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Patterns and environmental drivers of root traits across hydrological gradients in old growth boreal forests

Oikos, EarlyView.
Many key ecosystem functions are affected by plant roots and their traits. However, understanding of the patterns in, and drivers of, root traits lags far behind equivalent knowledge of above‐ground tissues, particularly in boreal old growth forests. We surveyed community‐level root traits across 11 old growth forests spanning a wide latitudinal range ...
Naomi Vöhringer, Hanna Axén, Anders Ahlström, Gesche Blume‐Werry, Daniel B. Metcalfe   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of grazing and fire on herbaceous species in the Bolivian Altiplano [PDF]

, 2012
High mountain rangelands had been under human land use for millennia in most parts of the world. Traditional land care systems led to highly diverse and stable ecosystems.
Aguilar, Lita Beatriz Patty
core   +1 more source

Elevation‐dependent soil and plant responses to a decade of warming and species removal

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding how ecosystems retain or release carbon under warming is a critical challenge. Dominant plant species, which contribute the most biomass, can mediate ecosystem responses to warming by modifying microclimate and nutrient cycling. To investigate how warming and shifts in plant dominance interact to affect carbon and nutrient dynamics, we ...
Anna Wootton, Olivia K. Vought, Isabel E. Thornberry, Carol Adair, Karin Rand, Maxwell Landsman‐Gerjoi, Aimée T. Classen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep Learning Model Effectiveness in Forecasting Limited-Size Aboveground Vegetation Biomass Time Series: Kenyan Grasslands Case Study

Agronomy
Timely forecasting of aboveground vegetation biomass is crucial for effective management and ensuring food security. However, research on predicting aboveground biomass remains scarce.
Efrain Noa-Yarasca, Javier M. Osorio Leyton, Jay P. Angerer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vegetation, topography and snow melt at the Forest-Tundra Ecotone in arctic Europe: a study using synthetic aperture radar [PDF]

, 2003
This research was conducted as part of DART (Dynamic Response of the Forest-Tundra Ecotone to Environmental Change), a four year (1998-2002) European Commission funded international programme of research addressing the potential dynamic response of the ...
Dean, Andrew Mark
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Common‐garden experimental evaluation of phylogenetic and functional diversity as drivers of plant performance

Oikos, EarlyView.
Biodiversity is known to influence the performance of coexisting species and has been proposed as a management tool to enhance the resilience and functioning of plant communities under drought. However, experimental studies to disentangle the roles of phylogenetic and functional diversity as drivers of plant performance remain extremely scarce.
Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga, Laura Ortiz, Laura Rodríguez, Pablo Ferrandis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thresholds for sustainable regeneration in urban restoration plantings in Hamilton City, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2014
Urban forest patches have unique environmental and landscape characteristics which may influence the restoration of native plant communities. Urbanisation can lead to a drier and warmer climate, a prevalence of exotic seed sources and isolation from ...
Overdyck, Elizabeth
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Reindeer grazing induces spatial and functional shifts in root systems of boreal pine forests

Oikos, EarlyView.
The spatial distribution of roots, laterally and vertically, is critical for nutrient and water uptake and for driving root‐associated carbon inputs and turnover. Large herbivores, such as reindeer, influence ecosystems belowground by altering aboveground vegetation composition and soil microclimate.
Johannes Cunow, Femke Pijcke, Johan Olofsson, Maria Väisänen, Gesche Blume‐Werry   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The response of aboveground traits to prescribed burning: A global meta-analysis

Global Ecology and Conservation
Prescribed burning is recognized as an effective strategy for wildfire management, as it not only offers a means to diminish fuel load but also confers ecological benefits.
Zihan Zhang, Jia Xu, Wuchao Gao, Ying Liu, Jixiang Chen, Ting Song, Jiao Li, Chengming You, Hongwei Xu, Dongyu Cao, Xinglei Cui   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Study on the Evolution Characteristics and Driving Forces of Vegetation in Different Landscape Types of the Wetland Below the Yellow River Dam [PDF]

Zhengzhou Daxue xuebao. Gongxue ban
To understand the evolution of vegetation community characteristics and driving forces in different landscape types, the evolvement rule of the growth and diversity characteristics of vegetation communities in different landscape types of the Jili ...
DOU Ming, MI Qingbin, ZHANG Jianan, XU Linjun, DU Zongda, XU Weiwei   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source