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Evolutionary legacies structure the geography of seagrass traits across the world's oceans

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Traits modulate species' ability to track shifts in climate, yet the extent to which traits have been shaped by the contemporary environment and/or historical processes remains poorly understood. Here, we fill this gap for the world's seagrasses, habitat‐forming species that provide critical ecosystem services.
Nestor E. Bosch, Matthew McLean, Fernando Tuya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

LISTA DEL MACROFITOBENTOS DE LA LAGUNA ARRECIFAL DE SANTA LUCÍA, PROVINCIA CAMAGÜEY, CUBA/ Checklist of Macrophytobenthos at Santa Lucía reef lagoon, Camagüey province, Cuba

Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 2015
Como parte de un programa de manejo integrado de Santa Lucía (norte de Camagüey, Cuba), resulta necesario realizar estudios de línea base sobre su biodiversidad marina.
Luis Manuel Reyes de Armas, Beatriz Martínez-Daranas   +1 more
doaj  

The complex interaction between mammalian herbivores, climate, soil and fire has shaped the evolution and distribution of plant spinescence across biogeographical realms

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Evolution of spinescence in mimosoid legumes. Summary The evolutionary arms race between plants and herbivores led to numerous plant adaptations, including spinescence. However, the balance between herbivory and abiotic conditions in the evolution of spinescence remains unclear. We integrated phylogenetic, geographic, and trait data for 2686 species of
Rachel Souza Ferreira, Jens J. Ringelberg, Colin Hughes, Eduardo Arlé, Friederike J. R. Wölke, Kyle W. Tomlinson, Renske E. Onstein   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Florigen and antiflorigen gene expression correlates with reproductive state in a marine angiosperm, <i>Zostera marina</i>. [PDF]

iScience
Florigen and antiflorigen genes within the phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein (PEBP) family regulate flowering in angiosperms. In eelgrass (Zostera marina), an estuarine foundation species, flowering, and seed production are crucial for population resilience. Yet, the molecular mechanism underpinning flowering remains unknown. Among 13 PEBP genes
Nolan CT, Campbell I, Farrell-Sherman A, Briones Ortiz BA, Yang C, Naish KA, Di Stilio VS, Kaldy JE, Donoghue C, Ruesink JL, Imaizumi T.   +10 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Cretaceous moss–cyanobacteria association reveals trophic interactions in polar forests of Antarctica

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Kimmerera cyanifera gen. et sp. nov. with associated cyanobacteria, holotype UWBM 116051. Summary Through symbiotic associations with microbes, mosses play many important ecological roles in terrestrial ecosystems, such as facilitating trophic interactions and nitrogen cycling.
Zane Walker, Alexander C. Bippus, Ari Iglesias, Selena Y. Smith, Brian A. Atkinson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insights Into the Origin and Local Adaptation Evolution of the Cultivated Sesame With Telomere‐to‐Telomere High‐Quality Genome

Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sesame (Sesamum indicum L., 2n = 26) is one of the oldest oilseed crops and is often called the ‘queen of oilseeds’ due to its high content of unsaturated fatty acids and natural antioxidants. Despite its long history, the origin and global spread of cultivated sesame remain unresolved.
Weifei Yang, Hengchun Cao, Hui Guo, Hongmei Miao, Guiting Li, Yinghui Duan, Ming Ju, Qiuzhen Tian, Qin Ma, Pengjie Chang, Zhanyou Zhang, Cong Mu, Xiaoxu Feng, Libin Wei, Weixiu Hou, Andrew H. Paterson, Haiyang Zhang   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long distance biotic dispersal of tropical seagrass seeds by marine mega-herbivores

Scientific Reports, 2017
Terrestrial plants use an array of animals as vectors for dispersal, however little is known of biotic dispersal of marine angiosperms such as seagrasses.
Samantha J. Tol, Jessie C. Jarvis, Paul H. York, Alana Grech, Bradley C. Congdon, Robert G. Coles   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lack of Hydraulic Acclimation in Response to Multiple Droughts and Recovery

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human‐caused climate change is expected to bring more frequent and extended droughts with shorter wet periods of relief in between for many regions of the world. Critical knowledge gaps remain around the extent to which tree species can acclimate physiologically to repeated droughts.
Jaycie C. Fickle, Kelly L. Kerr, Lillie I. Congram, Cedric Zahnd, William R. L. Anderegg   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Invasive pine control promotes native plant regeneration, but with limited effect in the Cerrado, Brazil

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Invasions by Pinus represent major challenges for conservation and ecological restoration, especially in open ecosystems of tropical South America, such as the Brazilian neotropical savanna (Cerrado). Objective We evaluated whether the clear‐cutting and manual removal of Pinus caribaea reduce the impacts of invasion on woody plant
Graziela de Araújo Lima, Pedro Manuel Villa, Rafael Dudeque Zenni, Rodolfo Cesar Real de Abreu, Abel Augusto Conceição   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stable isotopic evidence for increased terrestrial productivity through geological time

Scientific Reports
Marine life on Earth is known back to the Archean Eon, when life on land is assumed to have been less pervasive than now. Precambrian life on land can now be tested with stable isotopes because living soil CO2 is isotopically distinct for both carbon and
Gregory J. Retallack, Ilya N. Bindeman
doaj   +1 more source