The Week in Botany May 18, 2026
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This week: How the extraordinary biodiversity of the Tropical Andes emerged through rapid and complex evolutionary processes.
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This week: How the extraordinary biodiversity of the Tropical Andes emerged through rapid and complex evolutionary processes.www.botany.one
How do centuries of land use shape today’s forests? Diez et al show that historical deforestation in southern Germany still drives higher plant diversity and stronger community turnover today.
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PhD Mountain birch genetics and recovery in Scotland // University of Stirling
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Genetic diversity is key to resilience and adaptation yet remains poorly understood in Scottish upland birch.
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State of the art review - of interest to island palaeontologists and biogeographers --- The potential of sedimentary ancient DNA to increase our understanding of island ecosystem dynamics biogeography.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Warming and nitrogen together can drive stronger biodiversity loss than either factor alone. Ke et al found combined warming and nitrogen addition reduced plant diversity in semiarid grasslands, with soil moisture playing a key role.
Early postfire recovery can shape forests for decades. Lee et al show that regeneration after fire strongly determines 20-year successional trajectories in Korean pine forests, influencing whether stands shift toward oak dominance or retain pine.
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Die DUH hat wieder eine toll bebilderte Info zur naturnahen Beweidung herausgegeben, diesmal mit Vorstellung von 3 wegweisenden Projekten in Feuchtgebieten, ihrer Genese und den beteiligten Akteuren:
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PhD Project - Mountain birch genetics and recovery in Scotland at University of Stirling, listed on FindAPhD.com
Dynamics of tropical forest usually means forest area decline.For restoration it is important to study cases where forest regain areas of abandoned land.This is a process more complicated than it might seem, and it is studied in a new thesis from Uppsala Univ. by Laura Moro
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Recent advances in sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) are transforming palaeoecological research and offer new opportunities to study biodiversity change on islands. We assess the potential of sedaDNA ...
Pollinator resources may be declining even in high-latitude grasslands. Kapfer et al found fewer nectar- and pollen-producing plants in Norwegian grasslands over a 7–10 year period, alongside vegetation shifts linked to wetter and shadier conditions.
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Journal of Vegetation & Applied Vegetation Science
Journal of Vegetation & Applied Vegetation Science
Journal of Vegetation & Applied Vegetation Science
Our new study, led by Xiao-Peng Tan, maps the distribution of plant strategies across European grasslands and projects how current patterns will be affected by ongoing climate change.
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