Two lookalike trees may share your yard but only one's a menace. Learn how to spot the differences between an invasive ...

• The ability to tolerate neighboring plants (i.e. degree of competitive response) is a key determinant of plant success in high-competition environments. Plant genotypes adjust their functional trait ...

Tropical forests have been rapidly converted into human-modified landscapes but the effects of such conversion on community spatial organization have been rarely addressed. In this paper, we examine ...

A professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Botany and director of the Global Vegetation Project recently received ...

Using data from the US Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis as well as the Xylem Functional Trait Database, researchers developed trait maps based on tree species abundance and distribution in ...

The study of genetic variation and growth traits in tree species is crucial for understanding the mechanisms that underpin forest productivity, resilience and adaptation. Recent advances in molecular ...

Messy fruit and seed pods make for a lot of work. One tree with beautiful flowers is a bit less labor intensive.

Forests have been benefiting humanity since long before the health benefits of forest bathing were discovered. They are major ...

We all must play the game of life with the cards we're dealt, so the common aphorism goes. In biology, this means organisms must compete through natural selection with the genes and anatomy they were ...