Can variation in the essential oil yield of juniper be explained by a trade off between growth, defence and reproduction?

What are the mechanisms driving speciation and adaptative evolution in Saussurea, a highly diverse genus of alpine herbaceous plants?

Within the Bauhinia genus is there a trade off between stem strength and hydraulic efficiency?

Can changes in ploidy level explain why certain Arctic and alpine species are able to survive at lower latitudes and elevations?

Can a split pot design provide insights into belowground competition between neighbouring plants?

The new section of the open-access non-profit journal AoBP will focus on molecular functioning of plants in their natural environment.

Can soil seed banks contribute to the success of invasive plant species?

How do the architecture and spatial arrangement of shrubs impact understory species in a Canadian savannah ecosystem?

Clonal reproduction is a desirable trait to possess as an invasive plant and has helped Praxelis clematidea to become highly invasive around the world.

Jin et al. use molecular analyses and morphological examination to understand the evolutionary divergence and establishment patterns of a Korean endemic shrub.

Is within vine variability in fruit quality the result of xylem sectoring in Californian grapevines?

Can new genomics approaches be used to assess and understand intraspecific diversity across large geographic distributions?