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Soil and microbial responses to wild ungulate trampling depend more on ecosystem type than trampling severity

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Physical trampling is a ubiquitous activity of walking vertebrates, but is poorly understood as a mechanism impacting biogeochemical cycling in soil. Lack of detailed knowledge of soil abiotic–biotic interactions underlying trampling effects, and the primary sources of ...
G. Adam Meyer, Shawn J. Leroux, Kathryn E. Hargan, Niels van Miltenburg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low‐nitrogen addition amplifies the positive effect of grazing exclusion on plant diversity and community stability

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Grazing exclusion is widely used for grassland restoration but often improves productivity slowly, whereas nitrogen (N) addition can rapidly boost productivity yet may erode plant diversity and community stability over the long term.
Chunping Zhang, Kang Yang, Zhifa Zang, Mengmeng Lu, Sihan Chen, Yuansheng Huang, Jiaxin Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aridity drives global convergence of desert microbiomes and biogeochemical activities

Leung PM, Bay SK, Wong WW, Jirapanjawat T, Archer SD, Beaman J, Cherif A, Chown SL, Cowan DA, Demergasso C, de los Ríos A, DiRuggiero J, Elberling B, Frey B, Gillor O, Graham DW, Gupta P, Hogg ID, Juottonen H, Kytöviita M, Makhalanyane T, Meredith LK, Nguyen-Dinh T, Priemé A, Ramond J, Siciliano SD, Tan GYA, Warren-Rhodes KA, Wieler N, Cook PL, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Greening C.   +31 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Aridity-induced structural and functional adaptations in Solanum surattense across dryland ecosystems. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Rafiq S, Iqbal U, Abid S, Sharif M, Wahab A, Kaleem M, Mansha M, Mehmood A, Sridhara S, Mahmoud EA, Almutairi KF, Elansary HO, Ahmad KS.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Apex predators exploit advantageous snow conditions across hunting modes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Advantageous snow conditions—in terms of snow depth and density—are among the most important features of the winter landscape for two apex predators, regardless of hunting strategy. In a warming climate, the knock‐on effects of a diminishing snowpack may reduce the hunting success of multiple large carnivore species.
Benjamin K. Sullender, Taylor R. Ganz, Ross Mower, Jessica D. Lundquist, Brian N. Kertson, Thomas M. Newsome, Aaron J. Wirsing, Laura R. Prugh   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Migration and Adaptive Evolution in Tibetan Sheep Populations. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Zhang W, Yuan C, Guo T, Chen B, Wang F, Liu J, Lu Z.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Eco‐evolutionary dynamics of partially migratory metapopulations in spatially and seasonally varying environments

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Partial seasonal migration is rarely considered in a metapopulation context. Here, Haaland et al. use an eco‐evolutionary model revealing how partially migratory metapopulations may arise and be maintained, and how seasonal migrants may cause effects of local extreme climatic events to percolate through metapopulations across diverging temporal and ...
Thomas R. Haaland, Ana Payo‐Payo, Paul Acker, Rita Fortuna, Sarah J. Burthe, Irja I. Ratikainen, Francis Daunt, Jane M. Reid   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Groundwater and Remotely Sensed Phenology Reveal Vulnerability of Riparian Trees to Drought. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Mohammadi RM, Dawson TE, Tiedeman CR, Stella JC, Ruhí A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Misalignment in Carbon Credit Programmes: Insights From Producer Preferences for Cover Crop and No‐Till Contracts

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the factors influencing producer adoption of cover cropping and no‐till farming, two key carbon sequestration practices, within the context of voluntary carbon credit programmes (CCPs) in Kansas. Using a mixed‐methods survey that combines discrete choice experiments with farm‐level data from 370 producers, we estimate ...
Grant Edward Gardner, Gabriel S. Sampson, Shuoli Zhao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rare and abundant taxa in Artemisia desertorum rhizosphere soils demonstrate disparate responses to drought stress. [PDF]

Adv Biotechnol (Singap)
Li MX, Lian WH, Lian ZH, Luo XQ, Yue LX, Han JR, Hu CJ, Li S, Li WJ, Dong L.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source