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An N-acetylglucosamine transporter required for arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses in rice and maize
(Nature Publishing Group, 2017-05-26)Most terrestrial plants, including crops, engage in beneficial interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Vital to the association is mutual recognition involving the release of diffusible signals into the rhizosphere. ... -
Widespread Biological Response to Rapid Warming on the Antarctic Peninsula
(Cell Press, 2017-06-05)Recent climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula is well documented [1-5], with warming, alongside increases in precipitation, wind strength, and melt season length [1, 6, 7], driving environmental change [8, 9]. However, ... -
Area-based vs tree-centric approaches to mapping forest carbon in Southeast Asian forests from airborne laser scanning data
(Elsevier, 2017-06-01)Tropical forests are a key component of the global carbon cycle, and mapping their carbon density is essential for understanding human influences on climate and for ecosystem-service-based payments for forest protection. ... -
Leaf economic and hydraulic divergences underpin ecological differentiation in the Bromeliaceae
(Wiley, 2017)Leaf economic and hydraulic theory have rarely been applied to the ecological differentiation of speciose herbaceous plant radiations. The role of character trait divergences and network reorganisation in the differentiation ...
