Epigenetic variations are involved in the control of plant developmental processes and
participate in shaping phenotypic plasticity to the environment. Intense breeding has eroded …

… Other phenotypic traits are measured manually with more or less invasive technologies such
as plant gas exchange, microscopic observations or cellular analyses by flow cytometry (d). …

In its simplest definition, a trait is a surrogate of organismal performance, and this meaning
of the term has been used by evolutionists for a long time. Over the last three decades, …

… (B and D) Predicted relative abundance of each species, obtained by maximizing the … (A)
and (B) show relative abundances on an arithmetic scale and (C) and (D) show the same data …

… net primary productivity ANPP gm −2 d −1 Specific above-ground net primary productivity
SANPP g kg −1 d −1 Litter decay rate of native vegetation in the field K nat -field g kg −1 d −1 …

… Promoter activity was visualized through histochemical GUS staining on 10-d-old seedlings
(a), young leaf of a 3-week-old plant (b), transverse section of the stem (S), secondary …

… Leaves were then oven-dried at 60 C for at least 2 d, and their dry mass was determined.
From these measurements, mean values of LDMC, SLA and LT were calculated. …

A growing consensus is developing that the impact of species on ecosystem properties is
mediated, at least partially, by the traits of their component species. A previous study …

… The duration (d) of rosette expansion was estimated as the … was counted every 2–3 d to
determine the phyllochron (d), that is, … 2b,d), which occurred, on average, 5.5 and 12.5 d later in …

… where d is the number of days after stage 1.02, a is the maximum vegetative leaf number, d
0 … , we used an estimate of leaf production duration (days) as d 0 − b ln(0.05/0.95), that is the …