Effects of disturbance intensity and frequency on bacterial community composition and function. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Disturbances influence community structure and ecosystem functioning. Bacteria are key players in ecosystems and it is therefore crucial to understand the effect of disturbances on bacterial communities and how they respond to them, both compositionally ...
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Diversity–disturbance relationships: frequency and intensity interact [PDF]
Biology Letters, 2012 An influential ecological theory, the intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH), predicts that intermediate levels of disturbance will maximize species diversity. Empirical studies, however, have described a wide variety of diversity–disturbance relationships (DDRs).
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Increased vegetation disturbance intensity reduces soil nutrients while enhancing microbial network interactions [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroduction and methodsVegetation disturbance intensity serves as a critical determinant of changes in soil nutrients and microbial communities. Karst ecosystems are highly fragile, and vegetation degradation has contributed to severe desertification in
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Local Resource Availability and Subsidy Flow Mediate the Effects of Disturbances in Meta‐Ecosystems [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionDisturbances can negatively affect multiple levels of biological organization. With human activities increasing the intensity of disturbance regimes, we need to understand when and where adverse effects of disturbance occur.
Lynn Govaert +2 more
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Differences in functional traits of herbaceous plants in Sanjiang plain wetland under human disturbance gradient and their response strategies to environmental changes [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceUsing the Honghe Nature Reserve in the Sanjiang Plain as a case study, this research tests the central hypothesis that increasing anthropogenic disturbance intensity shifts the ecological strategies of dominant plant species along a resource-conservative
Qiuyu Meng +3 more
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Smart ring-based assessment of physical activity intensity and sleep disturbances in older adults with mild cognitive impairment [PDF]
Digital HealthObjective Sleep disturbance is common in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and is linked to poorer cognitive and overall health, but prior evidence is mixed and often based on self-report.
Jungjoo Lee, Junhyoung Kim
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Spatial heterogeneous relationship between environmental quality and human disturbances: a case study in Ili Valley, China [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIncreased human disturbance poses a profound threat to ecosystem sustainability worldwide. The spatial heterogeneity of the relationship between environmental quality and human disturbance increases the complexity of this issue.
Abudukeyimu Abulizi +2 more
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Effects of Plateau Pika Disturbance on the Spatial Heterogeneity of Vegetation in Alpine Meadows
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Herbivory is one of the important factors that influence spatial heterogeneity of vegetation in grasslands. In this study, we focused on plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) to investigate the effects of the presence of small semi-fossorial herbivores and ...
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Spatiotemporal Coupling Relationship Between Plateau Pika Disturbance and Alpine Meadow Degradation
Shuitu baochi tongbao, 2023 [Objective] Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) is a key species in the alpine meadow ecosystem of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. The coupling relationship between pika activity and meadow degradation was analyzed in order to further improve the observation ...
Zhao Jianyun +5 more
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Plants, 2022 Disturbance by small burrowing herbivores often has an impact on plant aboveground biomass of grassland because it makes grasslands into a mosaic of discrete vegetated surfaces and bare soil patches.
Xiaoxing Wei, Zhenggang Guo
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