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Monthly Archives: January 2018
New publication – Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions
Text by Lauri Laanisto Seems like macroecology has finally arrived to a crossroads where it might split so fundamentally, that two or more new disciplines will emerge. Finding global patterns, that would explain the world in one graph, like JH … Continue reading
New publication – A major trade-off between structural and photosynthetic investments operative across plant and needle ages in three Mediterranean pines
Text by Vivian Kuusk Lots of species grow different looking leaves when they are young and adult. For example young conifers look more like little soft brushes rather than the forest giants, and lots of common houseplants look totally different … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, adults, Ülo Niinemets, Fernando Valladares, juveniles, leaf age, leaf structure, Mediterranean, Pinus, Tree Physiology, Vivian Vislap
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Workgroup seminar – Jekaterina Aid about legume isoprenes
Seminar of Chair of Crop Science and Plant Biology, Estonian Univ of Life Sciences . Jekaterina Aid is a junior researcher and PhD-student in Estonian University of Life Sciences. Title of the talk: Isoprene synthase functioning among family Fabaceae Time: Wednesday, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, isoprene, Jekaterina Aid, legumes, seminar, volatile organic compound
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New paper out – Diterpenoid fingerprints in pine foliage across an environmental and chemotypic matrix: Isoabienol content is a key trait differentiating chemotypes
Text by Lauri Laanisto Intraspecific variability in functional traits has emerged in recent years as a quite important phenomenon. At least in plant ecology. Traditional view in life sciences has promoted between-species differences as much more significant drivers of ecological … Continue reading
New papers published – Glandular trichomes and stomatal conductance play crucial roles in protecting plants against ozone stress
Text by Shuai Li Two papers studying how plants cope with ozone stress were recently published in the journal Plant Cell & Environment. The first paper estimates the possible protective role of non-glandular and glandular trichomes on the leaf surface … Continue reading
Blogyear Summary 2017
Text by Lauri Laanisto The blog is now three years old. And it now has a one-year-old sisterblog as well – EcolChange blog. We have been keeping the approach, and trying to post mainly about our new publications. And this … Continue reading
Ülo Niinemets’ Lab 