adaptation – Biodiversity Revolution

It’s hotting up for plants

What does a warmer future mean for plants? Can plants adapt, or will they be driven to extinction? Read on

Plants have different shaped leaves to cope with different environmental conditions. But many plants change the shape of their leaves

As Charles Darwin noted, the physical differences between individuals of a species are important for their future survival and success (or not).

Many plants, and trees in particular, have been standing where they are today for 100s and even 1000s of years.

Details of recent research outputs from my group at the University of Adelaide can be found on our website https://lowelab.com A couple

Sunday was the anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s Origin of Species (first published on 24th November 1859 – you

Evolution is one of those concepts that’s simultaneously well-known and misunderstood: everyone’s heard the word, but most people are a

A guest post by Rohan Mellick Human-induced climate change is now affecting the evolution of all species worldwide. We are

The shape of leaves is a very important characteristic that helps plants cope with, and become more competitive in, different