Genetic and Morphological Variation in Tropical and Temperate Plant Species 

 - Basel, Switzerland  MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute  2020 
 - 1 online resource (300 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> Plants provide the foundation for the structure and function, as well as interactions, among organisms in both tropical and temperate zone habitats. To date, many investigations have revealed patterns and mechanisms generating plant diversity at various scales and from diverse ecological perspectives. However, in the era of climate change, anthropogenic disturbance, and rapid urbanization, new insights are needed to understand how plant species in these forest habitats are changing and adapting. Investigations of plants in both little-disturbed, more natural environments, as well as in urban areas in which crucial green infrastructure is ever more important for sustaining complex human societies are needed. This Special Issue of Forests will focus on plant variation from the perspectives of morphology, genetics, and function, especially plant interactions with biotic and abiotic factors. Research articles may address any aspect of plant evolution and community phylogenetics (explorations of patterns and mechanisms from diverse organismal levels, e.g., molecular, population, species, community, landscape, and ecosystem), plant functional traits (e.g., nutrient traits of leaf, stem, root; reproductive traits of flower, fruit, seed), and/or responses of plant species to changing environments (e.g., water, atmosphere, soil, human activities). Studies providing quantitative evaluation or description of interactions of plants with animals and microbes, both in natural and urban environments, including terrestrial and aquatic systems, are also welcome. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783039367566 9783039367573 books978-3-03936-757-3 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.3390/books978-3-03936-757-3  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biology, life sciences<br/>Forestry & related industries<br/>Research & information: general
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>abiotic stresses Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr. allometry anatomy antenna protein artificial selection autumn leaf senescence birch breeding population bulked segregant analysis carry-over effect chlorophyll fluorescence climate change co-expression conservation conserved domains creeping trait cumulative logistic regression cytochrome p450 Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen DEGs DNA barcoding drought early selection edible forest product endophytes EST-SSR marker Eucalyptus expression profiles flowering flushing forest biodiversity forest biology forest management gas exchange gene structures genetic differentiation genetic diversity genetic variation glycotransferases graft union grafting growth trait Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium hawthorn HbMad-box genes heat shock factor gene Hevea brasiliensis Müll. Arg. introgression hybrid Lagerstroemia species leafing out lime application macro-fungi mangroves medicinal plants memory metabolic pathway microbial community microsatellite locus microsatellite marker miRNA molecular identification moso bamboo non-local populations non-timber forest products (NTFPs) nutrition oil tea Pan-Pearl River Delta pathogen pecan pedunculate oak phenological shift phenology phosphate solubilizing bacteria photosynthesis phylogenetic relation Pinus massoniana plant architecture plant traits plant-environment interactions plant-microbe interaction pollen viability Polygonatum multiflorum Polygonatum odoratum polyploidy population structure protandry (PA) protogyny (PG) provenance trial reproduction RNA sequencing rosewood seed success senescence sequencing shape shoot simple sequence repeat markers simple sequence repeats species identification stress stress treatments transcription factors transcriptome transcriptome assembly transcripts understory removal urbanization variance analysis yellow-green leaf mutant