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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During their long evolutionary history, land plants have evolved a range of adaptations to different abiotic stressors. These help explain present‐day diversity and distribution patterns, as well as the potential resilience of natural and agricultural systems to a changing climate. Most previous research has focused on adaptation to individual
Marc Fradera‐Soler +6 more
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Chemical status of zinc in plant phytoliths: Impact of burning and (paleo)environmental implications [PDF]
, 2022 International audiencePhytoliths are microscopic structures made of amorphous opal (opal-A), an amorphous hydrated silica, dispersed within plant tissues and persisting after the decay of the plant. Silicon is known to alleviate metal toxicity in plants,
Schreck, Eva +7 more
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Frontiers in Environmental ArchaeologyArchaeobotanical evidence paired with GunaiKurnai cultural knowledge has established that plants were central to activities of the Old Ancestors in Cloggs Cave, GunaiKurnai Country.
Elle Grono +11 more
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Morphological characterization of biominerals from five multicellular marine algae species
Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции, 2020 Silica biominerals are deposited as amorphous solid structures in plant cells and tissues, providing rigidity to different plant parts and assisting in defence. The shape and size of phytoliths are well established and serve as a useful tool in taxonomic
A. M. Zakharenko +10 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For millennia, human activities have transformed ecosystems globally. Determining which landscapes are predominantly anthropogenic is crucial to conservation and habitat restoration. Madagascar, a critically‐threatened biodiversity hotspot, is a prominent example.
Grant S. Joseph +7 more
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Поволжская археология, 2021 The article describes the results of investigations of the sub-recent assemblages of silica phytoliths in top soils of various modern plant communities of the Middle Volga region in Tatarstan, Samarskaya and Ulyanovskaya oblasts conducted in 2017–2020 ...
Blinnikov Mikhail S. +2 more
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Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Central Australia's ngarrawa, or ‘mound springs’, are unique hydrological systems that serve as some of the only near‐permanent sources of water and continuous sediment deposition in Australia's arid interior. As such, they hold significant potential as palaeo‐climate and ‐environmental archives in a region where many aspects of past climate ...
Fletcher C. Nixon +3 more
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Soil and plant phytoliths from the Acacia-Commiphora mosaics at Oldupai Gorge (Tanzania) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 This article studies soil and plant phytoliths from the Eastern Serengeti Plains, specifically the Acacia-Commiphora mosaics from Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania, as present-day analogue for the environment that was contemporaneous with the emergence of the ...
Julio Mercader +14 more
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Needle in a haystack: Holocene history of European larch in Central Europe revisited
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Defining nativity of species is crucial for their management. However, this is a complex task, especially for species that have been used and spread by humans for a long time. We combined paleoecological records with extensive genetic data to investigate the Holocene history of European larch—a common and economically important tree species in Central ...
Martin Prach +11 more
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This shows phytoliths recovered from a quid.
, 2015 The upper picture shows a single fiber within an Agave quid. The parallel lines of reflective structures are rows of phytoliths. The lower picture shows raphid and rhomboid phytoliths recovered from an Agave quid.
Melissa A. Baier (778548) +2 more
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