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#microhabitat — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #microhabitat, aggregated by home.social.

  1. #Sundews' secret to survival: Study reveals how #CarnivorousPlants adapt to #microhabitat challenges phys.org/news/2025-01-sundews- paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wile

    "they alter the density of their leaf tentacles and the uptake of nitrogen from prey to thrive in different #microhabitats, such as mounds and hollows, within #peatland #ecosystems... #plants invest more in carnivorous traits, when nutrients from the #soil are limited and light availability is high"

  2. My photo from 2019 shows a #treetrunk in the #Berlin #winter, which has not fallen off all its dried #autumnleaves. In autumn, many #deciduous #trees cork the xylem connections of their leaves so that they do not evaporate more water than the tree can absorb through its roots. The #withered #fallenleaves serve as a #microhabitat for specialized #decomposing #soilorganisms. If old leaves remain on the tree, the organisms there will begin #decomposition processes.

    © #StefanFWirth Berlin 2019/2024