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Forest Vapor Pressure Deficit Sensitivity: A Potential Indicator of Soil Carbon Stability Under Atmospheric Drying

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This Short Report examines an underexplored link between atmospheric drying and soil organic carbon (SOC) stability. Rising atmospheric vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is becoming an increasingly important hydroclimatic stressor for terrestrial ecosystems.
Anquan Xia, Xiang Wei, Ma Cheng, Zhihong Xu, Tong Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of wet grassland abandonment on invertebrate communities. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Joyce CB, Bardey DJ, Ward RD, Sepp K, da Silva Cerqueira A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Two new endemic species of Portulaca (Portulacaceae) from the Brazilian Pampa grasslands

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Portulaca L. is a monophyletic, cosmopolitan genus of succulent plants comprising ca 153 species, with particularly high diversity in xerophytic ecosystems in tropical and subtropical regions. Based on morphological evidence, we describe and illustrate two new species from the Brazilian Pampa, Portulaca guaritensis and Portulaca guenoa.
José Roberto Ferraz, Bárbara Pinheiro Moreira, João Marcelo Alvarenga Braga, Leonardo Paz Deble   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Response of Soil Protist Community to Grazing Disturbance in an Alpine Grassland on the Eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Sun C, An H, Dong Q, Liu W, Lv W, Yang X, Wang Z.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Elevation‐dependent soil and plant responses to a decade of warming and species removal

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding how ecosystems retain or release carbon under warming is a critical challenge. Dominant plant species, which contribute the most biomass, can mediate ecosystem responses to warming by modifying microclimate and nutrient cycling. To investigate how warming and shifts in plant dominance interact to affect carbon and nutrient dynamics, we ...
Anna Wootton, Olivia K. Vought, Isabel E. Thornberry, Carol Adair, Karin Rand, Maxwell Landsman‐Gerjoi, Aimée T. Classen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Pitfall Trap Spacing on Sample Independence in Ant Community Studies in Homogeneous Grasslands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Jiménez-Carmona F, Carpintero S, Reyes-López JL.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Characterising fine‐scale habitat associations for range expanding species with limited data: a case study on the West Nile Virus vector, Culex modestus

Oikos, EarlyView.
The ecological and epidemiological consequences of species expanding into new areas are growing concomitantly with climate change. Those aiming to monitor species expanding in range must make optimal use of finite resources to deliver effective surveillance capable of detecting new incursions and range expansions.
Susanna Cant, Owen Jones, Maisie Vollans, Maximilian Ayling, Nyall Jamieson, Alexander G. C. Vaux, Jolyon M. Medlock, Thomas Ward, Julie Day, Robert S. Paton   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Century of Shifting Native Species-Accumulation Curves Reveals Long-Term Biodiversity Loss. [PDF]

Ecol Lett
Pan K, Marshall L, Biesmeijer JC, de Snoo GR.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Trait convergence under warming: drought tolerance, not thermal limits, mediates native–invader dynamics in alpine ecosystems

Oikos, EarlyView.
Climate warming and plant invasions jointly alter alpine ecosystems, but the mechanisms underlying these interactions remain unclear. A key to predicting ecosystem vulnerability is whether native and invasive species can sustain performance as conditions warm.
Indira V. Leon‐Garcia, Julie R. Deslippe   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correction for Hong et al., Mechanistic links between coexistence, productivity, and stability in experimental grasslands. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
europepmc   +1 more source