Positive effects of native shrubs on Bromus tectorum demography

There is increasing recognition that overall interactions among plant species are often the net result of both positive and negative effects. However, the ...

AB Griffith - 《Ecology》

Protecting against water loss: analysis of the barrier properties of plant cuticles

The cuticle is the major barrier against uncontrolled water loss from leaves, fruits and other primary parts of higher plants. More than 100 mean values fo...

R Markus，S Lukas - 《Journal of Experimental Botany》

Simulation of Water and Energy Fluxes in an Old-Growth Seasonal Temperate Rain Forest Using the Simultaneous Heat and Water (SHAW) Model

In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), concern about the impacts of climate and land cover change on water resources and flood-generating processes emphasizes the...

TE Link，GN Flerchinger，M Unsworth，... - 《Journal of Hydrometeorology》

Multifunctional surface structures of plants: An inspiration for biomimetics

Biological surfaces provide multifunctional interfaces to their environment. More than 400 million years of land plants evolution led to a large diversity ...

K Koch，B Bhushan，W Barthlott - 《Progress in Materials Science》

Tobacco aquaporin NtAQP1 is involved in mesophyll conductance to CO2in vivo

SummaryLeaf mesophyll conductance to CO2 (gm) has been recognized to be finite and variable, rapidly adapting to environmental conditions. The physiologica...

J Flexas，M Ribas-Carbó，DT Hanson，... - 《Plant Journal》

Extreme flooding events on the Rhine and the survival and distribution of riparian plant species

1 Summer floods whose severity is affected by flooding duration, submergence depth and underwater light availability, have a large impact on the zonation o...

PJA Vervuren，C. W. P. M. Blom and H. de Kroon - 《Journal of Ecology》

The hydraulic conductance of the angiosperm leaf lamina: a comparison of three measurement methods

A comparison was made of three methods for measuring the leaf lamina hydraulic conductance (Klamina) for detached mature leaves of six woody temperate angi...

S Lawren，PJ Melcher，MA Zwieniecki，... - 《Journal of Experimental Botany》

Vervuren, P. J. A., C. W. P. M. Blom, and H. de Kroon. Extreme flooding events on the Rhine and the survival and distribution of riparian plant species. Jo...

1 Summer floods whose severity is affected by flooding duration, submergence depth and underwater light availability, have a large impact on the zonation o...

PJA Vervuren，CWPM Blom，HD Kroon - 《Journal of Ecology》

Passive Origins of Stomatal Control in Vascular Plants

Carbon and water flow between plants and the atmosphere is regulated by the opening and closing of minute stomatal pores in surfaces of leaves. By changing...

TJ Brodribb，SAM Mcadam - 《Science》

Effects of HgCl2 on CO2 Dependence of Leaf Photosynthesis: Evidence Indicating Involvement of Aquaporins in CO2 Diffusion across the Plasma Membrane

Experiments were conducted to examine whether mercury-sensitive aquaporins facilitate photosynthetic CO(2) diffusion across the plasma membrane of leaf mes...

T Ichiro，O Kiyomi - 《Plant & Cell Physiology》