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Geographic patterns of seed dormancy strategies along latitudinal and climatic gradients, Japanese East Asian islands.
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Soil fauna accelerate litter mixture decomposition globally, especially in dry environments.
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Phylogenetic conservatism explains why plants are more likely to produce fleshy fruits in the tropics.
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Trade‐off between seed dispersal in space and time.
Seed movement and delayed germination have long been thought to represent alternative risk‐spreading strategies, but current evidence covers limited scales and yields mixed results. Here we present the first global‐scale test of a negative correlation between dispersal and dormancy. The result demonstrates a strong and consistent pattern that species with...Chen, Si‐Chong ; Poschlod, Peter ; Antonelli, Alexandre ; Liu, Udayangani ; Dickie, John B.
Annual , Longevity, Lifespan, Seed dispersal, Seed bank, Dormancy, Germination, Perennial, and Iteroparity
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A hairy situation: Plant species in warm, sunny places are more likely to have pubescent leaves
Aim Leaf pubescence has several important roles, including regulating heat balance, reducing damage from UV radiation, minimizing water loss and reducing herbivory. Each of these functions could affect a plant's ability to tolerate the biotic and abiotic stresses encountered in different parts of the world. However, we know remarkably little...