Climate change is a serious ongoing problem and understanding how plant species respond to these changes is crucial for planning agricultural and conservation efforts. Specific leaf area (SLA), a proxy for investment and ...

Climate change is an ongoing problem that is predicted to continue impacting ecosystems around the world. It is important to understand how plants will respond to novel climatic conditions, either by migration (moving to ...

Climate factors, such as temperature and rainfall, affect both leaf investment (specific leaf area; SLA) and plant height. Previous research has found evidence of relationships between traits and environmental factors, ...

It is well established that climate change causes yearly shifts in environmental conditions, but the effects of this variability on plant life are not yet widely understood. It is important to investigate these impacts for ...

For early spring wildflowers in Wisconsin, global climate change may lead to warmer, drier climates with more day-to-day variability, which in turn can impact flower and pollinator phenology, plant-pollinator network ...