Stable carbon isotope ratios (δ13 C) of terrestrial plants are employed across a diverse
range of applications in environmental and plant sciences; however, the kind of information …

Abstract Background and Scope The growth of experimental studies of crassulacean acid
metabolism (CAM) in diverse plant clades, coupled with recent advances in molecular …

Epiphytes (plants which grow on other plants, not parasitically but for support), comprise
more than one-third of the total vascular flora in some tropical forests. Growing within tropical …

The Orchidaceae is a diverse and wide spread family of flowering plants that are of great
value in ornamental, medical, conservation, and evolutionary research. The broad diversity …

C 4 and CAM photosynthesis are evolutionarily derived from C 3 photosynthesis. The
morphological and biochemical modifications necessary to achieve either C 4 or CAM …

Background and Scope Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) as an ecophysiological
modification of photosynthetic carbon acquisition has been reviewed extensively before …

The current knowledge of the physiological ecology of vascular epiphytes is reviewed here
with an emphasis on the most recent literature. It is argued that by far the most relevant …

FUNCTIONAL magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) 1–3 was used to measure local
haemodynamic changes (reflecting electrical activity) in human visual cortex during …

Predictions about the impacts of climate change on tropical forests require information on
the relative vulnerabilities and roles of the biological components of these unusually …

For diverse communities of omnivorous insects such as ants, the extent of direct
consumption of plant-derived resources vs. predation is largely unknown. However …