cd, Cu, Fe and Pb in wild grasses affected by the Aznalcóllar mine spill (SW Spain)

P Madejón, JM Murillo, T Marañón, F Cabrera… - Science of the total …, 2002 - Elsevier
The collapse of the tailing dam in the Aznalcóllar pyrite mine (SW Spain) occurred in April
1998 and affected approximately 4300 ha along the Agrio and Guadiamar valleys. An urgent …

Ecophysiology of plant growth under heavy metal stress

MNV Prasad, J Hagemeyer, J Hagemeyer - Heavy metal stress in plants …, 1999 - Springer
The growth of whole plants or of plant parts is frequently used as an easily measurable
parameter to monitor the effects of various stressors. Growth changes are often the first and …

Olivine Weathering in Soil, and Its Effects on Growth and Nutrient Uptake in Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.): A Pot Experiment

HFM Ten Berge, HG Van der Meer, JW Steenhuizen… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Mineral carbonation of basic silicate minerals regulates atmospheric CO2 on geological time
scales by locking up carbon. Mining and spreading onto the earth's surface of fast …

Nutrient resorption in wetland macrophytes: comparison across several regions of different nutrient status

E Rejmánková - New Phytologist, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This study explored patterns of nutrient resorption in wetland macrophytes to test the
prediction that plants from regions with a strong nutrient limitation will show higher …

Abiotic and biotic resistance to grass invasion in serpentine annual plant communities

BM Going, J Hillerislambers, JM Levine - Oecologia, 2009 - Springer
Biological invasions severely impact native plant communities, causing dramatic shifts in
species composition and the restriction of native species to spatially isolated refuges …