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Evidence for a trade‐off between growth rate and xylem embolism resistance in 22 Eucalyptus species

New Phytologist, Volume 251, Issue 5, Page 2407-2426, September 2026.
Examples of cross‐sectional images of branchlets at 4× and 40×. Summary Within the growth–survival trade‐off framework, embolism resistance is considered a contributor to survival, yet whether greater embolism resistance inherently limits growth remains unclear.
Tiantian Pan, Vinod Jacob, Travis G. Britton, Julian Schrader, Jennifer M. R. Peters, Jinlong Li, Chongzhe Zhang, Jiahao Wen, Brendan Choat, Ian J. Wright   +9 more
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Leaf Traits and Fluctuating Asymmetry as Stress Indicators in a Mangrove Species After an Extreme Rainfall Event

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Climate change, particularly extreme rainfall, imposes stress on plants, which can be assessed using fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in leaves and key leaf traits. FA, which is defined as random deviations in symmetrical structures, is a known bioindicator of
Dalton Serafim, Luziene Seixas, João Victor Sabino, Kim Ribeiro Barão, Jean Carlos Santos, Guilherme Ramos Demetrio   +5 more
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Which, when, and where traits matter: functional trait‐mediated species associations shift with microenvironmental and climatic variation

New Phytologist, Volume 251, Issue 5, Page 2468-2481, September 2026.
Community‐level fitted relationship between spatial association Lij and trait dissimilarity (tDij) at the fine spatial scale (r = 40 mm; where r represents the radius around individuals of the focal species). Summary Predicting coexistence in species‐rich plant communities requires understanding the role of functional traits in species interactions and
Ezequiel Antorán, Joaquín Calatayud, Ana L. Peralta, Adrián Escudero, Ana M. Sánchez, Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga, Marcelino de la Cruz   +6 more
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Unraveling the Power of Disorder: A Bioinspired Cuttlebone Structure With Superior Strength, Energy Absorption and Isotropy

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 43, 3 August 2026.
Cuttlebone‐inspired architected metamaterials introduce controlled structural disorder to simultaneously enhance strength, energy absorption, and compressive stability. Tunable disorder suppresses shear anisotropy, outperforms periodic lattices, and establishes discrete randomness as a robust route to high‐performance lightweight mechanical ...
Zengqin Shi, Peng Jiang, Xiaoyan Zhu, Suyun Li, Wenqing Wang, Tian Zhao, Rujie He, Ying Li   +7 more
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Above‐ and Belowground Traits are Linked Within Species, but Vary Differently Along Environmental Gradients

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
Minor differences in environmental gradients or microhabitat variations can lead to intraspecific variation in above‐ and belowground traits. This highlights the importance of using traits measured on sites for trait‐based approaches. To some extent, easily measurable aboveground traits are linked to root traits in terms of their function and responses
Robert Rauschkolb, Viktoria Dietrich, Barbara Knickmann, Birgit Nordt, Martin Freiberg, Isabell Hensen, Tim Meier, Ingeborg Lang, Jonathan Klaus Wenk, Lucienne Krause, Christine Römermann   +10 more
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Functional Links Between Leaf Traits, Soil Properties, and Aboveground Biomass Along an Altitudinal Gradient in Chitwan, Nepal

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
Resource‐acquisitive leaf traits enhance aboveground biomass accumulation, whereas structural traits constrain it. Elevation and soil properties shape trait expression and biomass across the gradients. ABSTRACT Altitudinal gradients strongly influence plant species diversity and functional trait expression in forest ecosystems.
Shakti Raj Giri, Purnima Regmi, Rashila Deshar, Ramesh Prasad Sapkota   +3 more
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Soil Loosening of Compacted Urban Tree Sites Using a Pneumatic Lance Injector: Quantifying Treatment Success Through Tree Morphology and Soil Structure Parameters via Terrestrial Laser Scanning

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Volume 189, Issue 4, Page 605-620, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Urban trees provide essential ecosystem services, but their growth and longevity are often limited by soil compaction. Although pneumatic lance injection (PLI) is increasingly promoted as a minimally invasive and efficient soil loosening technique, robust scientific evidence for its long‐term effectiveness remains limited.
Oliver Löwe, Dominik Seidel, Katharina Weltecke, Thorsten Gaertig   +3 more
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Drivers of individual plant species contributions to β‐diversity are scale‐dependent

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 8, August 2026.
Species introductions and local extinctions of native species are driving biotic homogenisation in plant communities by reducing β‐diversity. Individual species vary in their contributions to β‐diversity (species contribution to β‐diversity; species‐β), yet our understanding of how species characteristics shape these contributions remains limited ...
Rona Learmonth, Francis Q. Brearley, Adam Clark, Aaron S. David, Catalina Estrada, Fatih Fazlioglu, Ivan de Klee, Daniela Konrad, Lizzie Lemon, Olivia Millen, Nell J. Pates, Linda Pieber, Megan L. Sherlock, Elizabeth G. Simpson, Scott G. Ward, Hannah J. White, William D. Pearse   +16 more
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Water and Gas Exchange Responses of Five Related Blueberry Species (Ericaceae spp.) to the Dry Season in the High‐Andean Forest of the Colombian Eastern Cordillera

Plant-Environment Interactions, Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Vaccinium, Cavendishia, and Macleania are typical genera of blueberries from the Ericaceae belt, a narrow ecosystem that connects the high Andean forest and páramo, where fragmentation makes the species more vulnerable to climate change. To answer the question of whether five related blueberry species could physiologically behave similarly in ...
Carolina Ramos‐Montaño, N. Milena Cárdenas‐Avella, Ledis V. Montenegro‐Rubiano, Angélica del Pilar Dallos, Rafael Andrés Rodríguez‐Sabogal   +4 more
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Integrating experimental and observational approaches facilitates scaling species interactions to biodiversity patterns

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 2421-2435, August 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract To investigate how niche and fitness differences determine the outcome of species interactions and shape local biodiversity patterns, research has typically focused on either simplified experimental systems that test specific mechanisms or observational studies where ...
Jared D. Huxley, William D. Bowman, Marko J. Spasojevic   +2 more
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