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Diverse Prairie Mixtures Stabilize Biomass Yields for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Meeting global demand for sustainable aviation fuel will require the additional production of vast quantities of plant biomass, which does not compete with food production or degrade sensitive ecosystems. Our multisite experiment shows that sowing diverse native prairie seed mixes—and managing them without intensive inputs—yields a more reliable ...
Craig R. See, Yi Yang, Jacob M. Jungers
wiley   +1 more source

Plants Drive Microbial Biomass and Composition but Not Diversity to Promote Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Karst Vegetation Restoration. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Sun Y, Zhang S, Liang Y, Yu X, Pan F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Botanic and heritage gardens as living laboratories in the age of the polycrisis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Cities face intertwined crises of climate, biodiversity loss and social disconnection. We show how botanic and heritage gardens can help address these challenges as living laboratories to generate place‐based evidence and public engagement.
Kevin Frediani
wiley   +1 more source

A national crop wild relative checklist for Zimbabwe reveals edible crop wild relative diversity of regional and global importance

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Crop wild relatives (CWR) in Zimbabwe are reservoirs of beneficial agronomic traits, yet they remain under‐documented and poorly conserved. This study developed Zimbabwe's first national CWR checklist based on a conceptual framework combining floristic, ecological and ethnobotanical data, revealing over 2700 taxa, with nearly 1000 edible species ...
Kudakwashe Mutasa, Onismus Chipfunde, Christopher Chapano, Patience Chatukuta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil organic carbon and ecosystem multifunctionality are enhanced by subsoiling in fluvo-aquic soil of North China Plain. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Wang M, Wang R, Jiang G, Li Y, Liu C, Yang J, Jie X, Shen F, Liu F, Liu S.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Governance and infrastructure as pillars of performance: A socio‐ecological analysis of Ethiopian botanical gardens

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
While botanical gardens are often perceived merely as recreational spaces for a weekend walk, in the Global South, they are true lifelines for nature and for the people who depend on it. Our research in Ethiopia explored what actually keeps these gardens running long‐term.
Getahun Hassen, Haile Ketema, Getahun Haile, Mitiku Muanenda   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stably coexisting communities deliver higher ecosystem multifunctionality

Daniel C, Godoy O, Pichon NA, Gheno M, Allan E.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Land use changes alter microbial functional gene diversity and its relationship with soil ecosystem multifunctionality in a subtropical estuary. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Liu ZK, Zhang L, Jin S, Yu H, He JZ, Shen JP.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Interactive effects of microplastics and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on grassland communities

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Grassland plant communities contribute significantly to global biodiversity but face numerous man‐made pressures which may interfere with their ecological functions. One such pressure receiving increasing scientific, political, and public attention is microplastic pollution.
Benedikt Speißer, Yanjie Liu, Mark van Kleunen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Root carbon inputs outweigh litter in shaping grassland soil microbiomes and ecosystem multifunctionality. [PDF]

NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes
Feng J, Wang L, Zhai C, Jiang L, Yang Y, Huang X, Ru J, Song J, Zhang L, Wan S.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source