Detected Shifts Towards Drought‐Adaptive Strategies in the Amazon Forest Over the Last Four Decades
Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 2, February 2026.Amazon forests are facing hotter, drier conditions, and we used 40 years of satellite data to look for early signs of ecological change. Combining satellite observations with leaf measurements from more than 3000 trees, we show that many forests now show smaller dry‐season fluctuations in canopy colour—especially in the southern and eastern Amazon ...
Milton Barbosa +7 more
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Response of Acer saccharum seedlings to elevated O3 and CO2 concentrations [PDF]
, 2005 The effects of three times ambient [O3] (3x) and high [CO2] (650 µL L-1 CO2) alone and in combination were studied on 2-yr-old sugar maple (Acer saccharum) seedlings for 86 days in open top chambers.
Chevrier, Normand +3 more
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Journal of Biological Research, 2009 A new original "cryostabilization" technique (Dore, 1992; Dore et al, 2004) was applied to different animal tissues and organs. In this study, we apply this technique also to vegetal tissues (ripening and ripe fleshy fruits, buds and embryos).
B. Dore, A. Ponso, R. Vallania
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Plant water resource partitioning and isotopic fractionation during transpiration in a seasonally dry tropical climate [PDF]
, 2017 Lake Chala (3 degrees 19' S, 37 degrees 42' E) is a steep-sided crater lake situated in equatorial East Africa, a tropical semiarid area with a bimodal rainfall pattern. Plants in this region are exposed to a prolonged dry season, and we investigated if (
Bodé, Samuel +5 more
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Response to Selection for Unique Epicuticular Wax Profile on the Semi-glossy Foliage of Onion
Journal of the American Society for Horticultural ScienceEpicuticular waxes on onion (Allium cepa) foliage offer protection against water loss, pathogens, and pests. Onion leaves with a light green color are referred to as “glossy” and have less total wax compared with that of darker blue-green (“waxy ...
Michael J. Havey
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Factors affecting rind pitting in the mandarin hybrids "fortune" and "nova". The influence of exogenous growth regulators [PDF]
, 1995 The commercialization of the mandarin hybrids "Fortune" and "Nova" is hindered by the development of cold-induced pitting in the fruit rind which may develop either in the orchard or during storage and transport. In the late cropping cultivar "Fortune",
Duarte, Amílcar, Guardiola, J. L.
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The influence of surface energy on the self-cleaning of insect adhesive devices [PDF]
, 2012 The ability of insects to adhere to surfaces is facilitated by the use of adhesive organs found on the terminal leg segments. These adhesive pads are inherently 'tacky' and are expected to be subject to contamination by particulates, leading to loss of ...
Autumn +51 more
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Leaf epidermal micromorphology of the abaxial surface of Myrcia DC. species (Myrtaceae)
HeringerianaMyrtaceae is widely distributed in tropical regions, playing significant ecological and economic roles. Within this family, Myrcia stands out for its taxonomic complexity due to high morphological homogeneity, which complicates the identification of ...
Lucas Herberts-Sousa +4 more
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Arthropod diversity in peas with normal or reduced waxy bloom [PDF]
, 2004 Crop traits can alter economically important interactions between plants, pests, and biological control agents. For example, a reduced waxy bloom on the surface of pea plants alters interactions between pea aphids and their natural enemies. In this study,
Biggam, Russell C. +3 more
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Water-repellent soil and its relationship to granularity, surface roughness and hydrophobicity: a materials science view [PDF]
, 2005 Considerable soil water repellency has been observed at a wide range of locations worldwide. The soil exhibiting water repellency is found within the upper part of the soil profile.
McHale, Glen +2 more
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