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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 5, Issue 6, Page 869-884, November 2023., 2023 Grasses are significant drivers of fires and are the primary food source for cattle in Madagascar's Central Highlands. However, their extent and importance to animals and people in the past remain poorly understood. Clarifying the history of Malagasy grasslands is necessary for building climate resilient food systems and supporting carbon stores that ...
Brooke E. Crowley +2 more
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Functional Ecology, Volume 37, Issue 7, Page 2014-2028, July 2023., 2023 Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Although microbial communities play an important role in explaining plant litter decomposition rates, whether and how litter chemistry may alter catabolic capacities of soil microbial communities remains poorly studied. During a 1‐year litter decomposition experiment of
Malo Y. Bourget +8 more
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New Phytologist, Volume 237, Issue 4, Page 1164-1178, February 2023., 2023 Summary Plants produce a wide diversity of metabolites. Yet, our understanding of how shifts in plant metabolites as a response to climate change feedback on ecosystem processes remains scarce. Here, we test to what extent climate warming shifts the seasonality of metabolites produced by Sphagnum mosses, and what are the consequences of these shifts ...
Anna Sytiuk +8 more
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Oikos, Volume 2023, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023 Characterizing plant functional diversity is essential to decipher community assembly rules and ecosystem functioning. Most studies focused on above‐ground traits whereas the analysis of root diversity lags far behind. We analyzed the structure of fine root (< 2 mm) diameter distribution at the community level as an indicator of root morphological ...
Amandine Erktan +2 more
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Applied Vegetation Science, Volume 25, Issue 4, October/December 2022., 2022 Our data showed a large variation in dry‐matter digestibility and decomposability across the 24 communities studied, associated to variation in species composition across the different management regimes. Management practices influenced both dry‐matter digestibility and decomposability: communities in the grazing and fertility (G+ F) treatment ...
Elena Kazakou, Iris Bumb, Eric Garnier
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Journal of Ecology, Volume 110, Issue 6, Page 1356-1375, June 2022., 2022 Our results suggest that Arctic diatoms species photoadaptation strategy is tuned to the light environment of the habitats in which they dominate and indeed drives the seasonal taxonomic succession. Abstract Diatoms of the Arctic Ocean annually experience extreme changes of light environment linked to photoperiodic cycles and seasonal variations of the
Dany Croteau +11 more
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Journal of Ecology, Volume 109, Issue 12, Page 4143-4157, December 2021., 2021 Fire stimulated the increase of absorptive root biomass in the upper soil layer in response to the higher demand for below‐ground resources, but did not promote modification of morphological root parameters. Differences in morphological root parameters reflected variation in soil properties, especially soil P, as well as differences in graminoid ...
Soizig Le Stradic +4 more
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Meadowfoam seed oil as a natural dispersing agent for colorants in lipstick
International Journal of Cosmetic Science, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 484-493, August 2021., 2021 In this study, a green and sustainable oil, meadowfoam seed oil was evaluated as a pigment dispersing agent and compared to castor oil and octyldodecanol in dispersions and lipsticks. Overall, meadowfoam seed oil’s performance was qualitatively and quantitatively similar to castor oil and octyldodecanol indicating that meadowfoam seed oil is a viable ...
Briana Maktabi +2 more
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Evaluating the link between predation and pest control services in the mite world
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 10, Issue 18, Page 9968-9980, September 2020., 2020 In vitro tests have been confronted with mite inventories and airborne DNA analyses. Three out of seven taxa of native predatory mites are able to feed on Dermanyssus gallinae. The same three predators are associated with the parasite in poultry houses. We've detected no obvious signals from any pest control service.
Lise Roy +7 more
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Cache‐Cache: Dans les souffles du Grand Fleuve…
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Between ventriloquism and divination, devotion and consecration, an old and sublime marine game unfolds each day, with living breaths shared in the waters of the great river. In Tadoussac, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence Estuary, at the mouth of the Saguenay, the rumor of whales has long resonated.
David Jaclin +3 more
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