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Host plant use is driven by microclimate not nutritional quality in a grassland butterfly

Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 690-702, August 2026.
Small Copper butterflies (Lycaena phlaeas) choose to lay eggs on host plants growing in warmer microclimates, despite lower nitrogen content. Bare ground created by European Moles increases host plant temperatures and weakens the negative relationship between nitrogen content and microclimatic warmth.
William B. V. Langdon, Richard Fox, Owen T. Lewis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vegetation degradation dominates over elevation in structuring fungal communities in alpine meadows. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Zhu N, Li K, Gao J, Wei B, Zhao L, Liu L, Jia S, Zhang L, Xu T, Li S, Wang Y, Wang X, Liu B, Liu Y.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Small Semi-Fossorial Herbivores Affect the Allocation of Above- and Below-Ground Plant Biomass in Alpine Meadows. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci, 2022
Wang Q, Pang XP, Guo ZG.
europepmc   +1 more source

Canopy Plants Safeguard the Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Diversity of Recruiting Plants Worldwide

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 8, August 2026.
We provide a global synthesis on how canopy plants shape both taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity during recruitment, the most climatically sensitive stage of the plant life cycle. Drawing from explicit plant–recruit interactions across 142 communities spanning ten biomes, our analysis reveals that canopy plants act as universal microrefugia.
G. Gleiser, J. M. Alcántara, J. Bascompte, J. L. Garrido, A. Montesinos‐Navarro, G. B. Paterno, A. Valiente‐Banuet, M. Verdú   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil Microbial Adaptation and Biogeochemical Feedback in Degraded Alpine Meadows of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Li B, Gesang Q, Sun Y, Wang Y, Nan J, Xu J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Variation in Soil Microbial Communities Along an Elevational Gradient in Alpine Meadows of the Qilian Mountains, China. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2021
Duan Y, Lian J, Wang L, Wang X, Luo Y, Wang W, Wu F, Zhao J, Ding Y, Ma J, Li Y, Li Y.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pollination Under Pressure: Grazing and Nutrient Enrichment Reshape Arctic Pollinator Communities and Interaction Networks

Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 8, August 2026.
Grazing exclusion reshaped Arctic flower‐visitor communities, increased plant‐pollinator interactions, and altered interaction networks, while nutrient enrichment had weaker, context‐dependent effects. Together the two drivers produced both independent and interactive effects, with tundra grasslands showing the greatest sensitivity to environmental ...
Nicolina Johanson, Martin Andrzejak, Harry Olde Venterink, Luísa G. Carvalheiro, Anu Eskelinen, Risto Virtanen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introduced Western Honeybees Dramatically Reduce the Abundance of Wild Bees in Alpine Meadows, Eastern Tibet Plateau. [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
An R, Sun S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Soil degradation influences soil bacterial and fungal community diversity in overgrazed alpine meadows of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2021
Dong L, Li J, Sun J, Yang C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Terrestrial Arthropod Responses to Arctic Cryosphere Degradation

Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 8, August 2026.
Changes in Arctic snow and ice are impacting terrestrial arthropods—for example, thinner snowpacks alter phenological synchrony and soil fauna survival; thawing permafrost increases decomposition, and glacial ice loss leads to the disappearance of adapted specialists; sea ice decline will have many indirect impacts for arthropods.
Mark A. K. Gillespie, Toke T. Høye
wiley   +1 more source