Ars comparandi: “molecular convergence” versus “functional homology”
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DOI: 10.1007/s00709-018-1301-6
Abstract: Physicists measure—biologists compare. This statement is of course oversimplified, but describes a principal difference between the two sciences (ignoring the fact that also measuring is a kind of comparison, because objects or phenomena are compared… read more here.
Keywords: ars comparandi; homology; life form; life ... See more keywords
Viruses as a survival strategy in the armory of life.
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DOI: 10.1007/s40656-019-0287-5
Abstract: Viruses have generally been thought of as infectious agents. New data on mimivirus, however, suggests a reinterpretation of this thought. Earth's biosphere seems to contain many more viruses than previously thought and they are relevant… read more here.
Keywords: viruses survival; survival strategy; life forms; strategy ... See more keywords
The root structures of 21 aquatic plants in a macrophyte-dominated lake in China
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DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtx018
Abstract: Aims Aquatic plants play an important role in freshwater ecosystems. Previous works have largely focused on the functional significance of plant above ground parts, with much less attention on the root structures of aquatic plants.… read more here.
Keywords: aquatic plants; macrophyte dominated; root structures; life forms ... See more keywords
Catalan ethnoflora: a meta-analytic approach to life forms and geographic territories
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DOI: 10.1186/s13002-020-00424-x
Abstract: Background Catalonia (in the north east of the Iberian Peninsula) is among the most prospected territories in Europe, from the ethnobotanical point of view. The aim of the present paper is to undertake a global… read more here.
Keywords: ethnoflora meta; forms geographic; approach; life ... See more keywords
Ecological Significance of Life Forms of Plant Species of Floristic Complexes of the Ketpen Range
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DOI: 10.12911/22998993/164751
Abstract: The article provides an analysis of life forms of 9 floristic complexes of the Ketpen ridge on the basis of many years of research materials, where life forms were studied in each floristic complex according… read more here.
Keywords: life forms; life; analysis; complexes ketpen ... See more keywords
Artificial life and ‘nature’s purposes’: The question of behavioral autonomy
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DOI: 10.1515/humaff-2020-0052
Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates the concept of behavioral autonomy in Artificial Life by drawing a parallel to the use of teleological notions in the study of biological life. Contrary to one of the leading assumptions… read more here.
Keywords: artificial life; autonomy artificial; life; life forms ... See more keywords
Genome Size of Life Forms of Araceae—A New Piece in the C-Value Puzzle
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DOI: 10.3390/plants11030334
Abstract: The genome size of an organism is an important trait that has predictive values applicable to various scientific fields, including ecology. The main source of plant C-values is the Plant DNA C-values database of the… read more here.
Keywords: life forms; size life; life; value ... See more keywords
Climatic Factors Determine the Distribution Patterns of Leaf Nutrient Traits at Large Scales
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DOI: 10.3390/plants11162171
Abstract: Leaf nutrient content and its stoichiometric relationships (N/P ratio) are essential for photosynthesis and plant growth and development. Previous studies on leaf nutrient-related functional traits have mainly focused on the species level and regional scale,… read more here.
Keywords: life forms; patterns leaf; nutrient traits; leaf nutrient ... See more keywords
The Variations of Leaf δ13C and Its Response to Environmental Changes of Arbuscular and Ectomycorrhizal Plants Depend on Life Forms
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DOI: 10.3390/plants11233236
Abstract: Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) and ectomycorrhiza (ECM) are the two most common mycorrhizal types and are paid the most attention to, playing a vital common but differentiated function in terrestrial ecosystems. The leaf carbon isotope ratio… read more here.
Keywords: life forms; leaf 13c; ecm plants; 13c ecm ... See more keywords