IDENTIFYING KENTUCKY'S TREES
An excellent resource for learning to identify the trees and shrubs of Kentucky's unique and diverse forests.
UNDERSTANDING PLASTICITY
Your upcoming plant ecology lab will address the concept of plasticity, an organism's ability to express a trait differently under different environmental conditions. Although plasticity may appear to be a relatively simple idea at face value, don't be fooled! For a deeper explanation and illustrative examples, check out the following book chapter from Phenotypic plasticity of insects: Mechanisms and consequences:
What is phenotypic plasticity and why is it important?
by D.W. Whitman and A.A. Agrawal.