The EICA-hypothesis predicts that invading plants adapt to their novel environment by evolving increased performance and reduced resistance in response to the release from natural enemies, and assumes ...

A recent study has revealed the genetic mechanisms behind transgenerational phenotypic plasticity—a crucial factor in plant adaptation to environmental changes. By investigating Arabidopsis thaliana ...

The fact that angiosperms are so species-rich and ecologically diverse – Darwin’s second abominable mystery – could be explained by their ability to ‘reinvent’ themselves by evolving functional traits ...

This study was recently reported by Jianming Deng’s group from the State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University. Over the past ...

While urbanization has restricted and fragmented the natural ecosystems, it also creates new and diverse environmental conditions within towns. A Kobe University research team has found that a plant ...