Elk avoid beetle-killed forest areas
Credit: Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Loss of the heat-shielding forest canopy and the obstacle of fallen trees ...
Tag: Plant Sciences
Linking sensing to signaling during plant immunity
Credit: Deepak Bhandari & Dmitry Lapin Plant defense against invading pathogens relies upon effective recognition of non-self organisms and a ...
AAAS session: Food and nutrition security
Scientific partnerships and opportunities Leading experts from the field of food and nutrition security will present findings from its recently ...
Aloe sanguinalis, a new red Aloe from Somaliland
Credit: Barkworth M, et al. Aloe sanguinalis, or Somali Red Aloe, forms large, conspicuous clumps and has blood red sap. ...
Biocolonizer species are putting the conservation of the granite at Machu Picchu at risk
A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has evaluated the role of micro-organisms colonizing the Sacred Rock at ...
UTSA study: Stress in crops points to surprising benefits
Credit: Courtesy of UTSA Stress is known as the "killer disease" and in humans it can lead to an increased ...
Nature prefers asymmetrical pollen grains, study finds
Credit: SEM images: Asja Radja; Simulations: Asja Radja and Maxim Lavrentovich. It's no secret that pollen plays a vital role ...
Brazil-endemic plant genus Mcvaughia highlights diversity in a unique biome
The new genus is found exclusively in the recently recognized Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests biomeCredit: I.R. Guesdon A new species ...
Research characterizes evolution of pathway for reproductive fitness in flowering plants
Previously, this pathway was thought to be present only in grasses ST. LOUIS, MO, February 11, 2019 - Small RNAs ...
Skyglow over key wildlife areas
Light pollution affects the skies over most of the world's key wildlife areas, new research shows. The study, by the ...
Anther rubbing, a new movement discovered in plants, promotes prior selfing
Most plants have developed mechanisms to prevent self-fertilization and its detrimental effects of inbreeding depression. Traits promoting selfing in plants ...
How poppy flowers get those vibrant colours that entice insects
Credit: University of Groningen With bright reds and yellows - and even the occasional white - poppies are very bright ...
New insights into radial expansion of plants can boost biomass production
Besides the obvious longitudinal growth, plants also enlarge in the radial sense. This thickening of plant stems and roots provides ...
Think big — at least when it comes to global conservation
Canada and Russia have the most to lose or gain, say researchersCredit: UBC Okanagan According to a group of international ...
Ben-Gurion University, Bayer and Netafim to collaborate on research optimizing drip irrigation
Credit: Netafim/BGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel...February 7, 2019 - Bayer, Netafim and BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Israel's Ben-Gurion University ...
CABI helps map ferocious speed and likely cause of woody weed spread across Ethiopia
CABI scientists have helped map the ferocious speed and probable cause of a devastating spread of the invasive alien tree ...
How landscape plants have an impact on the carbon footprint
Activities and inputs in landscape plant production that can be modified to reduce carbon footprint A study out of the ...
How does the Amazon rain forest cope with drought?
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Amazon rain forest isn't necessarily a place that many would associate with a drought, yet ...
Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia
Peasant farmers began transforming diets across the Old World 7,000 years ago, study findsCredit: Data source: Xinyi Liu; Animation by ...
Daily and Mace win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award for their 'visionary' work in ecology
The BBVA Foundation recognize Gretchen Daily and Georgina Mace, two 'visionary' ecologists who have devised indispensable tools to compute 'the ...
