The order of flowers and leaves matters more than we thought

Xingli Xia and Jianyang Xia, East China Normal University, discuss their article: Flower-leaf sequence shapes plant phenological sensitivity to warming Every spring, we witness nature’s awakening as flowers bloom and leaves unfold. But have you ever noticed that some plants burst into bloom before their leaves appear, while others do the opposite? This seemingly simple…

Pollination mode predicts phenological response to climate change

An interesting paper was published recently in the journal in volume 100:5 titled “Pollination mode predicts phenological response to climate change in terrestrial orchids: a case study from central Europe“.  Read the abstract here. The problem they addressed essentially was asking what traits may predict phenological response to climate change.  They studied a set of about…