Etude de la perception humaine de la biodiversité. Studying human perception of biodiversity.

Mycorrhizal strategy could be one of the factors that explain why certain non-native species become successful invaders. This study tests this idea at the global scale and explores geographic patterns...

What 440,000 vegetation plots taught us about how plant establishment success depends on mycorrhizal fungi

Mycorrhizal strategy could be one of the factors that explain why certain non-native species become successful invaders. This study tests this idea at the global scale and explores geographic patterns...

Workflow summary of the Tropical Seed Trait Database.

By testing how seeds respond to drought and smoke together, scientists uncover how plants in Brazil’s Cerrado survive the harsh mix of fire, dry spells and unpredictable rain.

A recent report states that 3.41% of the country’s total geographical area is covered by trees lying outside forest areas.

Delayed seed germination is a widespread strategy allowing plants to cope with environmental uncertainty. Using > 14,000 germination records from nearly 1000 European species, we show that delayed ge...

Delayed seed germination is a widespread strategy allowing plants to cope with environmental uncertainty. Using > 14,000 germination records from nearly 1000 European species, we show that delayed ge....

Urbanization in India is increasing the demand for urban trees, but a lack of comprehensive data hinders effective management. To solve this, the Urban Trees of India (UTI) database was created, docu...

The lack of standardised sampling protocols prevents functional traits from expressing their full potential to revolutionise plant ecology, biogeography, a

The lack of standardised sampling protocols prevents functional traits from expressing their full potential to revolutionise plant ecology, biogeography, a

Ambiguity and redundancy in seed dispersal modes hinder ecological research and its applications. This viewpoint argues for the need for systematic simplification by proposing a framework for declutt...

The lack of standardised sampling protocols prevents functional traits from expressing their full potential to revolutionise plant ecology, biogeography, a

The lack of standardised sampling protocols prevents functional traits from expressing their full potential to revolutionise plant ecology, biogeography, a

npj Biodiversity - A global biodiversity use data infrastructure acknowledging indigenous and local knowledge

Millions of biodiversity observations are pouring in, but without expert capacity and infrastructure, much of the data stalls before it can drive science.

Plant traits drive ecosystem dynamics yet are challenging to map globally due to sparse measurements. Here, the authors combine crowdsourced biodiversity observations with Earth observation data to ac...

Plant traits drive ecosystem dynamics yet are challenging to map globally due to sparse measurements. Here, the authors combine crowdsourced biodiversity observations with Earth observation data to ac...

Data for 31 plant functional traits linked to key ecological processes (Table 1) and measured across 74,245 species were retrieved from the gap-filled TRY Plant Trait Database, version 5 (www.try-db.org)14,25,69,70,71,72. The TRY database is an aggregation of trait measurements from...

From oversight to insight: integrating epicotyl emergence to redefine germination and enhance the seed dormancy framework

Wikidata is a global, open database that can help connect botanical data, such as species, collectors, and collections, and anyone in the botanical community can help improve it.

New Publication Alert 📢 🌿 "Endozoochorous seed dispersal in urban ecosystems: a global review of patterns, interactions, and knowledge gaps" 🌆 The study comprehensively examines how urban...

Abstract. Since the 17th century, understanding the germination ecology of Fagaceae fruits has attracted considerable interest. However, several questions

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Clara Espinosa del Alba, Diana Cruz-Tejada, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, Eduardo Fernández-Pascual This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. The ab…