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Reduction in litter allelochemicals promotes positive biotic interactions among alien species

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract A key focus of invasion ecology is elucidating why multiple alien species accumulate within ecosystems. The invasional meltdown hypothesis proposes that one alien invader promotes further invasions through soil legacy effects.
Yunhao Meng, Yanhui Zhuge, Xinze Geng, Ping Zhu, Guangyan Ni, Lori Daniels, Xinfu Bai, Shuxian Wang, Zhaolei Qu, Ping Zhang, Yuping Hou   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring glycoside hydrolases and accessory proteins from wood decay fungi to enhance sugarcane bagasse saccharification. [PDF]

Biotechnol Biofuels, 2016
Valadares F, Gonçalves TA, Gonçalves DS, Segato F, Romanel E, Milagres AM, Squina FM, Ferraz A.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bridging the divide between models of animal‐driven and microbial‐driven biogeochemical cycling: A zoogeochemistry‐informed framework

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Most current terrestrial biogeochemical models formalize biogeochemical cycling as predominantly controlled by processes involving plants and soil microbes. However, growing evidence indicates that above‐ground animals could exert controlling feedback effects that alter
Janey R. Lienau, Nathalie R. Sommer, Oswald J. Schmitz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contrasting drivers of phosphorus dynamics across soil aggregates: The role of nutrient enrichment and mowing

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Phosphorus (P) is an essential but often limiting nutrient for sustaining grassland ecosystem functions. Its soil dynamics are highly sensitive to land management practices and may vary across soil aggregate sizes due to differences in biotic and abiotic factors ...
Xiuping Li, Haiying Cui, Wei Sun, Shanling Wang, Huiliang Zhai, Muhammad Shakir, Jiaxin Hu, Xia Peng, Kees Jan van Groenigen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Goose herbivory alters soil microbial community functional potential in a sub‐Arctic wetland

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Herbivory alters below‐ground resource dynamics via direct and indirect mechanisms, yet its effects on microbial functional potential remain poorly understood. This limits our understanding of the mechanisms that link animal, plant and microbial functional roles in ...
Jaron Adkins, Bonnie G. Waring, Karen H. Beard, Ryan T. Choi, Taylor Saunders, Emily A. Chavez, Lindsay R. Miller, Edd Hammill, Trisha B. Atwood   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lanolin as a Natural Agent for Improving Hydrophobicity and Biological Durability of Wood. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Grześkowiak WŁ, Wienke M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning are driven by resource quality and contamination

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships are increasingly explained by species' traits and resource quality differences rather than richness alone, yet cross‐trophic effects and environmental context remain poorly resolved.
Alexander Feckler, Eva Lima‐Fernandes, Mirco Bundschuh, Frédérik De Laender, Christian Ritz, Verena C. Schreiner, Ralf Schulz, Matthias Wieczorek, Ralf B. Schäfer   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Processing and End-Uses of Wood Affected by Forest Fires, Eastern Spruce Budworm and Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks. [PDF]

Curr For Rep
Garcia R, Duchesne I, Giasson LD, Cloutier A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Stable flies preferentially oviposit on sites offering conspecific eggs with egg‐derived bacterial semiochemicals

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Stable flies preferentially oviposit on sites offering conspecific eggs with egg‐derived airborne semiochemicals. Egg‐borne bacterial symbionts, and Serratia marcescens in particular, produce odorants which attract gravid female flies and elicit oviposition.
Emmanuel Hung, Anya Gould, Stephanie Zaborniak, Caelen Watson, Regine Gries, Sukhmani Kaur, Kyra Stephens, Augustus Negraeff, Ryan Lam, Alpha Hui, Pantea Zamani, Aryan Monfared, Gerhard Gries   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Males are worse mothers: Comparing care patterns in a facultatively caring beetle

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Why should biparental care exist if offspring fare just as well when only one parent is present? In the facultatively dependent burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides, manipulating environmental quality reveals that biparental care benefits offspring in form of lower personal immune requirement and parents in term of weight gain.
Leon Müller, Patrick Limburg, Maximilian Körner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source