A leaf may appear to be one of the simplest structures in nature, thin, delicate and easily overlooked. At first glance, it ...

A new study shows that lipid droplets in the leaves contain plant proteins such as different myosin binding proteins involved in intracellular movement, and several enzymes responsible for ...

When looking at forests, we hardly get to see beyond a bunch of green. However, for a plant ecologist, forests represent a much more complex world consisting of different species. This diversity of ...

Lidar remote sensing has shown high accuracy/precision for quantification of forest biophysical parameters needed for ecological management. Although the significant effect of Bidirectional Scattering ...

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AN elaborate study on the above subject has lately been published by Prof. J. Boussingault, of Paris, in the Annales de Chimie et de Physique (vol. xiii. pp. 289-394); in which the phenomena of ...