Tag: 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…
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Focusing on Ecological Functions
Principle #2: Provide food, shelter, and breeding sites for insects and birds by planting biodiverse clusters of perennials, shrubs, and trees in refugia gardens that interconnect. Important Ecological FunctionsClick on each link for more details about each ecological function. Food: Because of their ability to capture sunlight energy and use it to “fix” carbon, plants…
