Current Botanical Research

Instructions

Objective: There are so many current projects in the field of Botany; we are going to focus on one this week, and explore the research and impacts. We are also going to practice reading and understanding a journal article.

Assignment Instructions: You are to read one of the articles below in its entirety, and then address the questions found in the attachment.

Use your own words; do not use direct quotes unless the question specifically gives permission to do so. Where appropriate use formal APA citations within your answers and provide a full bibliography at the end of the document. You can type your answers directly into the attached document and submit for grading. Your should name your file: LastName_Assign2_Date.doc Your file must be a Word doc (or pdf of the doc) You are to be concise and clear in your explanations for each question. There should be no more than 1-2 paragraphs for essays, where required. Grading will follow these criteria Articles for this assignment:

Munitz, S., Netzer, Y., Shtein, I. and Schwartz, A. (2018). Water availability dynamics have long‐term effects on mature stem structure in Vitis vinifera. American Journal of Botany 105(9): 1443–1452.

Naoe, S., Masaki, T., and Sakai, S.. (2018). Effects of temporal variation in community‐level fruit abundance on seed dispersal by birds across woody species. American Journal of Botany 105(11): 1792–1801.