Lily Dun, Western Sydney University in New South Wales, Australia, and The University of Queensland in Queensland, Australia, discusses her article: Do trait-growth relationships vary with plant age in fire-prone heathland shrubs? When we think about plant growth, we often assume that certain functional traits—such as wood density, leaf structure, or biomass allocation—determine how fast…

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29.04.2025

Tundra Fires: A Long-Lasting Legacy and Uncertain Future |

Ramona Heim, Institute of Landscape Ecology of the University of Münster in Germany, discusses her article: Arctic tundra ecosystems under fire – Alternative ecosystem states in a changing climate? One of the 4 tundra fires that burned at the Kougarok Fire Complex in western Alaska on the Seward Peninsula from 2000-2019. The Mingvk Lake fire (BLM…

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06.05.2025

Shaded habitats drive higher rates of fern diversification |

Guilin Wu, Hainan Jianfengling Forest Ecosystem National Field Science Observation and Research Station, Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, discusses his article: Shaded habitats drive higher rates of fern diversification Ferns represent one of the three major lineages of vascular plants, having originated approximately 411–385 million years ago. In prehistoric times, they…

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08.05.2025

Solving the loss of divarication debate on New Zealand’s outlying islands |

Riccardo Ciarle, Victoria University of Wellington in Aotearoa New Zealand, discusses his article: Ancestral state reconstruction sheds new light on the loss of divarication hypothesis on New Zealand’s outlying islands The background If you step into the New Zealand bush, the first thing you’ll see will be towering podocarps, lofty tree ferns, and a wide…

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Do trait-growth relationships change as plants age? An Australian heathland perspective |

Tundra Fires: A Long-Lasting Legacy and Uncertain Future |

Shaded habitats drive higher rates of fern diversification |

Solving the loss of divarication debate on New Zealand’s outlying islands |

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