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Emergent global patterns of ecosystem structure and function from a mechanistic general ecosystem model [PDF]

, 2014
Anthropogenic activities are causing widespread degradation of ecosystems worldwide, threatening the ecosystem services upon which all human life depends.
A Friedlander, A Hardisty, B Cho, B Collen, B-E Sæther, BJ McGill, C Mora, C Ward-Paige, CA Deutsch, CB Field, CD Thomas, CEL Ferreira, CH Sekercioglu, CM Duarte, CR McClain, D Griffiths, D Policansky, D Post, D Yates, Derek P. Tittensor, DG Jenkins, Drew W. Purves, DW Purves, E Jeppesen, E Macpherson, E Odum, E Siemann, EA Fulton, FS Chapin, G Krinner, GA Kaufman, GM Mace, H Cyr, H Stibor, HR Peinetti, J Cebrian, J Chase, J Gasol, J Merilä, JA Carton, JE Cohen, JH Brown, JL Frangi, JM Sunday, Jon Hutton, JP Rodríguez, JS Millar, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, K Rose, KA Nagy, KA Schubert, KE Jones, KR Buck, L Tremblay-Boyer, LLM Fedigan, LW Oring, M Behrenfeld, M González-Suárez, Matthew J. Smith, MBJ Harfoot, ME Power, Michael B. J. Harfoot, Michel Loreau, MJ Coe, MJ Morgan, MJ Smith, MJ Vander Zanden, MK Litvak, MR Evans, MW McCoy, N Blakley, N Loeuille, NG Hairston, O Krüger, P Abrams, P Del Giorgio, PK Holland, R Alkemade, R Bustamante, R Gentile, R Meek, R Shine, R Shine, RE Ricklefs, RE Ricklefs, RJ Williams, RJ Williams, RW Sheldon, RW Wilson, S Díaz, S Fretwell, S Jain, S Jennings, S Jennings, S Meiri, S Sitch, SA Sandin, SD Pletcher, Stephen Emmott, T Newbold, T Sousa, Tim Newbold, TJ Case, TJ Webb, U Brose, V Christensen, Vassily Lyutsarev, W Sprules, X Irigoien, Y-J Shin   +109 more
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The biomass–density relationship in seagrasses and its use as an ecological indicator [PDF]

BMC Ecology, 2018
Biomass-density relations have been at the centre of a search for an index which describes the health of seagrass meadows. However, this search has been complicated by the intricacy of seagrass demographics and their complex biomass-density relations, a consequence mainly of their modular growth and clonality.
Vasco M. N. C. S. Vieira, Inês E. Lopes, Joel C. Creed   +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, Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen, Tobias Scharnweber, Martin Wilmking   +3 more
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How self-regulation, the storage effect and their interaction contribute to coexistence in stochastic and seasonal environments [PDF]

, 2019
Explaining coexistence in species-rich communities of primary producers remains a challenge for ecologists because of their likely competition for shared resources.
Barraquand, Frederic, Picoche, Coralie
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High-severity wildfire leads to multi-decadal impacts on soil biogeochemistry in mixed-conifer forests. [PDF]

, 2020
During the past century, systematic wildfire suppression has decreased fire frequency and increased fire severity in the western United States of America.
Bell C. W., Dillon G. K., Fox J., Johnson D. W., Parker K. W., R Development Core Team, Restaino C. R., Sun H.   +7 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, Mary C. Scholes, Robert J. Scholes   +2 more
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Metabolic pathways inferred from a bacterial marker gene illuminate ecological changes across South Pacific frontal boundaries

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, Kristen Karsh, Swan L. S. Sow, Martin Ostrowski, Mark V. Brown, Jodie van de Kamp, Rita M. Franco-Santos, Levente Bodrossy, Anya M. Waite   +8 more
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The Relationship between Burrow Opening Dimensions and Biomass of Intertidal Macroinvertebrates by Feeding Mode (Surface Deposit Feeders vs. Suspension Feeders)

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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Biomass distribution among tropical tree species grown under\ud differing regional climates [PDF]

, 2010
In the Neotropics, there is a growing interest in establishing plantations of native tree species for commerce, local consumption, and to replant on abandoned agricultural lands.
Aitchison, Andrew Park, Austin, Balandier, Butler, Carpenter, Christian Messier, Coleman, Condit, Coomes, Coyle, Craven, Damour, Delagrange, Engelbrecht, Heras, Ketterings, King, King, Lewis, Lugo, Mark Ashton, McConnaughay, Menalled, Mulkey, Peres-Neto, Petit, Piotto, Ruel, Saha, Santiago, Santiago, Sara Bastien-Henri, Scowcroft, Snowdon, Stier, Wishnie, York, Zar, Zianis   +39 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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