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Agricultural Fungicide Mancozeb in Leaf Litter Enhances Survival and Growth of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mancozeb is one of the most widely used agricultural fungicides, exhibiting strong efficacy against a broad spectrum of phytopathogenic fungi. However, its widespread application comes at the cost of environmental contamination. Here, we show the effects of Inga vera leaf litter contamination with Mancozeb on life‐history traits of Aedes ...
Heloise Restello Remus, Gilberto Dinis Cozzer, João Tauchert, Raquel de Brito, Cássia Alves Lima‐Rezende, Jacir Dal Magro, Natalia Bastiani da Luz, Daniel Albeny‐Simões, Renan de Souza Rezende   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alpine wetland litter decomposition under wet and dry conditions: A comparative study of native vs. standardized litter

Ecological Indicators
Alpine wetlands, critical ecosystems in high-altitude mountain areas, play essential roles in water conservation, biodiversity protection, and carbon (C) sequestration.
Hao Tang, Qian Li, Qian Bao, Biao Tang, Kun Li, Yang Ding, Xiaojuan Luo, Qiushu Zeng, Size Liu, Xiangyang Shu, Weijia Liu, Lei Du   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anthromes and terrestrial carbon

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Anthony P. Walker, Rose Z. Abramoff, Kathryn Baragwanath, Matthew E. Craig, Yadvinder Malhi, Crystal N. H. McMichael   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A robotic and high‐throughput X‐ray micro‐computed tomography workflow

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, EarlyView.
A high‐throughput and automated experimental workflow for synchrotron X‐ray micro‐computed tomography is demonstrated. The system integrates automated robotic sample exchange and data acquisition, enabling large‐scale and data‐driven research.With the recent upgrades of synchrotron facilities and an increasing demand for artificial intelligence (AI ...
Xiaoyang Liu, Alex Lavens, James Bennett O'Sullivan, Alan Kastengren, Andrew T. Townsend, Jason G. Toyoda, Hasitha Wijesuriya, Tamas Varga, Karolina Michalska   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scaling from microsite to landscape to resolve litter decomposition dynamics in globally extensive drylands

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Decomposition is the transformation of dead organic matter into its inorganic constituents. In most biomes, decomposition rates can be accurately predicted with simple mathematical models, but these models have long under‐predicted decomposition in globally extensive ...
Heather L. Throop, Jiwei Li, Daryl L. Moorhead, Sasha C. Reed, Katherine E. O. Todd‐Brown, Alexi C. Besser, Dellena Evelyn Bloom, Thomas C. Ingalls, Alejandro Cueva   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional macroinvertebrate diversity stabilizes decomposition among leaf litter resources across a river network

Biodiversity underpins the functional integrity of ecosystems. At present, our understanding of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) is essentially based on manipulative experiments.
Blackman, Rosetta C, Altermatt, Florian, Bistarelli, Lukas Thuile, Gessner, Mark O, Singer, Gabriel, del Campo, Ruben, Martini, Jan, Fuß, Thomas   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Soil and microbial responses to wild ungulate trampling depend more on ecosystem type than trampling severity

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Physical trampling is a ubiquitous activity of walking vertebrates, but is poorly understood as a mechanism impacting biogeochemical cycling in soil. Lack of detailed knowledge of soil abiotic–biotic interactions underlying trampling effects, and the primary sources of ...
G. Adam Meyer, Shawn J. Leroux, Kathryn E. Hargan, Niels van Miltenburg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Root and leaf litter diversity below‐ground shape soil carbon stabilization and priming through altered decomposition dynamics

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Root and leaf turnover is a major contributor to soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics and storage. However, while roots of multiple species occur in soils, and leaves are often incorporated to soil by bioturbation processes, it remains unknown how litter mixing in soils ...
Raoul Huys, Vincent Poirier, Grégoire T. Freschet   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of mixing pine and broadleaved tree/shrub litter on decomposition and N dynamics in laboratory microcosms

, 2009
This study was carried out to compare the ecological function of exotic pine (Pinus radiata-Pr) and native pine (Pinus tabulaeformis-Pt) in terms of litter decomposition and its related N dynamics and to evaluate if the presence of broad-leaved tree ...
Li, W, Chinese Acad Sci, Chengdu Inst Biol, POB 416, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China., Wu, N, Pan, KW, Wang, JC, Liang, XL, Li, W, Han, CM   +6 more
core  

Afforestation mitigates soil nitrogen limitation by enhancing mineralization and lowering denitrification in central China

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Afforestation has profoundly altered soil nitrogen (N) transformation, particularly the key processes governing soil organic N and inorganic N dynamics which determine soil N availability.
Xueyu Wang, Deping Zhai, Xin Quan, Chang Liao, Xiuxian Men, Xianxian Wang, Xiaoli Cheng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source