It is early May and many landscapes in eastern Spain are ready to #burn ... as it was summer

Many non-resprouter species are pretty dry, with dead biomass (eg #Ulex parviflorus dominant in the pictures below); they cannot avoid #dehydratation as #resprouters do (https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13644)

@ecology @plants @botany @wildfirescience @plantscience #ecology #flammability

In the stable #Ulex parviflorus & #Apis melifera #pollination system, stabilizing #selection & low #heritability in #flower #traits are current limiting #floral #evolution, yet maintain enough heritable variation for responding to possible novel selection pressures

Quantitative genetic analysis of floral traits shows current limits but potential evolution in the wild By @cala_castellanos et al.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0141

#SussexLifeSci + #UPV #CIDEinvestiga #FloralEvolution #ecology

Gorse/whin in flower against blue skies January in Northern Ireland!
#florespondence #naturephotography #WildflowerHour #botany #ulex #fabaceae

The #Ulex Open Source Community just released Ulex V 1.2!! It includes procedural changes, new appellate rules, removes governmental immunity, and adds a "a wrongful death and survival act--necessary to ensure that tort claims do not expire with their victims". Check it out on the Ulex Open Source Git Hub
https://github.com/ulex-opensource/Ulex/pull/8/commits/5f5f48e26b943c48fd6bc8dee3518b7b69475265