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Revegetation of abandoned copper mines: the role of seed banks and soil amendments [PDF]

Web Ecology, 2013
Mining is one of the main causes of environmental pollution by heavy metals and (re)vegetation of mine spoils is the most effective method of preventing wind and water erosion and the consequent spread of contaminants to surrounding areas. However, plant
A. Carvalho, C. Nabais, S. R. Roiloa, S. Rodríguez-Echeverría   +3 more
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Shifts in Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities and Exploration Types Relate to the Environment and Fine-Root Traits Across Interior Douglas-Fir Forests of Western Canada

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
Large-scale studies that examine the responses of ectomycorrhizal fungi across biogeographic gradients are necessary to assess their role in mediating current and predicted future alterations in forest ecosystem processes.
Camille E. Defrenne, Timothy J. Philpott, Shannon H. A. Guichon, W. Jean Roach, Brian J. Pickles, Suzanne W. Simard   +5 more
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Ecology, functioning and management of wetland systems [PDF]

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014
This special issue of Environmental Science and Pollution Research highlights selected papers presented at the 8th Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) European Chapter International Conference “Wetland Systems: Ecology, Functioning and Management”, which was held in Padova, Italy, from 1st to 4th September 2013, under the patronage of the Department of
BORIN, MAURIZIO, MALAGOLI, MARIO
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Dynamic changes in protist community composition along a surface water-groundwater transect in the Danube wetland Lobau, Vienna, Austria

Frontiers in Microbiology
Groundwater remains an underexplored habitat for protistan diversity and community dynamics relative to better-studied surface aquatic environments. To address this knowledge gap, we compared protistan communities at two sites, a wetland surface water ...
Angela Cukusic, Clemens Karwautz, Christina Murhammer, Grit Rasch, Marharyta Biletska, Christian Griebler   +5 more
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An approach to unraveling the coexistence of snappers (Lutjanidae) using otolith morphology

Scientia Marina, 2014
The sagittae otolith morphology of marine fishes has been used in many ecomorphological studies to explain certain ecological adaptations of species to habitat. Our study compares the sagittal otolith shapes of ten species of snappers (Family Lutjanidae)
Zahra Sadighzadeh, Jose Luís Otero-Ferrer, Antoni Lombarte, Mohammad R. Fatemi, Víctor Manuel Tuset   +4 more
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Palm Functional Traits, Soil Fertility and Hydrology Relationships in Western Amazonia

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021
Quantification of multivariate trait spectra (or axes of specialization) make the definition of plant strategies more operational, which promotes trait-based theory of community assembly and the understanding of dynamics and functioning of ecosystems. We
William Trujillo, Carlos A. Rivera-Rondón, Henrik Balslev   +2 more
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Diversity and Ecological Functions of Anthocyanins

BMC Plant Biology
Anthocyanins are well known as colorants of flowers, but many other invisible functions might have been more important during the evolution of complex biosynthesis networks in plants. The number of anthocyanin decorating enzymes, the subtle control of structural genes by numerous transcription factors, and routes of intracellular anthocyanin transport ...
Nele Grünig, Jakob Maximilian Horz, Boas Pucker   +2 more
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Effects of Recreational Boats on Harbour Porpoise Swimming Speed and Surfacing Interval Investigated by Two Synchronised UAVs

Ecology and Evolution
Cetaceans are negatively affected by anthropogenic activities, including acoustic and physical disturbance from boat traffic. Behavioural responses to such disturbances are context‐dependent, and site‐specific insights are needed for effective local ...
J. Till, V. Palmqvist, E. N. Wilk, P. Carlsson, J. Stedt   +4 more
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Functional diversity influence in forest wood stock: a study of the brazilian savanna

Bioscience Journal, 2016
Research regarding biodiversity and ecosystem services has been demonstrating a positive correlation among the ecosystem processes, such as the carbon sink into plant biomass and the quantity of carbon in natural vegetation.
Milton Serpa de Meira-Junior, José Imaña-Encinas, José Roberto Rodrigues Pinto, Sílvia da Luz Lima Mota   +3 more
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From mice to humans—divergent strategies for intestinal homeostasis and regeneration

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Recent advances such as organoid genome editing, xenotransplantation, imaging, and whole‐genome sequencing have enabled direct studies of human intestinal stem cells (ISCs). These studies reveal species‐specific features, including slower ISC proliferation, distinct injury responses, slower somatic mutation accumulation in humans, and an inverse ...
Keiko Ishikawa, Shinya Sugimoto, Toshiro Sato   +2 more
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