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Faster growing and more functionally diverse: global change alters functional trait composition of mountain plant communities in the European Alps

Ecography, EarlyView.
Understanding how global change reshapes mountain plant communities is essential for predicting biodiversity and ecosystem function in a warming world. Using resurvey data from over 1400 non‐forest vegetation plots across the European Alps, we show that community‐weighted means of key functional traits capturing important dimensions of plant ecological
Sergey Rosbakh, Sabine B. Rumpf, Stefan Dullinger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legacy effects of redlining on the distribution of greenspaces in US cities

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
We investigated how a discriminatory housing policy—redlining—has shaped the spatial patterns and configurations of greenspaces throughout 177 cities in the contiguous US. Housing segregation has been a long‐term development practice that has sequestered communities of color to areas with elevated environmental and public health risks.
Travis Gallo, Mason Fidino, Christopher J Schell, Marccus D Hendricks, Seth B Magle   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing for resilience with ecological structure: Portfolio effects in the Laurentian Great Lakes

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Combined effects of global change, including land conversion, biological invasions, and overexploitation, have degraded the resilience of ecosystems and the services they provide. Here, we identify key ecological structures and processes that can be targeted by management to improve resilience at scales ranging from single species to entire landscapes.
Kayla RS Hale, Timothy J Fernandes, Reilly F O'Connor, Charlotte A Ward, Kevin Cazelles, Joey R Bernhardt, Cindy Chu, Henrique C Giacomini, Alexander Koeberle, Marten A Koops, Stuart A Ludsin, Andrew M Muir, Tom Stewart, Caroline Tucker, Tyler D Tunney, Kevin S McCann   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of integrated shrub management and restoration techniques for rehabilitating shrub‐encroached rangelands of South Africa

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
Herbaceous plant recovery following shrub clearing and reseeding in the rangelands of Peddie, Eastern Cape of South Africa. CTL, control; CO, cutting only; CR, cutting and reseeding; UPO, uprooting only; UPR, uprooting and reseeding. Abstract Background Shrub encroachment (SE) drives rangeland degradation, threatening biodiversity and forage ...
Monelisi Makanya, Khanyisa Jama, Mthunzi Mndela, Sinalo Malindie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic selection for nitrogen use efficiency in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) under field conditions

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
There is genetic variation in ryegrass for the ability to respond to nitrogen fertilizer, Breeding nitrogen use efficient cultivars can increase farm profitability and sustainability. Abstract Background Improving the nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of pastures has the benefit of reducing costs of production and reducing nitrogen loss to the environment.
Junping Wang, M. Michelle Malmberg, Fan Shi, Shane McGlone, Pieter Badenhorst, Noel Cogan, Kevin F. Smith   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterizing Maritime Snow Canopy Interception in Forested Mountains

Water Resources Research, 2019
Air temperature (Tair) plays an important role in determining how a canopy intercepts snow and apart from event size is the single most important micrometeorological variable found to adequately influence interception rates and magnitude.
T. R. Roth, A. W. Nolin
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of stand composition and season on canopy structure and understory light environment in different subtropical montane Pinus massoniana forests [PDF]

PeerJ
Canopy structure and understory light have important effects on forest productivity and the growth and distribution of the understory. However, the effects of stand composition and season on canopy structure and understory light environment (ULE) in the ...
Peng Jin, Ming Xu, Qiupu Yang, Jian Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

How much grassland do we need?

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
A scaling analysis of global planted grassland area vs. country size. Abstract The United Nations has designated 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, drawing attention to the importance of grasslands and the communities that rely on them. Rangelands cover 54% of Earth's land surface, including grasslands, savannas, shrublands,
Jin‐Sheng He
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal Spatial Population Density Distribution Dynamics of Lynx and Ungulate Prey in Cold‐Temperate Coniferous Forests 寒温带针叶林猞猁和有蹄类猎物种群密度空间分布的季节性动态研究

Integrative Conservation, EarlyView.
This study used camera trap data from 6 years between 2016 and 2021 and generalized linear mixed models to explore the factors that influence the spatial density distribution of lynx and its prey populations in warm and cold seasons in Inner Mongolia Hanma National Nature Reserve, China.
Wentao Zhang, Heng Bao, Chenbing Chu, Hualin Du, Jian Tong, Penghui Zhai, Weihua Zhang, Yang Li, Kun Yang, Xuankai Liang, Nathan James Roberts, Guangshun Jiang   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of Seven Inversion Models for Estimating Plant and Woody Area Indices of Leaf-on and Leaf-off Forest Canopy Using Explicit 3D Forest Scenes

Remote Sensing, 2018
Optical methods require model inversion to infer plant area index (PAI) and woody area index (WAI) of leaf-on and leaf-off forest canopy from gap fraction or radiation attenuation measurements.
Jie Zou, Yinguo Zhuang, Francesco Chianucci, Chunna Mai, Weimu Lin, Peng Leng, Shezhou Luo, Bojie Yan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source