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Effects of grazing and mowing on ground-dwelling predatory arthropods in a semi-arid grassland

Ecological Indicators
The arthropod communities are important component in grassland ecosystems and are largely affected by management. However, the information on the effects of different grassland management on ground-dwelling predatory arthropods are very limited ...
Yadong Wang, Jianwei Cheng, Siguleng Wuji, Haoxin Li, Yanan Wang, Jingpeng Guo, Xinmin Liu, Frank Yonghong Li   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Christia Meidiana, Abdelkader Anouzla, Faissal Aziz, Imran Ali, Joan Cecilia C. Casila, M. Imran Khan, Dongdong Zhang, Meihui Jiang, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Md Munir Hayet Khan, Kasun Kumara Dissanayake   +12 more
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Climate‐driven resource availability drives medium‐ and broad‐scale temporal changes in owl–prey interactions over 24 years in a semi‐arid ecosystem

Ecography, EarlyView.
Predator–prey interactions are vital to ecosystem functioning but may be disrupted by climate change. We investigated a food‐web network involving three owl species over 24 years in a semi‐arid ecosystem at Bosque Fray Jorge National Park, Chile.
Jazmin M. Quiroz‐Calizaya, Adriana Lozada, Douglas A. Kelt, Alejandra J. Troncoso, Peter L. Meserve, M. Andrea Previtali, W. Bryan Milstead, Julio R. Gutiérrez, Craig Weideman, Nicolas Gouin, Tyler R. Kartzinel, Karin Maldonado, Angéline Bertin   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution of argoma shrubland (Ulex gallii Planch.) after clearing and burning treatments in Sierra de Aralar and Belate (Navarra)

Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2019
Shrub encroachment is considered one of the greatest threats in the conservation of pastures, especially in abandoned territories and territories with low stocking density.
D. Gómez, A.J. Aguirre, X. Lizaur, M. Lorda, J.L. Remón   +4 more
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Maximising trait evenness promotes the recovery of plant species richness in managed grasslands

Ecography, EarlyView.
Land‐use intensification threatens biodiversity, and restoring degraded ecosystems remains challenging due to the difficulty of identifying the rules governing community assembly and dynamics. Investigating the temporal dynamics of trait‐abundance distributions (TADs) along long‐term time series offers a promising approach to disentangle the influence ...
Nathan Rondeau, Yoann Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, Frédérique Louault, Raphael Martin, Pascal Carrère, Katja Klumpp, Pierre Liancourt, Nicolas Gross   +7 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
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Topography constrains the climatic response of treeline migration in Taiwan's subalpine forests

Ecography, EarlyView.
Treelines are moving upslope, but the rates and drivers differ among different regions, globally. Many studies have examined the relationship between treeline movement and climate change, particularly rising temperature, while the role of topographical factors has received much less attention, despite the longstanding recognition of its importance.
Kuan‐Yu Chen, Jonathan Peereman, J. Aaron Hogan, Teng‐Chiu Lin   +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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Regeneration failure, fire, topography, and climate interact to drive temperate wet forest landscapes into fire traps

Ecography, EarlyView.
Where early successional forests are more flammable than old‐growth forests, forested landscapes are vulnerable to shifting into ‘fire traps' through positive feedbacks, where fire leads to more fire. These feedbacks are amplified by increased flammability driven by climate change, the presence of non‐native flammable plant species, and slowed ...
George L. W. Perry, Craig E. Simpkins, Kiri Reihana, James M. R. Brock, Peter J. Bellingham   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Faster growing and more functionally diverse: global change alters functional trait composition of mountain plant communities in the European Alps

Ecography, EarlyView.
Understanding how global change reshapes mountain plant communities is essential for predicting biodiversity and ecosystem function in a warming world. Using resurvey data from over 1400 non‐forest vegetation plots across the European Alps, we show that community‐weighted means of key functional traits capturing important dimensions of plant ecological
Sergey Rosbakh, Sabine B. Rumpf, Stefan Dullinger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source