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Sharing the light, impact of solar parks on plant productivity, soil microbes and soil organic matter

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Solar parks enable renewable energy production at a large scale, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, the effects of this change in land use on vegetation and soil health are still largely unknown. In this study, we determined the impacts of solar parks on vegetation, soil biota and soil carbon between and below solar panels.
Luuk Scholten, Ron G. M. de Goede, Anna Edlinger, Bas B. Van Aken, Gerlinde B. De Deyn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Degrees of convergent evolution in rodent adaptations to arid environments. [PDF]

Genome Res
Chalopin D, Rey C, Ganofsky J, Blin J, Chevret P, Mouginot M, Guéguen L, Boussau B, Pantalacci S, Sémon M.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Herbarium digitisation sheds light on historical distribution and drivers of population extinction of a peat bog specialist

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Biodiversity loss threatens ecosystem services and human well‐being. Understanding the extent and causes of changes in biodiversity over time can help protect species and their habitats. Herbaria house carefully documented and curated specimens collected by generations of botanists.
Gabriel F. Ulrich, Alessia Guggisberg, Loïc Pellissier, Martin C. Fischer, Alex Widmer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydraulic Safety Mechanisms Override Traditional Wood Economics in Hyper-Arid Environments. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Rios RS, Silva Rojas B, Carvajal DE, Loayza AP.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Leveraging machine learning and citizen science data to describe flowering phenology across South Africa

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Recent shifts in flowering times are an index of, and a response to, human driven climate change. However, most information on these flowering changes is heavily skewed to the northern hemisphere. This imbalance limits our understanding of how climate change is affecting ecosystems, including the mismatches of flowering times between species, increased
Ross D. Stewart, Nicholas W. Bard, Michelle van der Bank, T. Jonathan Davies   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating whole-genome resequencing data reveals adaptive selection signatures in sheep populations under extreme environments. [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Pang Z, Yang P, Cai K, Wang W, Afe AE, Pan Y, Qiao L, Liu W.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Controlling banana bunchy top disease in Benin: Crop protection strategies with socio‐economic perspectives

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Banana and plantain are vital for food security and income in West Africa, yet banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) threatens production. This study combined remote sensing, field surveys, modelling and socio‐economic analysis to assess BBTV spread and control strategies in Benin.
Renata Retkute, Martine Zandjanakou‐Tachin, Bonaventure Aman Omondi, Ulrich Roland Agoi, Yaovi Marc Vodounou, Hermine Akofodji, Evrard Akpla, Laurence Dossou, Emiline Médénou, Alban Etchiha, Alphonse Attadéou, P. Lava Kumar, John E. Thomas, Christopher A. Gilligan   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intraspecific variation in stomatal architecture, gas exchange, and drought response of a dominant prairie grass sourced from broad climatic gradients. [PDF]

Am J Bot
Sytsma J, Ricker A, Winters H, Maricle B, Patterson R, Fogarty K, Johnson L.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Contaminants of emerging concern in agricultural soils: Current understanding, overlooked issues, and future priorities

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in agriculture represent a growing global challenge for food safety and public health. In this review, we synthesized evidence on how substances such as pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) enter soils, accumulate in crops, and affect ecological and human health. We found
Laura J. Carter, Evyatar Ben Mordechay, Benny Chefetz, Zeyou Chen, Xinyi Cui, Jay Gan, Hui Li, Audrey Moores, Xiaoyu Gao   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic structure and functional trait variation are decoupled across the Atacama-Patagonia arid gradient in the Chilean wineberry. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Cordero S, Carvallo GO, Coronado T, Rosas MR, Romeiro-Brito M, Majure LC, Saldaña A, Villalobos-Barrantes HM, Guerrero PC.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source