The exchange of ideas and information between vegetation ecology and pollination ecology is relatively restricted, yet both fields have devised methods to detect the structure of species assemblages ...

A gradient (red) in the concentration of auxin, a plant hormone, determines that only one of the eight undifferentiated nuclei in a plant's embryo sac will become an egg. (In this image, a large ...

A gradient (red) in the concentration of the plant hormone auxin determines that only one of the eight nuclei in a plant's embryo sac will become an egg. (The blue island in the image is a cell ...

This video segment adapted from NOVA explains how flowers play a central role in the reproductive cycle of plants. Their striking array of colors, patterns, fragrances, and nectar all require lots of ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Asexual, or vegetative, reproduction in plants is controlled by environmental conditions, but the molecular signaling pathways that control this process are poorly understood. Recent research suggests ...

This Review explores whether dioecious plant species can be expected to express sexually dimorphic responses to the effects of increased aridity. Specifically, we hypothesize that forecasted increases ...

If you’ve ever owned a spider plant, you’ll know they love making babies. They do it with pride, presenting their offspring on the end of a long structure called a stolon. New research suggests that ...