Carrying capacity is the idea that a given ecological niche can only support so many of a species within its geographical area. The number of California sea lions in certain areas of their habitat is ...

• Plant–soil feedbacks (PSFs) and plant–plant competition influence performance and abundance of plants. To what extent the two biotic interactions are interrelated and thus affect plant performance ...

In flowering plants, pollen-tube density and pollen-donor diversity should influence the likelihood of sexual selection in the arena of the recipient pistil. We propose high pollen-tube density as a ...

Plants do not suffer in silence. Instead, when thirsty or stressed, plants make “airborne sounds,” according to a study published today in Cell. Plants that need water or have recently had their stems ...

Mushrooms are more closely related to animals than plants, said Matt Kasson, an associate professor of mycology at West Virginia University. The first hypotheses about the relationship between fungi ...

MUSKEGON, MI - A “micro forest” growing in an urban area is creating a shady competition between plants, encouraging them to grow at a faster rate. The Marquette Micro Forest, located on Marquette ...

Few living things seem to have less in common than plants and animals, but that assumption is being increasingly challenged. Evolution, and the ways in which the kingdom of plants and the kingdom of ...

The IAEA is inviting students and early career professionals in fields relating to the operation of nuclear power plants to take part in its competition for innovative and original data visualizations ...