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Ecology: Complexity and functionality in forests

Current Biology
Forests are species-rich ecosystems and provide vital ecosystem services. A new study highlights how tree diversity, mycorrhizal fungi and soil food web structure govern forest functionality, and how tiny energy fluxes can be critical for community persistence. The findings provide new insights into how to sustainably manage forests.
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Spatial Insurance of Distinct Ecological Functions

Ecology Letters
ABSTRACT Biodiversity can buffer ecosystem functioning against disturbances by allowing species to compensate for the functions lost through the extirpation of other species, a key process known as ecological insurance. Functional ecology has extended this idea by emphasising trait redundancy amongst species that help buffer core ...
Mouquet, N., Mahaut, Lucie, Thuiller, W., Auber, Arnaud, Casajus, N., Enquist, B. J., Gaüzère, P., Loiseau, Nicolas, Mouillot, D., Munoz, F., Villéger, S., Violle, Cyrille   +11 more
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High Humidity Exacerbates Psoriasiform Skin Disease Relapse by Increasing Tissue‐Resident Memory T Cells via Altering Skin Microbiota

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We demonstrated that high humidity worsened psoriasis relapse in murine psoriasiform skin inflammation by increasing skin‐resident memory CD8+ cells via upregulating IL‐15Rα on keratinocytes. The increases in IL‐15Rα and memory CD8+ cells were attributed to S. nepalensis and its metabolite ADMA in skin exposed to high humidity.
Chun‐Ling Liang, Yuchao Chen, Chuanjian Lu, Huazhen Liu, Fenglian Qin, Sisi Dai, Feifei Qiu, Haiming Chen, Weihui Lu, Jonathan S. Bromberg, Zhenhua Dai   +10 more
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Functional ecology of planktonic ciliates: Measuring mortality rates in response to starvation. [PDF]

J Eukaryot Microbiol, 2023
Weisse T, Scheffel U, Stadler P.
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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag, Janina A. Hoffmann, Tim Rogers, Christian A. Yates   +3 more
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Clusia genomes shed light on the evolution and diversity of crassulacean acid metabolism physiotypes

Nature Communications
More than 200 years ago, Alexander von Humboldt described a tree of the genus Clusia for its ability to perform crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM).
Hannes M. Kramml, Johannes B. Herpell, Clara Priemer, Zoe Wessely, Florian Schindler, Andreas Berger, Maximilian Kellner, Stefan Plott, Ágnes Dohovits, Tamara Schmidt, Peter Kerpan, Leila Afjehi-Sadat, Palak Chaturvedi, Arindam Ghatak, Martin Brenner, Iro Pierides, Lena Fragner, Eva M. Temsch, Fabio Trevisan, Menriti Ibrahim, Felix Fromwald, Anke Bellaire, Oleg Simakov, Werner Huber, Ulrich Lüttge, Ovidiu Paun, Susann Wicke, Hanna Weiss-Schneeweiss, Gert Bachmann, Wolfram Weckwerth   +29 more
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Functional Ecology of External Secretory Structures in Rivea ornata (Roxb.) Choisy (Convolvulaceae). [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2022
Chitchak N, Stewart AB, Traiperm P.
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Climate Change Threatens Micronutrient Density of European Winter Wheat

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Micronutrients are vital for human health. Wheat is a major staple crop and a significant source of minerals and B‐vitamins. The impact of climate change on their content remains largely unknown. We evaluated micronutrient levels in European winter wheat grown under historical and projected climate conditions. Our findings indicate that future climates
Da Cao, Jennifer Michel, Eline Lorer, Markus Weinmann, Jacques Le Gouis, Claire Léon, Sibille Perrochon, David Alvarez, Vincent Leemans, Iñaki Balanzategui Guijarro, Jordi Moya Laraño, Sara Sánchez Moreno, Symanczik Sarah, Waibel Matthias, Hervé Vanderschuren, Cécile Thonar, Pierre Delaplace, Dominique Van Der Straeten   +17 more
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Genome-Resolved Metagenomics Informs the Functional Ecology of Uncultured Acidobacteria in Redox Oscillated Sphagnum Peat. [PDF]

mSystems, 2022
Reji L, Zhang X.
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A Rare Allele of ST5 From Wild Rice Enhances Salt Tolerance in Rice

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A novel salt‐tolerance gene ST5W, characterized by a unique 36‐bp promoter insertion, is found exclusively in a small subset of Oryza rufipogon and is absent in cultivated rice. Field trials confirm ST5W significantly enhances rice yield across diverse genetic backgrounds under saline conditions.
Meng Xing, Jingfen Huang, Qiaoling Yuan, Ziyi Yang, Yanyan Wang, Mingchao Zhao, Yamin Nie, Rui Xu, Hongge Qian, Wenxi Chen, Qiaoling Zhang, Qi Du, Leiyue Geng, Yapeng Li, Ziyi Chen, Shizhuang Wang, Like Lou, Haiyuan Peng, Chongke Zheng, Xianzhi Xie, Xiaoming Zheng, Lifang Zhang, Lianguang Shang, Jiaqiang Sun, Qian Qian, Qingwen Yang, Weihua Qiao   +26 more
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