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Estimating ecological production from biomass [PDF]
Ecosphere, 2015 Productivity‐diversity relationships (P/D) are a vital theme in ecology, but productivity is typically not measured directly in that research. Instead, biomass (B) is the most common proxy for productivity, often as a 1:1 substitute. Unfortunately, this practice may cause error and uncertainty in P/D research, due to the fundamental difference between ...
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Ecologies, 2023 The relationship between plant productivity, measured according to biomass and species richness, is a fundamental focal point in community ecology, as it provides the basis for understanding plant responses or adaptive strategies.
Nthabeliseni Munyai +4 more
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Arctic marine fungi: biomass, functional genes, and putative ecological roles [PDF]
The ISME Journal, 2019 Abstract Recent molecular evidence suggests a global distribution of marine fungi; however, the ecological relevance and corresponding biological contributions of fungi to marine ecosystems remains largely unknown. We assessed fungal biomass from the open Arctic Ocean by applying novel biomass conversion factors from cultured isolates to
B T Hassett +5 more
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Exploring a natural baseline for large‐herbivore biomass in ecological restoration [PDF]
Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021 Abstract Large herbivores provide key ecosystem processes, but have experienced massive historical losses and are under intense pressure, leaving current ecosystems with dramatically simplified faunas relative to the long‐term evolutionary norm. Hampered by a shifting baseline, natural levels of large‐herbivore biomass are poorly understood and ...
Camilla Fløjgaard +4 more
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Ecological impacts and limits of biomass use
Clean technologies and environmental policy, 2020 Conventional biomass sources have been widely exploited for several end uses (mostly food, feed, fuel and chemicals). More unconventional sources are continually being sought for meeting the growing planetary demands for biomass materials. Biofuels are already commercially produced in many countries and are becoming mainstream.
Arodudu, Oludunsin +2 more
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A Unifying Concept for Growth Trends of Trees and Forests – The “Potential Natural Forest”
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2020 Changes in the environment will alter the growth rate of trees and forests. Different disciplines assess such growth rates differently, for example, with tree-ring width data, forest inventories or with carbon-flux data from eddy covariance towers.
Mario Trouillier +3 more
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The Pongola Bush: Tree diversity assessment in a KwaZulu-Natal forest patch
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2022 The Pongola Bush Nature Reserve lies in a narrow band along the escarpment between Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Although referred to as ‘bush’, this vegetation type may be considered to fit into the intersection of two types of scarp forest: the ...
Timothy F. Hall +2 more
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Kochia (Kochia scoparia) and Wild Oat (Avena fatua) Intraspecific and Interspecific Interference
Agronomy, 2020 Kochia (Kochia scoparia) and wild oat (Avena fatua) are highly problematic western Canadian weeds. Wild oat is widely distributed and has been a long-standing agricultural pest across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Kochia populations are patchy and
Shaun M. Sharpe
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Nature Communications, 2021 Extracting functional information from 16S rRNA data surveys would provide a valuable tool for large-scale functional ecology. Here, the authors use PICRUSt2 to infer metabolic functions from bacterial marker gene data across the South Pacific Ocean, and
Eric J. Raes +8 more
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Animals, 2022 Biomass and abundance are fundamental parameters in ecology, conservation biology, and environmental impact assessment. Distinguishing features, such as burrow openings and feeding pellets, made by different intertidal macroinvertebrate species on the ...
Bon Joo Koo, Jaehwan Seo, Min Seong Jang
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