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Basic and Applied Ecology, 2022 Evaluating plant functional traits helps to understand how plants respond to changing environmental conditions and resource availability associated with disturbance events.
Susana Maza-Villalobos +3 more
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On Plant Modularity Traits: Functions and Challenges [PDF]
Trends in Plant Science, 2017 On-spot persistence, space occupancy, and recovery after damage are key plant functions largely understudied. Traits relevant to these functions are difficult to assess because of their relationships to plant modularity. We suggest that developing collection protocols for these traits is feasible and could facilitate their inclusion in global syntheses.
Ottaviani, Gianluigi +4 more
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Reconstructing enzyme evolution by protein engineering
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Natural enzyme evolution can be retraced by protein engineering methods such as directed evolution, rational design, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. These approaches reveal how enzymes emerged from ligand‐binding scaffolds, developed varying substrate preferences, formed oligomeric complexes, adapted to environmental changes, and evolved novel ...
Lukas Drexler +2 more
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Optimal strategies for sampling functional traits in species-rich forests [PDF]
, 2015 1. Functional traits provide insight into a variety of ecological questions, yet the optimal sampling method to estimate the community-level distribution of plant functional trait values remains a subject of debate, especially in species-rich forests. 2.
Diaz, Sandra +7 more
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Functional traits of fossil plants
New PhytologistSummaryA minuscule fraction of the Earth's paleobiological diversity is preserved in the geological record as fossils. What plant remnants have withstood taphonomic filtering, fragmentation, and alteration in their journey to become part of the fossil record provide unique information on how plants functioned in paleo‐ecosystems through their traits ...
McElwain, Jennifer C. +14 more
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Microbiome‐blood–brain barrier interactions in aging — mechanisms and therapeutic potential
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Aging reshapes the gut microbiome (↓SCFA‐producing commensals; ↑pro‐inflammatory outputs), shifting circulating metabolites (↓SCFAs; ↑LPS, ↑TMAO, ↑PAA) that act at the BBB to increase nonspecific transcytosis, alter transport, and promote astrocyte reactivity, heightening brain vulnerability.
Daniel Cuervo‐Zanatta +3 more
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Global Ecology and ConservationDisentangling the responses of leaf functional traits to global environmental changes is crucial for understanding biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) linkages.
Jingyi Cui +7 more
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The role of climate and plant functional trade-offs in shaping global biome and biodiversity patterns [PDF]
, 2010 Aim: Two of the oldest observations in plant geography are the increase in plant diversity from the poles towards the tropics and the global geographic distribution of vegetation physiognomy (biomes). The objective of this paper is to use a process-based
Kleidon, Axel +20 more
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Structure‐forward targeting of claudins with synthetic binders
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Claudins form the paracellular barriers between epithelial and endothelial tissues at tight junctions and are targets for molecular binders with the goal of modulating barrier permeability. Claudin‐binding molecules are relevant in drug delivery or in altering claudin interactions with disease‐causing proteins.
Alex J. Vecchio
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Response of functional traits of Castanopsis hystrix leaves to geographical environment factors
Guangxi ZhiwuLeaf is an important nutrient organ for physiological and biochemical activities of plants, and its functional traits reflect the environmental adaptability of plants to a certain extent.
LI Qiguo 1, JIANG Weixin1, TAN Zhangqiang2, BAI Tiandao1*, SHEN Wenhui2
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