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Shrubs benefit from being functionally more conservative and distinct from neighbour trees

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Multi‐strata forests can enhance ecosystem functioning, with interactions between overstorey trees and understorey shrubs playing a pivotal role. However, how the structure and composition of neighbouring trees, together with shrub traits, influence shrub growth remains
Sai Peng, Chen Chen, Helge Bruelheide, Pablo Castro Sánchez‐Bermejo, Anpeng Cheng, Xianglu Deng, Sylvia Haider, Shan Li, Yi Li, Ting Tang, Yujie Xue, Haoru Yan, Bo Yang, Bernhard Schmid, Keping Ma, Xiaojuan Liu   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Allometric Approach to Fine-Mapping Subcortical Volume Alterations in RASopathies. [PDF]

eNeuro
McGhee-Deakin CA, Russo O, Plank JR, Green T.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Drought and soil macrofauna functional diversity effects on Mediterranean tree growth in an Ecotron ecosystem experiment

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The intensity, frequency and severity of drought events are projected to increase in the Mediterranean region under ongoing climate change. This may impact plant growth and survival in Mediterranean forests leading to altered ecosystem dynamics. The functional diversity
Justine Laoué, Alexandru Milcu, Johanne Nahmani, Sandra Barantal, Sylvain Coq, Nathalie Fromin, Emmanuel S. Gritti, Lenka Kovácsová, Stephan Hättenschwiler   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Branching hierarchy shapes branch-leaf allometry and trait coordination in mountain shrubs of Dongling Mountain, Beijing. [PDF]

AoB Plants
Li H, Zhong S, Jiang X, Zhang J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Volumetric Comparison of Overall Brain and Neuropil Size Between Social and Non‐social Spiders: Exploring the Social Brain Hypothesis

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Brain size may be influenced by the cognitive demands of sociality (social brain hypothesis). We used microCT to compare CNS and brain volumes in social versus solitary huntsman and crab spiders. Social huntsman spiders had larger arcuate and mushroom bodies, while social crab spiders had larger visual neuropils.
Vanessa Penna‐Gonçalves, Donald James Mclean, Nikolas J. Willmott, Michael B. J. Kelly, Jay R. Black, Elizabeth C. Lowe, Marie E. Herberstein   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving carbon stock estimates in plantation forestry: Site-specific allometric equations for Gmelina arborea in Ghana's Kwahu Highlands. [PDF]

PLoS One
Asare BW, Ansong M, Boadu KB, Owusu P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing the Presence, Pattern, and Environmental Correlates of Seasonal Skin Thickening in Anurans

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Histological sections, like that of the ventral pectoral skin of Lithobates pipiens, were measured to assess variation in skin thickness throughout the year in three North American anuran species. After correcting for individual body size, we test whether skin thickness changes throughout the year and which factors (environment or life history) explain
Collin S. VanBuren, Lily K. Bentley, David B. Norman, Nadia B. Fröbisch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Mean Temperature of the Coldest Season is the Main Factor Influencing the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Biomass in the Desert Shrubland of Western Inner Mongolia. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Li Z, Jiao R, Li Z, Liang C, Liu T, Liang W, Han Z, Li K, Zhang Y, Feng Y, Wang G.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Climatic–Anthropogenic Synergy Drives Escalating Minimum Area Requirements and Connectivity‐Protection Mismatch in a Karst‐Endemic Primate

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Climate change and anthropogenic activities drive antagonistic degradation of landscape connectivity for endangered François’ langur (1987–2024), causing 48.8% habitat loss, north‐south fragmentation, and centroid migration (1.2 km/yr). Despite protected areas buffering connectivity, static management fails dynamic priority habitats; we propose ...
Guangmei Yang, Heqin Cao, Tuo Shen, Jipeng Tian, Yixin Diao, Haijun Su   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biomass Allocation and Allometric Relationships Among Major Plant Formations in the Alpine Peat Swamp Wetlands of the Yellow River on the Gannon Plateau, Gansu Province, China. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Kang MP, Zhao CZ.
europepmc   +1 more source