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Aridity‐dependent regulation of water‐use efficiency by leaf vein traits across grassland communities

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 2462-2474, August 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Water transport is a fundamental constraint on plant growth in arid regions. Leaf vein architecture regulates carbon assimilation and transpiration through leaf hydraulic conductance (Kleaf), thereby influencing ecosystem water‐use efficiency (WUE) via community‐level ...
Meixu Han, Xiaochun Wang, Min Ji, Miao Liu, Changju Luo, Qiang Li, Tong Yang, Xiang Li, Yan Gu, Zhibo Wang, Ruili Wang, Nianpeng He   +11 more
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Bio‐organic fertilizer alleviated soil microbial C limitations, aggravated P limitations and increased microbial C use efficiency in a degraded desert steppe

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 2575-2589, August 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Bio‐organic fertilizer (BOF), which integrates organic carbon sources, beneficial microorganisms and essential nutrients, represents a distinctive approach to grassland restoration that differs fundamentally from conventional fertilization practices.
Yao Zhou, Wen Li, Jing Ma, Jinzhen Li, Haixin Jiang, Guohui Wang, Yan Shen, Hongbin Ma   +7 more
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Centering geospatial data uncertainty and the potential for injustice in pastoralist rangeland conservation prioritization

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract Procedural, distributional, recognitional, and epistemic justice aspects of conservation interventions are well documented in contexts where pastoralism is a key livelihood and way of life. Geospatial analyses and representations of wildlife conservation and restoration that are increasingly applied in pastoralist rangeland socioecological ...
Ryan R. Unks
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Integrating remote‐sensing and meteorological data to identify key drivers of the potential distribution of a grassland grasshopper

Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 639-653, August 2026.
An ensemble model achieved excellent accuracy (AUC = 0.973) in predicting the potential distribution of O. decorus asiaticus. Climate (temperature & August precipitation) and vegetation type are the primary drivers defining the species' suitable habitats.
Du Bobo, Han Haibin, Yue Fangzheng, Bai Haihua, Gao Shujing, Bao Yuhai   +5 more
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A review on true dung beetles' evolutionary and ecological responses to temperature and impacts on ecosystem functions

Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 621-638, August 2026.
True dung beetles are a speciose group of ecosystem engineers that play key roles as detritivores in natural and agricultural landscapes. Scarabaeine beetles show strong thermal plasticity and there is increasing evidence of rapid evolutionary divergence in response to temperature across ecological and evolutionary timescales, with likely consequences ...
Nathan J. McConnell, Sarah E. Britton, Avi Khanna, Ebony Michelle Argaez, Patrick T. Rohner   +4 more
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Climatic Niche Differentiation Accompanied the Radiation of Leaf‐Eared Mice in the Phyllotis darwini Species Group (Sigmodontinae, Cricetidae)

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To characterise the evolution of climatic niches during the diversification of the Phyllotis darwini species group, in order to assess the extent to which divergences involved in radiation were associated with patterns of conservatism or divergence of climatic niches, and whether the differentiation found among climatic niches correlated ...
Marcial Quiroga‐Carmona, José H. Urquizo, Naim M. Bautista, Guillermo D'Elía, Jay F. Storz   +4 more
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Unprecedented Wetting Over Western Central Asia Dominated by Internal Climate Variability

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 14, 28 July 2026.
Abstract Spring precipitation over western Central Asia (SCAP) experienced an abrupt and unprecedented wetting during 1988–2007, yet the relative contributions of external forcing and internal variability to this change and the underlying drivers remain unclear.
Yu Ren, Jianping Huang, Haipeng Yu, Xiaolu Fan, Kangjie Ma, Xin Wang, Yongqi Gong, Yihui Xu, Jinxia Zhang   +8 more
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Effects of Relative Precipitation Changes on Soil Microbial Community Structure in Two Alpine Grassland Ecosystems

Agronomy
Precipitation variability profoundly influences soil microbial diversity, community assembly processes, and co-occurrence networks. However, the responses of soil microbial structure to relative precipitation changes in alpine regions remain uncertain ...
Jianyu Xiao, Zhishu Wang, Fusong Han, Shaolin Huang, Chengqun Yu, Gang Fu   +5 more
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The Relationships between Plant Community Stability and Diversity across Different Grassland Types and Their Association with Environmental Factors in the Habahe Forest Area, Xinjiang

Diversity
Plant community stability and diversity play crucial roles in maintaining the stable performance of grassland ecosystem functions. In this study, we selected 55 representative grassland community sample plots in the Habahe Forest region of the Altai ...
Guoyan Zeng, Mao Ye, Miaomiao Li, Weilong Chen, Qingzhi He, Xiaoting Pan, Xi Zhang, Jing Che, Jiaorong Qian, Yexin Lv   +9 more
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Evaluation of soil quality in Inner Mongolia desert steppe-A case study of Siziwang Banner. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Jiang H, Li X, Guo C, Zhang Y, Zhou R, Hai C, Hu Z.   +6 more
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