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Drivers of phenological transitions in the seedling life stage
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Plant functional ecology research has primarily focused on juvenile and adult plants even though regeneration from seed can be the most consequential life‐history bottleneck with cascading influence on later stages of growth and reproduction.
Mandy L. Slate +10 more
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Geology, Ecology, and LandscapesGrasslands in the Kumaun Himalayan region, formed largely due to degradation of forests by natural and anthropogenic disturbances, are ecologically significant but poorly studied in terms of dry matter dynamics and net primary productivity.
Archana Fartyal +2 more
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Emergent ecosystem properties, such as population and trait distributions, biodiversity and energy and water fluxes, occur because of the dynamic interactions of individuals in their environment.
Sarah J. Graves +8 more
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Seed dormancy explains plant response to mass mortality events
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Mass mortality events (MMEs) are large‐scale, rapid die‐offs resulting in extreme inputs of carrion biomass. Recent work demonstrates the effects of increasing carrion biomass on plant communities modulated by vertebrate scavengers and herbivores.
David S. Mason +5 more
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The stoichiometric imbalance caused by nitrogen (N) deposition typically exacerbates phosphorus (P) limitation in plants. However, it remains unclear whether this effect extends to soil microbes, particularly those in the rhizosphere.
Jipeng Wang +5 more
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Plant-soil feedbacks and competitive interactions between invasive Bromus diandrus and native forb species [PDF]
, 2015 Allen, Edith B, Hilbig, Bridget E
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USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: Aboveground biomass v1
The most important ecosystem service from agriculture is the provision of food, fiber, feed, and fuel. These outputs from the system are almost always a function of the amount of biomass accumulated above the soil surface (except with root crops). Measuring the aboveground biomass is necessary for determining the amount of plant material allocated to ...
Brook Wilke +2 more
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Aboveground biomass and carbon stocks in subtropical forests
Ecological IndicatorsQuantifying plant biomass in native forests is essential to understanding ecosystem health, primary productivity, biodiversity, and the carbon cycle, contributing to climate regulation. Therefore, the objective of this study was to establish biomass estimators and quantify biomass and carbon stocks in subtropical forests in Brazil.
Hiago Adamosky Machado +10 more
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Annals of Applied Biology, EarlyView.A short‐term flood, implemented in a field experiment with sprinkler irrigation in maize production systems, increased soil moisture levels and reduced autoclaved citrate extractable protein, an indicator of soil biological health that reflects organically bound soil nitrogen, and also corresponded to greater differential abundance of soil bacterial ...
Katherine Naasko +7 more
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Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.We assessed the effect of the type of soil texture (loamy sand and sandy loam) and its physical properties on dung beetle species assemblages in a pastureland region of the Brazilian Cerrado. We found a reduction in the total and paracoprid beetle abundances in loamy sand soil. Furthermore, the increase of soil compaction negatively affected the entire
César Murilo de Albuquerque Correa +4 more
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