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Plant life history strategies vary in subtropical forests with different disturbance histories: an assessment of biodiversity, biomass, and functional traits

Frontiers in Plant Science
Disturbance alters environmental conditions in forests. Plants growing in forests with different disturbance histories in diverse environments may adopt varying life history strategies, but few studies focus on this effect.
Julian Liu, Haojun Xia, Zihong Zheng, Yunquan Wang, Yunquan Wang, Yunquan Wang, Jianhua Chen, Jian Ni, Mingjian Yu, Weicheng Zheng, Libin Liu, Libin Liu   +11 more
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Sleep disturbance after acute coronary syndrome: A longitudinal study over 12 months

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background Sleep disturbance has been associated with poor prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). This study examined the course of sleep disturbance and associated factors in patients with ACS who were followed for one year.
Roland von Känel, Rebecca E. Meister-Langraf, Claudia Zuccarella-Hackl, Sarah L. F. Schiebler, Hansjörg Znoj, Aju P. Pazhenkottil, Jean-Paul Schmid, Jürgen Barth, Ulrich Schnyder, Mary Princip   +9 more
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Old‐growth forest structure in a low‐productivity hypermaritime rainforest in coastal British Columbia, Canada

Ecosphere, 2021
Dendrochronological analyses were conducted across a gradient of productivity and soil drainage quality characterizing four vegetation types in a low‐productivity hypermaritime (perhumid) temperate rainforest on the Central Coast of British Columbia ...
Kira M. Hoffman, Brian M. Starzomski, Ken P. Lertzman, Ian J. W. Giesbrecht, Andrew J. Trant   +4 more
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Geographical shifts in the successional dynamics of inland dune shrub communities

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Species' environmental requirements and large‐scale spatial and evolutionary processes determine the structure and composition of local communities. However, ecological interactions also have major effects on community assembly at landscape and local ...
Sergio Chozas, Rosa M. Chefaoui, Otília Correia, Ana M. C. Santos, Joaquín Hortal   +4 more
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Soil characteristics and bare ground cover differ among jurisdictions and disturbance histories in Western US protected area-centered ecosystems

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
IntroductionEcological conditions at a given site are driven by factors including resource availability, habitat connectivity, and disturbance history.
Clare E. Aslan, Clare E. Aslan, Luke Zachmann, Rebecca S. Epanchin-Niell, Mark W. Brunson, Samuel Veloz, Benjamin A. Sikes   +6 more
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Eczema among adolescents in Kuwait: Prevalence, severity, sleep disturbance, antihistamine use, and risk factors

World Allergy Organization Journal, 2023
Background: Eczema (atopic dermatitis) is a common inflammatory skin disease that is more prevalent in children and adolescents than adults. In Kuwait, there is a lack of empirical knowledge on eczema epidemiology among adolescents. Therefore, this study
Ali H. Ziyab, PhD, John W. Holloway, PhD, Yaser M. Ali, MD, Hongmei Zhang, PhD, Wilfried Karmaus, MD   +4 more
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Invasion of a Legume Ecosystem Engineer in a Cold Biome Alters Plant Biodiversity

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018
Plant ecosystem engineers are widely used to combat land degradation. However, the ability of those plants to modulate limiting abiotic and biotic resources of other species can cause damage to ecosystems in which they become invasive.
Vanessa M. S. Vetter, Vanessa M. S. Vetter, Nils B. Tjaden, Anja Jaeschke, Constanze Buhk, Veronika Wahl, Pawel Wasowicz, Anke Jentsch   +7 more
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Collapse, reorganization, and regime identity: breaking down past management paradigms in a forest-grassland ecotone

Ecology and Society, 2021
The identity of an ecological regime is central to modern resilience theory and our understanding of how systems collapse and reorganize following disturbance.
Victoria M. Donovan, Caleb P. Roberts, Carissa L. Wonkka, Daniel R. Uden, David G. Angeler, Craig R. Allen, David A. Wedin, Rhae A. Drijber, Dirac Twidwell   +8 more
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Forest succession after a major anthropogenic disturbance: a case study of the Jewish Forest in the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic

Journal of Forest Science, 2014
The knowledge of forest development after disturbances, particularly anthropogenic disturbances, is of major importance for forest management. Many areas of mountain forests in Europe have been affected by human activities such as felling and livestock ...
J. Bednařík, V. Čada, K. Matějka
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Drought legacies mediated by trait trade‐offs in soil microbiomes

Ecosphere, 2021
Soil microbiomes play a key role in driving biogeochemical cycles of the Earth system. As drought frequency and intensity increase due to climate change, soil microbes and the processes they control will be impacted.
Bin Wang, Steven D. Allison
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