Scope
Plant ecological development (‘eco-devo’) addresses how plants develop in their ‘real-world’ contexts in response to naturally occurring environmental variation - how development processes are affected at the mechanistic level, how phenotypic expression varies in alternative conditions, and the consequences of these responses for ecological and evolutionary processes in natural populations. Given the breadth of issues this research area covers it is not surprising that ‘eco-devo’ is emerging into a major inter-disciplinary field. The 14th New Phytologist Symposium aims to support and advance this exciting area by bringing together researchers addressing the cellular and molecular mechanisms of environmental response and those working at the level of populations, communities, and ecosystems, with the shared goal of understanding phenotypic expression in its ecological context.
Abstract book
Download the 14th NPS abstract book
Unravelling phenotypic plasticity - why should we bother? by Anthony D. Bradshaw
Mind the gap: the emerging synthesis of plant 'eco-devo', a meeting report on the 14th New Phytologist Symposium by David Ackerly and Sonia Sultan
Organising committee
David Ackerly, University of California, Berkley, USA
Sonia Sultan, Wesleyan University, USA
Holly Slater, New Phytologist, Lancaster, UK