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Agricultural genomics and subterranean plant-plant communications

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 2000
Agricultural genomics has the potential to dramatically enrich the availability and quality of food supplies worldwide. However, because thousands of different plant species are grown for food, the application of genomics to crop improvement faces issues distinct from those in medical research.
John I. Yoder, Marta Matvienko, Manuel J. Torres   +2 more
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Plant–pollinator interactions and the assembly of plant communities

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2008
Most studies of plant community assembly have focused on how the abiotic aspects of a habitat (e.g. soil moisture or mineral composition) or direct interactions among plants in a community (e.g. competition for space or nutrients) influence which species establish and persist, but they have tended to neglect indirect interactions such as those mediated
David D. Ackerly, Risa D. Sargent, Risa D. Sargent   +2 more
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Facilitation in Plant Communities

2007
Facilitation affects plant community structure and diversity in very different ways than competition. Traditional models for plant interactions have emphasized competition, assuming that plants must compete for always-limiting resources, such as water, nutrients, light, space, or pollinators, and try to overthrow each other when in proximity. Marrubium
Francisco I. Pugnaire, Ragan M. Callaway
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Thermal Balance of Plants and Plant Communities

2018
This chapter focuses on the physical basis of the exchange of solar energy. As an introduction to the topic, the energy balance of the atmosphere is explained, followed by a section on the microclimate near the ground surface. It is the exchange of energy that determines the temperature near the ground as modified by biotic and abiotic factors.
Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Beck, Erwin, Buchmann, Nina, Clemens, Stephan, Müller-Hohenstein, Klaus, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael   +5 more
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Spatial Distribution of Plants and Plant Communities

2018
In this chapter we describe the spatial patterns of plant species and communities that developed over time. Together with Chap. 17, it underlines the significance of dynamics in space and time for a thorough understanding of biotic interactions within ecosystems.
Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Beck, Erwin, Buchmann, Nina, Clemens, Stephan, Müller-Hohenstein, Klaus, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael   +5 more
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The Plant Community

Ecology, 1962
C. W. E. Moore, Herbert C. Hanson
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The Plant Community.

Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 1961
Ethan D. Churchill, John A. Small, Herbert C. Hanson   +2 more
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Plant–Pollinator Communication

2017
Abstract The communication between flowers and pollinators is the essential feature of sexual reproduction in zoophilous flowering plants and helps to ensure pollen transfer between flowers of conspecific plants. The plants' side of communication between flowers and pollinators includes the display or concealment of primary attractants, such as ...
Klaus Lunau, Petra Wester
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The Biosemiotics of Plant Communication

The American Journal of Semiotics, 2008
This contribution demonstrates that the development and growth of plants depends on the success of complex communication processes. These communication processes are primarily sign-mediated interactions and are not simply an mechanical exchange of 'information', as that term has come to be understood (or misunderstood) in science.
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Plant Species and Plant Communities.

Systematic Botany, 1978
M. J. A. Werger, Amy Jean Gilmartin, Eddy Van Der Maarel   +2 more
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