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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

Size variation of an herbivorous insect affects host plant damage: Mechanisms behind the effect

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Intraspecific trait variation can strengthen or weaken species interactions in ecological communities. A mechanistic understanding of how intraspecific variation affects species interactions will help identify general rules about when intraspecific variation strengthens
Monica Paniagua Montoya, Nora Underwood, Brian D. Inouye   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rational Design and Functionalization of Melt Electrowritten 4D Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications. [PDF]

Nanomicro Lett
Zhang Y, Zhao F, Qiao A, Liu Y, Chen M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Low‐nitrogen addition amplifies the positive effect of grazing exclusion on plant diversity and community stability

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Grazing exclusion is widely used for grassland restoration but often improves productivity slowly, whereas nitrogen (N) addition can rapidly boost productivity yet may erode plant diversity and community stability over the long term.
Chunping Zhang, Kang Yang, Zhifa Zang, Mengmeng Lu, Sihan Chen, Yuansheng Huang, Jiaxin Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Babassu-Derived Sachet for Pereskia aculeata-Based Oily Sauce: A Bio-Compostable Single-Use Packaging Option. [PDF]

J Food Sci
Gonçalves LO, Farias PM, Freitas TF, Zago L, Moreira RFA, Maniglia BC, Fai AEC.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Maternal glucocorticoids have persistent effects on offspring social phenotype irrespective of opportunity for social buffering

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study tests whether early‐life maternal association buffers offspring from the effects of prenatal stress in a facultatively social lizard. Despite clear effects of maternal glucocorticoids on growth and social behaviour, social associations did not mitigate these effects, revealing limits to social buffering in this species.
Kirsty J. MacLeod, Alix Bouffet‐Halle, Erik Wapstra, Tobias Uller, Geoffrey M. While   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Farmer Behaviour for Successful Climate Change Mitigation in Voluntary Initiatives

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Private and voluntary initiatives, such as voluntary carbon markets, can support public policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agriculture. This study investigates the impact of behavioural factors (reluctance to change) and social dynamics (peer imitation) on the adoption of two mitigation practices on Swiss dairy and ...
Marta Tarruella, Robert Huber, Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack, David Schäfer, Robert Finger   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A meshless optimised mesh-smoothing framework [PDF]

, 2016
11th ASMO UK/ISSMO/NOED2016: International Conference on Numerical Optimisation Methods for Engineering Design, Jens Dominik Mueller, MOHANAMURALY, P   +2 more
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THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN METABOLISM: Landscape, Design and the Politics of In/Visibility

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we chart the evolving aesthetic contours of urban metabolism across London, focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead to the north and south of the River Thames, respectively. We begin in the nineteenth century, when these two sites formed critical nodes within a new sewerage system that relegated the city’s circulatory flows ...
Ben Platt, Zuhri James
wiley   +1 more source

FINANCIALIZED VIOLENCE IN TORONTO’S RENTAL MARKET: Eviction Rates in Majority Black Renter Communities

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract While the geographical distribution of eviction filings has been explored in Toronto, the intersection of rental housing financialization, race and eviction remains underexplored. Financial actors and their intermediaries, who fuel the eviction crisis in economically disenfranchised Black renter communities, exert significant influence over ...
Nemoy Lewis, Dimitri Panou, Richard Maaranen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source