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Ecosphere, 2023 Tree canopy cover is a critical component of the urban environment that supports ecosystem services at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Increasing tree canopy across a matrix of public and private land is challenging.
Elsa C. Anderson +3 more
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Oilseed Rape Shares Abundant and Generalized Pollinators with Its Co-Flowering Plant Species
Insects, 2021 Mass-flowering crops, such as Oilseed Rape (OSR), provide resources for pollinators and benefit from pollination services. Studies that observe the community of interactions between plants and pollinators are critical to understanding the resource needs ...
Amibeth Thompson +2 more
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Pollinators and crops in Bhutan: insect abundance improves fruit quality in Himalayan apple orchards
Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2022 Apples are one of the most important global crops that relies heavily on insect pollination, which has been shown to increase apple production and value.
Kinley Dorji +5 more
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Agriculture, 2023 Soil characteristics, land management practices, and plant genotypes influence arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) communities, leading to the proliferation of AMF taxa with different growth and nutritional outcomes in their hosts.
Rosalba O. Fors +6 more
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Microorganisms, 2021 The endophytic microbiome is thought to play an important role in promoting plant growth and health. Using culture-independent and culture-dependent protocols, this study characterized the seasonal shifts in the endophytic fungal microbiota of four ...
Weifang Xu +6 more
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Mapping functional traits: comparing abundance and presence-absence estimates at large spatial scales [PDF]
, 2012 Efforts to quantify the composition of biological communities increasingly focus on functional traits. The composition of communities in terms of traits can be summarized in several ways.
Drew W. Purves +5 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 The Loess Plateau is located in the arid and semi-arid regions in northern China. The ecosystem is particularly sensitive to natural and anthropogenic disturbances.
Yalin Yin +5 more
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The dynamic influence of methane seepage on macrofauna inhabiting authigenic carbonates
Ecosphere, 2021 Methane seeps are highly productive deep‐sea ecosystems reliant on chemosynthetic primary production. They are increasingly affected by direct human activities that threaten key ecosystem services.
Olívia S. Pereira +8 more
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Arctic Science, 2022 Snow cover is a key component in Arctic ecosystems and will likely be affected by changes in winter precipitation. Increased snow depth and consequent later snowmelt leads to greater microbial mineralization in winter, improving soil and vegetation ...
Mikel Moriana-Armendariz +2 more
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Extractable nitrogen and microbial community structure respond to grassland restoration regardless of historical context and soil composition. [PDF]
, 2015 Grasslands have a long history of invasion by exotic annuals, which may alter microbial communities and nutrient cycling through changes in litter quality and biomass turnover rates.
Allen, Edith B +3 more
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