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A globally consistent scaling relationship reveals stabilizing effects of dominant species in plant communities

Ecography, EarlyView.
Despite extensive research, stabilizing mechanisms in ecosystems remain uncertain. Taylor's power law (TPL) is a pervasive ecological pattern that describes how variance scales with mean abundance (σ2 = aμᵇ). While TPL has been widely studied within populations, its role across species within communities and its implications for stability remain ...
Clara Gracia, Jules Segrestin, Jan Lepš, Peter B. Adler, Susan P. Harrison, Lars Götzenberger, Enrique Valencia, Víctor Lecegui, Manuele Bazzichetto, Roberto Canullo, Stefano Chelli, Jürgen Dengler, Jiri Dolezal, David J. Eldridge, Franz Essl, Felícia M. Fischer, Anaclara Guido, Lauren Hallet, Tomas Herben, Norbert Hölzel, Anke Jentsch, Miklós Kertész, Xiaofei Li, Gábor Ónodi, Robin J. Pakeman, Alain Paquette, Kersti Pussa, Anita C. Risch, Marta Rueda, Wolfgang Schmidt, Ute Schmiedel, Zhiwei Zhong, Martin Zobel, Francesco de Bello   +33 more
wiley   +1 more source

Landowners' perceptions of risk in grassland management: woody plant encroachment and prescribed fire

Ecology and Society, 2014
Ecologists recognize that fire and herbivory are essential to maintaining habitat quality in grassland ecosystems. Prescribed fire and grazing are typically used on public reserves to increase biodiversity, improve grassland productivity, and control ...
Ryan N. Harr, Lois Wright Morton, Shannon R. Rusk, David M. Engle, James R. Miller, Diane Debinski   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘ukbioprepr': an R package to support reproducible preparation of environmental data for biodiversity modelling in the UK

Ecography, EarlyView.
Biodiversity modelling is essential for explaining and predicting ecological responses to environmental change and assessing progress towards targets in the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (CBD 2022). The UK benefits from rich biodiversity time‐series data and numerous open‐source environmental datasets.
Charlotte Rose Rush, Joseph Cooper, Cecilia Larrosa, Martin Wilkes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fungal Endophyte Communities of Three Agricultural Important Grass Species Differ in Their Response Towards Management Regimes

Microorganisms, 2019
Despite the importance of endophytic fungi for plant health, it remains unclear how these fungi are influenced by grassland management practices.
Bernd Wemheuer, Torsten Thomas, Franziska Wemheuer   +2 more
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Highly Efficient and Salt‐Tolerant Broom‐like Bamboo Solar Evaporator: Constructing Multiscale Open Gaps to Enhance Water Transportation and Vapor Diffusion

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
A bamboo fiber aggregation‐based broom‐like evaporator with open interstitial spaces for water transport and vapor diffusion was designed that provided extensive air–liquid interfaces for facilitating fast vapor diffusion and avoiding the formation of high‐humidity zones.
Rilong Yang, Yuying Yang, Qianwen Liu, Qiuhua Feng, Jianyu Wu, Yan Yu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploration and Practice of Hefei Botanical Garden in Biodiversity Conservation, Resource Utilization, and Public Education

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Jimei Zhang, Xu Li, Yuhua Ma, Fasih Ullah Haider, Yunfeng Zhou   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Spatial Dynamics of a Just Regional Energy Transition: What If We Ask Citizens?

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The installation of wind turbines and solar parks in valued rural landscapes has led to local concerns and perceived injustices to the extent that the societal acceptance of the energy transition is at stake. Although the literature on energy justice is blooming, research into citizens' understandings of justice with regards to regional energy
Simone Haarbosch, Sanneke Kloppenburg, Bas Van Vliet, Tamara Metze   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enabling pastoralist management of rangelands to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Rangelands cover 54% of the global terrestrial area and are threatened by land conversion and degradation, which erodes their global value and weakens the livelihoods of pastoralists who manage them. Sustainable Development Goal Target 15.3 on Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) provides a framework for sustainable rangelands management, but countries ...
Mounir Louhaichi, Jonathan Davies, Pedro Maria Herrera Calvo, Bora Masumbuko, Hanspeter Liniger, Rima Mekdaschi Studer, Nicole Harari, Maryam Niamir‐Fuller   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Fertilizer Gradient on High Nature Value Mountain Grassland

Plants
High nature value (HNV) grasslands in mountain areas are important ecosystems for biodiversity maintenance and offer a multitude of ecosystem services, but they are constantly threatened by abandonment or intensive fertilization.
Costel Samuil, Adrian Ilie Nazare, Culiță Sîrbu, Bogdan Grigoraş, Vasile Vîntu   +4 more
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The use of indirect methods for the prediction of lucerne quality in the first cut under the conditions of Central Europe

Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2010
The goal of this study was to compare the growing degree-days (GDD) and predictive equations for alfalfa quality (PEAQ) for the prediction of lucerne quality and to test their accuracy and suitability in the first cut period in Central Bohemia.
J. Hakl, J. Šantrůček, P. Fuksa, L. Krajíc   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source