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Nurse species and indirect facilitation through grazing drive plant community functional traits in tropical alpine peatlands [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2017
AbstractFacilitation among plants mediated by grazers occurs when an unpalatable plant extends its protection against grazing to another plant. This type of indirect facilitation impacts species coexistence and ecosystem functioning in a large array of ecosystems worldwide.
Danet, Alain, Kéfi, Sonia, Meneses, Rosa I., Anthelme, Fabien   +3 more
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Relation between methanogenic archaea and methane production potential in selected natural wetland ecosystems across China [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2011
Methane (CH₄) emissions from natural wetland ecosystems exhibit large spatial variability at regional, national, and global levels related to temperature, water table, plant type and methanogenic archaea etc.
D. Y. Liu, W. X. Ding, Z. J. Jia, Z. C. Cai   +3 more
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Subsidence in Qinghai—Tibet Plateau Peatlands Driven by Drainage Disturbance and Climatic Variability

Geosciences
Peatlands are globally important carbon sinks, yet these are increasingly threatened by climate change and human disturbances. Among degradation indicators, surface subsidence is gradual and challenging to monitor, particularly in alpine peatlands.
Enpeng Tian, Zhenshan Xue, Yanfeng Wu, Kaishan Song, Ruxu Li, Rongyang Zhang   +5 more
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Sphagnum physiology in the context of changing climate: emergent influences of genomics, modelling and host-microbiome interactions on understanding ecosystem function. [PDF]

, 2014
Peatlands harbour more than one-third of terrestrial carbon leading to the argument that the bryophytes, as major components of peatland ecosystems, store more organic carbon in soils than any other collective plant taxa. Plants of the genus Sphagnum are
Gu, Lianhong, Muchero, Wellington, Schmutz, Jeremy, Shaw, A Jonathan, Timm, Collin M, Tuskan, Gerald A, Walker, Anthony P, Warren, Jeffrey M, Weston, David J, Wullschleger, Stan D   +9 more
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Multidimensional diversity of bird communities across spatial variation of land cover in Zoige on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Avian Research, 2021
Background Spatial variation of land cover can result in the changes of community similarities and biotic homogenization, whereby the increasing similarity would reduce the adaptive capacity of biotic assemblages to further disturbance, and degenerate ...
Aichun Xu, Maojun Zhong, Ke Tang, Xiaoyi Wang, Chen Yang, Haigen Xu, Jianfeng Yi, Wei Liu, Chunlan Zhang, Junhua Hu   +9 more
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Floristic variation in Sphagnum-dominated peatland communities of the Central Highlands, Victoria [PDF]

, 2013
The floristic composition of Sphagnum-dominated peatlands in the Central Highlands region of Victoria was surveyed (37º 25´ S; 145º 50´ E). NMDS ordination and cluster analysis divided the peatland sites into two broad groups with altitude being the most
Morgan, John W., Shannon, J.M.
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Peatland Initiation, Carbon Accumulation, and 2 ka Depth in the James Bay Lowland and Adjacent Regions [PDF]

, 2015
Copyright © 2014 University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine ResearchPeatlands surrounding Hudson and James Bays form the second largest peatland complex in the world and contain major stores of soil carbon (C).
Angela Gallego-Sala, Arlen-Pouliot Y., Asada T., Beaulieu-Audy V., Beilman D. W., Belyea L. R., Blaauw M., Blaauw M., Blodau C., Breeuwer A., Bridgham S. D., Brown J., Bunbury J., Carlson M., Charman D. J., Christen J. A., Clymo R. S., Clymo R. S., Davidson E. A., Dise N. B., Dredge L. A., Dyke A. S., Environment Canada, Eppinga M. B., Freeman C., Frolking S., Frolking S., Glaser P. H., Glen M. MacDonald, Gorham E., Gorham E., Gorham E., Halsey L. A., Harley P. C., Hijmans R. J., Hua Q., James R. Holmquist, Jeong S., Jia G. J., Jorgenson M. T., Kaplan J. O., Kaplan M. R., Kaufman D. S., Kuhry P., Kuhry P., Laiho R., Lajeunesse P., Loisel J., Loisel J., Lévesque P. E. M., MacDonald G. M., Makila M., Moore T. R., Murray K. J., O'Reilly B., Olsson I. U., Ovenden L., Pachauri R. K., Payette S., Prentice I. C., R Development Core Team, Reimer P. J., Riley J. L., Riley J. L., Roulet N. T., Roulet N. T., Sannel A. B. K, Tarnocai C., Tarnocai C., Turetsky M., Turetsky M. R., Turunen J., van Bellen S., van Breemen N., Vitt D. H., Vitt D. H., Waddington J. M., Wania R., Wania R., Webber P. J., Yu Z.   +80 more
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Assessing habitat suitability for black grouse broods at the bioregional scale

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
The black grouse Lyrurus tetrix, a galliform species emblematic of the European Alps, is currently threatened by habitat change, particularly given the closure of heathland linked to the rising tree line at higher altitudes. The presence of heathlands in good ecological condition is, however, imperative for the species' reproduction.
Alexandre T. M. Defossez, Samuel Alleaume, Marc Montadert, Josselin Giffard‐Carlet, Dino Ienco, Nadia Guiffant, Sandra Luque   +6 more
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Understanding barriers to upscaling ecosystem restoration: evidence from restoration projects

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
International policy efforts championing ecosystem restoration are underway in response to human‐induced ecosystem degradation. At the national scale, Norway is attempting to integrate restoration as a key policy target into its environmental governance and policy frameworks.
Thomas E. Sutcliffe, Berit Junker‐Köhler, Astrid B. Skrindo, Line E. Sundt‐Hansen, Håkon Stokland, Vebjørn K. Opsanger, Dagmar Hagen   +6 more
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Integrating ecological feedbacks across scales and levels of organization

Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 5, May 2026.
In ecosystems, species interact in various ways with other species, and with their local environment. In addition, ecosystems are coupled in space by diverse types of flows. From these links connecting different ecological entities can emerge circular pathways of indirect effects: feedback loops.
Benoît Pichon, Sonia Kéfi, Nicolas Loeuille, Ismaël Lajaaiti, Isabelle Gounand   +4 more
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