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The Importance of Biotic vs. Abiotic Drivers of Local Plant Community Composition Along Regional Bioclimatic Gradients.

PLoS ONE, 2015
We assessed if the relative importance of biotic and abiotic factors for plant community composition differs along environmental gradients and between functional groups, and asked which implications this may have in a warmer and wetter future.
Kari Klanderud, Vigdis Vandvik, Deborah Goldberg   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A simple and affordable protocol to assess censer seed dispersal: First confirmation of the mechanism in the genus Solanum

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise The censer seed dispersal mechanism, whereby mature fruits are retained on plants and seeds dispersed by mechanical shaking, is among the most specialized wind‐aided seed dispersal strategies employed by the flowering plants. An efficient, affordable, and easily repeatable protocol for determining whether a species uses this unusual ...
Abigail J. Motter, Christopher T. Martine, Melody P. Sain   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expert and Lay Mental Models of Ecosystems: Inferences for Risk Communication [PDF]

, 1999
The authors evaluate a mental modeling approach to studying differences between lay and expert comprehension of ...
Bussa, Toby, Collamer, Nathan, Fisher, Ann, Kinnell, Jason, Lazo, Jeffrey K.   +4 more
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Are they two seeds in a pod? Comparing seed rain recovery in grasslands using artificial grass carpets versus sticky traps

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Seed dispersal is a critical process for plant community assembly; however, natural rates of seed arrival are rarely quantified compared with other assembly mechanisms, especially in herbaceous communities. Methods Here we compare the utility of artificial grass carpet squares (“artificial grass”) for capturing seed rain with classic ...
Lauren L. Sullivan, Melissa H. DeSiervo, Larissa M. Kahan, Lauren G. Shoemaker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prebiotic chemistry and origin of living beings: current state, scientific perspectives and (bio)ethical issues

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, studies into prebiotic chemistry have made a decisive contribution to research into the origins of life.
Rodrigo Siqueira-Batista, Rodrigo Siqueira-Batista, Ricardo Alves-Ferreira, Rafaela Lacerda Pedra Maroca-de-Avelar, Maria Isabel Cristina Batista Mayrink, Eugênio Silva, Eugênio Silva, Felipe Gómez   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

KAI2 Can Do: Karrikin Receptor Function in Plant Development and Response to Abiotic and Biotic Factors. [PDF]

Plant Cell Physiol, 2023
Varshney K, Gutjahr C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Determination of Silver Binding to Natural Organic Matter Using Ion Selective Electrode [PDF]

, 2017
Natural organic matter (NOM) is considered an important factor in the protection of the aquatic environments; organic ligands can complex with metals, to decrease their toxicity and bioavailability. NOM is measured as dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in mg
Alshammari, Mona Muhawwis
core   +1 more source

Variations in the plasticity of functional traits indicate the differential impacts of abiotic and biotic factors on the structure and growth of trees in tropical dry forest fragments. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci, 2023
Chaturvedi RK, Pandey SK, Tripathi A, Goparaju L, Raghubanshi AS, Singh JS.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Are there morpho‐acoustic patterns of adaptation in nonhuman primate ears? Testing the role of ecology and habitat in shaping ear morphology and function

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Analysis of the variation in the bony structures of the inner and middle ear provides critical insights into functional morphology, as well as adaptive morphology across primates. In this study, we investigated whether ear morphology patterns are related to the ecological characteristics of species and their habitats to test two acoustic ...
Myriam Marsot, Rémi Laffont, Émilie Steimetz, Patricia Balaresque, Sébastien Couette   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abiotic and biotic factors controlling the dynamics of soil respiration in a coastal dune ecosystem in western Japan. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Teramoto M, Hamamoto T, Liang N, Taniguchi T, Ito TY, Hu R, Yamanaka N.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source