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Dramatic Increases of Soil Microbial Functional Gene Diversity at the Treeline Ecotone of Changbai Mountain. [PDF]

, 2016
The elevational and latitudinal diversity patterns of microbial taxa have attracted great attention in the past decade. Recently, the distribution of functional attributes has been in the spotlight.
Chu, Haiyan, Deng, Ye, He, Zhili, Ni, Yingying, Shen, Congcong, Shi, Yu, Van Nostrand, Joy D, Zhou, Jizhong   +7 more
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Use of analgesics in professional soccer players: A systematic review

Apunts Sports Medicine, 2023
Objective: Use of painkillers appears to have become a widespread issue in the sporting environment as athletes pursue successful pain relief during competitions.
Thomas Zandonai, Juan José Lozano, Mónica Escorial, Ana M. Peiró   +3 more
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Congruence between breeding and wintering biodiversity hotspots: A case study in farmlands of Western Poland [PDF]

, 2018
Farmland landscapes are recognized as important ecosystems, not only for their rich biodiversity but equally so for the human beings who live and work in these places. However, biodiversity varies among sites (spatial change) and among seasons (
Indykiewicz, Piotr, Jankowiak, Łukasz, Kwieciński, Zbigniew, Morelli, Federico, Szymański, Paweł, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Šímová, Petra   +6 more
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Unbalanced Roles of Fungal Aggressiveness and Host Cultivars in the Establishment of the Fusarium Head Blight in Bread Wheat

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused mainly by Fusarium graminearum, is the foremost destructive disease of cereals worldwide. Effector-like molecules produced by F.
Francis Fabre, Joerg Bormann, Serge Urbach, Sylvie Roche, Thierry Langin, Ludovic Bonhomme   +5 more
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Homogenization of Functional Diversity of Rotifer Communities in Relation to Eutrophication in an Urban River of North China

Biology, 2023
Rapid urbanization has triggered nutrient loading, which will inevitably lead to the eutrophication of water bodies and further affect the structure of aquatic populations.
Bing Wang, Xuwang Yin
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Functional diversity of marine megafauna in the Anthropocene

Science Advances, 2020
Threatened marine megafauna have larger-than-expected contributions to functional diversity; a new index identifies key species. Marine megafauna, the largest animals in the oceans, serve key roles in ecosystem functioning.
C. Pimiento, Fabien Leprieur, Daniele Silvestro, J. Lefcheck, Camille Albouy, D. Rasher, Matt Davis, Jens‐Christian Svenning, J. N. Griffin   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Extraction of Transcript Diversity from Scientific Literature [PDF]

, 2005
Transcript diversity generated by alternative splicing and associated mechanisms contributes heavily to the functional complexity of biological systems.
Lars J Jensen, Parantu K Shah, Peer Bork, Philip Bourne, Stéphanie Boué   +4 more
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The worldwide impact of urbanisation on avian functional diversity.

Ecology Letters, 2020
Urbanisation is driving rapid declines in species richness and abundance worldwide, but the general implications for ecosystem function and services remain poorly understood.
D. Sol, C. Trisos, Cesc Múrria, A. Jeliazkov, César González-Lagos, A. Pigot, C. Ricotta, C. Swan, J. Tobias, S. Pavoine   +9 more
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Commercial Potato Cultivars Exhibit Distinct Susceptibility to the Root Lesion Nematode Pratylenchus penetrans

Horticulturae, 2022
The root lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans is an important plant-parasitic nematode of potato. In this study, the susceptibility of commercial potato cultivars to P. penetrans was assessed.
Joana Figueiredo, Paulo Vieira, Isabel Abrantes, Ivânia Esteves   +3 more
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Understorey plant community and light availability in conifer plantations and natural hardwood forests in Taiwan [PDF]

, 2015
Questions: What are the effects of replacing mixed species natural forests with Cryptomeria japonica plantations on understorey plant functional and species diversity?
Anderson M.C., Boufford D.E., Chang N.H., Chang‐Yang C.H., Chazdon R.L., Chen W.C., Cheng C.T., Chu P.C., Delta‐T, Horng F.H., Hsia Y.J., Kimmins J.P., Kuo S.R., Kuo Y.L., Kuo Y.L., Kuo Y.L., Kuo Y.L., Liang J.C., Lin K.C., Lin T.C., Liou C.Y., TFB, TFB, TFRI, Wang H.H., Williams H.   +25 more
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