Tag: ecosystem resilience
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Plants for Ecosystem Resilience
Ecological Function #4 Plants as Contributors to Ecosystem Resilience: Phenotypic plasticity and acclimation – Because environmental conditions change all the time, species have mechanisms for constantly adjusting their biochemistry, physiology, and growth/development – a phenomenon known as homeostasis. Plant scientists describe some of these adjustments as “phenotypic plasticity” (involving gene expression adjustments) and “acclimation” (involving…
