Velocity gradients prove key to explaining large-scale magnetic field structure

All celestial bodies—planets, suns, even entire galaxies—produce magnetic fields, affecting such cosmic processes as the ...
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Axial Variation in Structural and Functional Traits: Advancing Our Understanding of Plant Hydraulic Plasticity

Understanding how trees respond to drought and climatic stress increasingly calls for close collaboration between experts in ...
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Functional trait variation along environmental gradients in temperate and Mediterranean trees

Aim: Characterizing the variation of functional traits in nature is a first step towards linking environmental changes to changes in ecosystem function. Here we aim to characterize the spatial ...
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Demographic fate of Arabidopsis thaliana cohorts of autumn- and spring-germinated plants along an altitudinal gradient

1. Understanding how plants respond and adapt to varying environmental conditions has attracted the attention of plant ecologists for decades. To study this process, altitudinal gradients are used ...