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Coupled Above‐ and Belowground Ecosystem Stability Worldwide

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Are the worlds above and below our feet in sync? This global exploration reveals an entangled fate between above‐ and belowground ecosystem stability. It identifies arid regions as hotspots for this coupling and highlights temperature stability as a vital safeguard for maintaining ecosystem balance across our warming planet.
Zexin Meng, Huiwen Li, Yiping Wu, Peter B. Reich, Nico Eisenhauer, Diego Abalos, Daniel Revillini, Shuguang Liu, Wende Yan, Ji Chen, Alexey Voinov, Zhifeng Yang, Ying‐Ping Wang, Fubo Zhao, Linjing Qiu, Jingfeng Xiao, Shantao An, Guopeng Liang, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crop residue allocation to livestock feed, soil improvement and other uses along a productivity gradient in Eastern Africa [PDF]

, 2016
Crop residues are a key livelihood resource in smallholder mixed crop-livestock systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. With expansion of arable land and resultant decline in grazing resources, crop residues are becoming an increasingly important component of ...
Bachewe, Fantu, Bahta, Mesfin, Duncan, Alan J., Erenstein, Olaf, Lule, D., Mekonnen, Kindu, Rachier, Gideon O., Valbuena, Diego   +7 more
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Bioenergy Cropping Reduces the Spatiotemporal Scaling of Soil Bacterial Biodiversity

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Consistent with patterns observed in plant and animal communities, soil bacterial communities exhibit significant species–time–area and phylogenetic–time–area relationships independent of nested structure. Bioenergy cropping significantly reduces the spatiotemporal scaling rates, particularly in sandy loam soils.
Zhencheng Ye, Jialiang Kuang, Colin T. Bates, Arthur Escalas, Daliang Ning, Liyou Wu, Suo Liu, Sihang Deng, Jiesi Lei, Xiangwen Chen, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Malay Saha, Lauren Hale, Gangsheng Wang, Renmao Tian, Ying Fu, Yu Tang, Mary Firestone, Jizhong Zhou, Yunfeng Yang   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Nitrogen Deposition Promotes Carbon Sink Formation in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Nitrogen deposition alleviates ecosystem N limitation and enhances carbon sinks. Using 829 observations, we show 36% of deposited N is retained globally (39.15 Tg N yr−1), with distinct NHx and NOy contributions. This retention drives a terrestrial C sink of 0.88 Pg C yr−1 (25.48%), highlighting the importance of pool‐specific C:N stoichiometry ...
Lei Li, Mingyu Xie, Nan Jia, Li‐Dong Mo, Qiang Yu, Fanjiang Zeng, Xiangyi Li   +6 more
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Leaf Traits, Biomass Accumulation and Allocation of Gentiana lawrencei Burkill Along an 800 m Elevation Gradient in Alpine Grasslands

Agronomy
Elevation, as a comprehensive ecological variable, is considered one of the decisive factors in the distribution pattern of plants in a region. We explored changes in functional traits and biomass accumulation and allocation of Gentiana lawrenceni along ...
Yuan Yang, Longxin Zhang, Zuoyi Wang, Linlin Shuai, Xiaoying Zhang, Yufang Huang, Ying Wang, Zhen Ma, Chunhui Zhang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Shape of the Trade-Off Function Between Reproduction and Future Performance in \u3cem\u3ePlantago major\u3c/em\u3e and \u3cem\u3ePlantago rugelii\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

, 2002
There is a paucity of data describing the nature of the trade-off function between reproduction and future performance. Most studies implicitly assume it is a linear function such that allocation of resources to reproduction results in a proportional ...
Baltzer, Jennifer L., Budge, Sonya, Reekie, Edward G.   +2 more
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Mechanisms of Surviving Burial: Dune Grass Interspecific Differences Drive Resource Allocation After Sand Deposition [PDF]

, 2018
Sand dunes are important geomorphic formations of coastal ecosystems that are critical in protecting human populations that live in coastal areas. Dune formation is driven by ecomorphodynamic interactions between vegetation and sediment deposition. While
Courtemanche R. P., Ehrenfeld J. G., Gleason H. A., Godfrey P. J., Hoagland D. R., Maun M. A., Mendelssohn I. A., Qu H., Scavia D., Stalter R., Vinent O. D.   +10 more
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Variance in biomass‐allocation fractions is explained by distribution in European trees [PDF]

New Phytologist, 2019
SummaryIntraspecific variability in ecological traits confers the ability of a species to adapt to an ever‐changing environment. Fractions of biomass allocation in plants (BAFs) represent both ecological traits and direct expressions of investment strategies and so have important implications on plant fitness, particularly under current global change ...
Stavros D. Veresoglou, Josep Peñuelas
openaire   +4 more sources

Integration of Spatiotemporal Multi‐Omics in Peach Fruit Unravels a Metabolic Niche and the Genetic Basis of Trichome‐Mediated Stress Adaptation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study constructed the first spatiotemporal multi‐omics map of peach fruit and discovered a key candidate gene that synergistically regulates trichome development and drought tolerance through the jasmonic acid signaling pathway, providing insights into the coupling mechanism between development and stress resistance.
Zhixin Liu, Ke Cao, Liping Guan, Aizhi Qin, Yong Li, Zihao Zhao, Yinpeng Zhang, Yaping Zhou, Lirong Wang, Xuwu Sun   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shifts in Aboveground Biomass Allocation Patterns of Dominant Shrub Species across a Strong Environmental Gradient.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Most plant biomass allocation studies have focused on allocation to shoots versus roots, and little is known about drivers of allocation for aboveground plant organs.
Bright B Kumordzi, Michael J Gundale, Marie-Charlotte Nilsson, David A Wardle   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source