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Cover image for the Special Collection on Anthromes and terrestrial carbon. The background image is an aerial view of a terraced farming landscape.

Joint New Phytologist and Plants, People, Planet Special Collection: Anthromes and terrestrial carbon – from the deep past to net zero


Cover of New Phytologist volume 248, issue 3. Nectar collecting at the tip of the stigma in Agapetes lacei (Ericaceae).

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The cover of New Phytologist volume 248, issue 5. Photo of a Joshua tree (Yucca jaegeriana) at dawn in the Mojave Desert.

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