Wilting flowers might not signal poor flower or plant health, but rather the effects of a sophisticated resource management strategy in plants, millions of years in the making.

Australian rainfall is highly variable and is strongly influenced by seasonal climate influences such as El Niño, La Niña, the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and the Southern Annular Mode (SAM). Despite ...

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