Differences in water-acquisition strategies of tree root systems can determine the capacity to survive under severe drought. We evaluate the effects of field water shortage on early survival, growth and root morphological ...

Mistletoes are parasitic plants that penetrate the host branches through a modified root and connect to their xylem to acquire nutrients and water. Under mistletoe infection, resources that would otherwise be used by the ...

In this study we assessed the water transport strategies and the abundance of alien and native tree species at a regional scale in Córdoba Mountains, Central Argentina. The aims of this study were: 1) to analyze whether ...

Along history, wild plants have been introduced into cultivation and domestic derivatives radically altered by this move due to changes in selection pressure: wild species are exposed to natural selection that operates to ...

Differences in key physiological characteristics between plant species can result in their contrasting performances in vegetation restoration projects, but ecophysiological comparative studies in close relation to ecological ...

Brachiaria are tolerant to low phosphorus (P) soils and may enhance P soil availability. The identification of mechanisms driving this effect is important. Our objective was to determine responses of palisade grass and ...

The treatment of wastewaters contaminated with oil is of great practical interest and it is fundamental in environmental issues. A relevant process, which has been studied on continuous treatment of contaminated water with ...