Part I. Photoperiodism in plants and fungi -- Overview / David E. Somers -- Photoperiodic flowering in the long-day plant Arabidopsis thaliana / Joanna Putterill, Chiristine Stockum, and Guy Warman -- ...

(Phys.org)—A comprehensive study at the University of Oregon, using cutting-edge genetic tools, shows that temperate and polar species of animals may be much more resilient to rapid climate change ...

Climate change is predicted to promote species' range shifts and invasions from southern latitudes northwards. However, climate change does not affect the seasonal variation in day length. The length ...

Forecasts of species range shifts as a result of climate change are essential, because invasions by exotic species shape biodiversity and therefore ecosystem functions and services. Ecologists have ...

Dedicated at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center on October 21, 2015. For thousands of years, humankind has recognized that ...

Surprise! Today is National Poinsettia Day in the United States. During just a few short weeks in November and December, Americans will buy more than 35 million of the bright beauties. Sales figures ...

Have you ever heard the word Photoperiodism and, if so, do you know what it means? Photoperiodism is the effect of the relative length of daylight exposure upon the growth and flowering (reproduction) ...