Trop. ecosystem harbor ~75% of the world’s angiosperms yet remain underrepresented in ecological studies.
#TSTD published in @newphyt.bsky.social bridges this gap (with 137k+ records, 44 #SeedTraits, 5K+ Spp. from 33 countries) built by 200+ researchers of #TSTDConsortium.
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Fire Signals and Dry Soils: How Cerrado Seeds Time Their Germination
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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.
#Botany #PlantScience
News coverage in @mongabayindia.bsky.social, on our recent data article "The Urban Trees of India (UTI): A Database of Trees in Built-Up Areas of India' published in @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social
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Delayed Seed Germination as a Strategy to Cope With Environmental Stress and Disturbance - Fernández‐Pascual - 2026 - Journal of Vegetation Science - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Urban Trees of India (UTI): A Database of Trees in Built-Up Areas of India
Harsh Yadav et al, @shyamphartyal.bsky.social
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foliage retention/ Indian urban areas/ threatened #tree species/ urban #biodiversity
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.
www.botany.one
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....
