Tag Archives: 2017
EcolChange seminar – Andy Taylor about Scotland’s forgotten Kingdom
Joint Seminar of Department of Botany, Doctoral School of Earth Sciences and Ecology Centre of Excellence EcolChange Andy Taylor is fungal ecologist at the James Hutton Institute, Scotland. He visits Department of Botany as an opponent at PhD defence of … Continue reading
New paper published – Think globally, research locally: emerging opportunities for mycorrhizal research in South America
Text by Guillermo Bueno Two members of the plant ecology team led by Martin Zobel (Maarja Öpik and Guillermo Bueno) were invited as keynote speakers to a symposium on „Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in the Southern Cone of South America“ in Valdivia, … Continue reading
EcolChange seminar – Lauri Laanisto about intraspecific trait variability in plants
Seminar of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Lauri Laanisto is senior researcher of macroecology at Estonian University of Life Sciences Title of the talk: Intraspecific trait variability – what, why, and maybe even a little how Time: Thursday, … Continue reading
New paper published – Niche differentiation and expansion of plant species are associated with mycorrhizal symbiosis
Text by Maret Gerz Mycorrhizal symbiosis affects the realized niches of plant species Mechanisms of coexistence has fascinated ecologists for a long time and one of the proposed ways is minimizing competition by niche differentiation. According to this, to coexist, … Continue reading
New paper published – Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum
Text and graph by Tiina Tosens In the world-wide leaf economics spectrum (Wright et al. 2004, Nature) variability of three key traits: photosynthesis rate, leaf nitrogen content, and leaf dry mass per area of 2500 species (from study sites with … Continue reading
New paper published – Adaptive root foraging strategies along a boreal–temperate forest gradient
Text by Ivika Ostonen Fine roots are the principal organs for absorption of water and nutrients in soil, and their growth patterns control forest production and sustainability. In most boreal and temperate forest trees, the fine root nutrient acquisition is … Continue reading
New paper published – Dispersal limitation determines large-scale dark diversity in Central and Northern Europe
Text by Kersti Riibak The inability of many plant species to disperse to environmentally suitable sites after the Last Glacial Maximum limits plant diversity within Europe. Dispersal may also limit species occupancy of potentially suitable sites within their distribution ranges, … Continue reading
New paper published – Genetic consequences of landscape change for rare endemic plants–A case study of Rhinanthus osiliensis
Text by Tsipe Aavik Saaremaa yellow rattle (Rhinanthus osiliensis) is the only endemic species of the island of Saaremaa, Estonia. This rare insect-pollinated plant prefers to grow in calcareous spring fens, which are naturally relatively rare and have largely disappeared … Continue reading
New paper published – Disproportionate photosynthetic decline and inverse relationship between constitutive and induced volatile emissions upon feeding of Quercus robur leaves by large larvae of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)
Text by Lauri Laanisto Another paper by Ülo´s former postdoc Lucian, who does a lot of small experiments, where they measure all sorts of factors that could affect organic volatile emissions in plants. This time the focus is on the … Continue reading
