#Clonality may be great for #persistence, but does it come at an #evolutionary #cost? Lineages relying strongly on clonality tend to #diversify more slowly than those reproducing mainly by #seeds
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Read #fairytail which begins on the #muddy bottom of a drained #pond, where long-buried #seeds #germinate and reveal very different #plant strategies
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Do older and younger #roots tell different stories? In #rhizomatous #plants, fine-root #traits do shift with #root age, but not enough to strongly bias species-level estimates. Good news for root ecologists!
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How much do we really know about #rhizomes? In the second #Belowground #Book Club post, @Jitka_Klimesova presents Rhizomes by H. Krämer and L. Hesse, highlighting remarkable hidden #diversity of these underground #stems.
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Our #GoBelowground #course in #Brazil last week was a fantastic experience! Inspiring students, great discussions, and a wonderful chance to share the hidden half of plants with a new community. Thank you to everyone who made it so special! 🇧🇷🌱
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New research by Adam Hrouda from Charles University in Prague. The image above features one of the species we collected fine roots from, Bistorta major, commonly known as “snake root” i…
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Commentary by Jitka Klimešová from the Institute of Botany of The Czech Academy of Sciences. The image above is from a linocut by Jitka Klimešová, displaying cushion plants in honor of German morph…
