Large‐seeded species have long been known to have higher survivorship during establishment
than small‐seeded species. Here, we assessed the size of this advantage by compiling …

Whether the meme meme deserves to flourish depends in part on how well if can account for
itself. Adam Westoby's" The Ecology of Intentions" makes a fine double contribution to this …

A revised set of propositions about ecology in arid Australia is presented, based on research
literature since publication of Stafford Smith and Morton (1990). Fourteen propositions distil …

Retaining a reserve of buds or meristems for recovery from occasional damage is widespread
among plants. Yet possession of a bud bank is not ubiquitous. Presumably there are costs …

High-resolution topographic surveying is traditionally associated with high capital and logistical
costs, so that data acquisition is often passed on to specialist third party organisations. …

Plant traits – the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants and their organs – determine how primary producers respond to …

… Westoby M, Leishman MR and Lord JM 1996 Comparative ecology of seed size and
seed dispersal. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 351, 1309–1318. …

Ecological theory has formulated the objective of feeding strategies as to maximize the capture
rate of some nutrient. But large generalist herbivores typically face a limit on how much …

Seed mass is correlated with a number of other plant traits, including dispersal mode, growth
form and specific leaf area. Specific leaf area is the main determinant of potential relative …

On 7 February 2021, a catastrophic mass flow descended the Ronti Gad, Rishiganga, and
Dhauliganga valleys in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India, causing widespread devastation and …