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Can wood anatomical traits of oak species explain their coexistence along environmental gradients in the mountains of Mexico?

Read the blog post at https://www.botany.one/2022/01/roles-of-wood-anatomical-traits-in-the-coexistence-of-mexican-oak-species/

Read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plab066

In the 800s, Mayan cities in southeastern Mexico and Central America were abandoned - just as drought hit the region. But a botanical study shows that the connection between drought and depopulation was not simple.

Read the post at https://www.botany.one/2022/01/resilience-of-crops-confirms-that-drought-alone-did-not-cause-a-collapse-in-mayan-civilisation/

Read the research article at https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115657118

A new study quantifies the shape of barley seeds using topological methods.

You can read this post online at https://www.botany.one/2022/01/measuring-the-hidden-phenotype-using-novel-mathematical-techniques/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diab033

You would expect to see flowers of Utricularia australis on display just above the surface of a pond or lake. Now botanists have found open U. australis flowers on a lakebed over four metres below the surface.

Read the blog post at: https://www.botany.one/2022/01/an-unexpected-killer-lurks-deep-in-italian-lakes/

Original paper at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2021.103487

Integrating plant functioning at organ scale can simulate the phenotypic plasticity of plants.

You can read this post online at https://www.botany.one/2022/01/simulating-grass-phenotypic-plasticity-as-an-emergent-property

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diab034

Agricultural intensification affects butterfly populations, but so does the abandonment of farmland.

You can read this post at: https://www.botany.one/2021/12/when-landscapes-are-abandoned-do-butterflies-flee/

You can read the original research at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-021-00365-0

A combination of morphological and physiological traits contribute to drought mortality, along with responses to night warming.

You can read this post at: https://www.botany.one/2021/12/warm-nights-without-respite-accelerates-the-death-of-seedlings-in-a-drought/

You can read the original research at: https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpab168

It depends on whether or not it's a good picture book about plants.

You can read the full review at: https://www.botany.one/2021/12/do-we-need-another-picture-book-about-plants/

In the prairies of Minnesota, Liatris aspera is almost a real-life phoenix.

You can read the post at: https://www.botany.one/2021/12/botanists-find-that-some-herbaceous-use-fire-as-a-signal-to-prepare-for-boosted-flowering-in-the-following-year/

You can read the original research at: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17923

A new model can help botanic gardens discover where they should source endangered plants when they want to aid conservations efforts.

You can read this post online at: https://www.botany.one/2021/12/botanists-develop-a-model-for-times-when-a-plant-thriving-in-a-garden-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death/

You can read the original research at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109410