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Reclaimed Well Sites on Salt Affected Soils: Electrical Conductivity and Sodium Adsorption Ratio as Plant Community Response Indicators

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Salt affected soils are common worldwide, resulting from natural causes and anthropogenic activities. Saline and sodic soils often occur in association with oil and gas production, impacting soil properties which can impede vegetation growth and development.
Laura Bony, Amalesh Dhar, Sarah R. Wilkinson, M. Anne Naeth   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leaf litter decomposition of dominant species of meadow steppe in Mungunmorit soum, Tuv province

Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences
The decomposition of plant litter is a fundamental process in the carbon and nutrient cycling of ecosystems and is an important source of organic and inorganic nutrients for plant growth in grassland ecosystems.
Batzorig Tugsbayar, Enkhmaa Erdenebileg, Tuvshintogtokh Indree, Khatansaikhan Purevdorj, Sukhbat Altangerel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Underground Lag: Fungal Community and Edaphic Legacies After Disturbance

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Páramos are neotropical mountain ecosystems that regulate water and store large amounts of carbon, but are increasingly degraded by agriculture and grazing. Although native vegetation often recolonizes after abandonment, belowground recovery remains poorly understood.
Wilmer Dajhan Navarrete‐López, Arantzazu Molins, María Elena Solarte, Camila Enriquez‐Paz, Joshua Borràs, Josefina Bota, Elena Baraza   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alpine Secondary Forest Types Influence Soil Microbial Community Structure and Enzyme Activities on the Eastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil microbial communities and enzyme activities influence soil functions and tree growth in ecologically fragile alpine regions. However, differences in soil microbial communities among secondary forests remain poorly understood in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau.
Qiuyun Fan, Ruoqi Zhang, Yuqing Geng, Yaning Luan, Yuhai Zhang, Yali Yuan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Canscora agni (Gentianaceae), a new species from the fire‐prone Indian savannas

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
We describe Canscora agni from the Indian savannas as a distinct species which differs from its allied species Canscora alata in having fewer and shorter leaves, pedicel‐wings unequal across the length, bracts with glandular hair on the margins, calyx‐wings being four, wider, up to 2.3 mm, with distinct reticulate venation and having ovary length up to
Ashish N. Nerlekar, Sharad Suresh Kambale   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

How important is aerial leaf litter for insectivorous birds foraging in a Malaysian tropical forest?

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019
Aerial leaf litter is a vital resource for insectivorous birds in tropical forests, particularly those that rely on dietary litter-dependent arthropods.
Mohammad Saiful Mansor, Fasihah Zarifah Rozali, Nurul Ashikin Abdullah, Shukor Md Nor, Rosli Ramli   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Both density‐ and frequency‐dependent effects determine plant growth in a dune heath ecosystem

Oikos, EarlyView.
We tested the hypothesis that both density‐ and frequency‐dependent interactions play important roles in determining plant growth in a dune heath ecosystem at several levels of available nitrogen. Plant growth was measured using the pin‐point method in a five‐block experiment with four nitrogen levels.
Christian Damgaard, Mathias Emil Kaae, Jacob Weiner, Jesper Leth Bak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity of Leaf Litter – Introduction to Invertebrates with Special Reference to Leaf Litter Faunae: Maxwell Campbell

The Ballarat Naturalist, 2018
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +1 more source

Suppression of soil microbiota rather than neighbours facilitates absinthe Artemisia absinthium invasion in native grasslands

Oikos, EarlyView.
Many mechanisms can lead to successful plant invasion, but their importance is often context dependent. One such mechanism is allelopathy: chemical inhibition of neighbouring plants. The importance of allelopathy may be mediated by soil microbiota and environmental conditions, and depend upon the species or functional group affected.
John Paul Wasan, Jonathan A. Bennett
wiley   +1 more source

The dual role of detritus as resource and habitat: integrating non‐trophic processes to ecosystem dynamics

Oikos, EarlyView.
The diversity of ecological interactions, both trophic and non‐trophic, is central to understanding the assembly of communities. However, we have yet to study non‐trophic processes through their action on ecosystem compartments such as detritus involved in both recycling and habitat provisioning.
Frederic Guichard, Benoît Pichon, Isabelle Gounand   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source