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Pedoenvironments driving the monodominance of Peltogyne gracilipes (Leguminosae) in the Northern Amazon, Brazil

Agro@mbiente On-line, 2022
Monodominance is unusual in the tropics when compared to the high diversity of tropical forests. Peltogyne gracilipes (Leguminosae) is a deciduous tree species that forms monodominant forests in the Brazilian Northern Amazon region.
Carlos Darwin Angulo Villacorta, Lidiany Camila da Silva Carvalho, Marcelo Trindade Nascimento, Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa   +3 more
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Tree stratum alteration decreases C use efficiency and the stability of litter decomposition in a sacred fir (Abies religiosa) forest

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2022
Background: There is limited information to predict the direction in which canopy modification affects the microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) and, consequently, the magnitude and stability of litter decomposition in monodominant sacred fir (Abies ...
Eduardo M. Choreño-Parra, Gregorio Ángeles-Pérez, Margarita Villegas-Ríos, Ofelia Beltrán-Paz, Eduardo Pérez-Pazos, Shatya Quintero-Gradilla, Bruno Chávez-Vergara   +6 more
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Soil successions of Carbic Podzols (Arenic) under Scots Pine plantations in Kursk region [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Anthropogenic activities lead to significant transformations of natural landscapes. In this article, an attempt was made to describe the soil succession in the context of 100-year dynamics of Scots Pine forest stand in Kursk region.
Nevedrov Nikolay, Fomina Maria, Smitskaya Galina   +2 more
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Monodominance in tropical forests: modelling reveals emerging clusters and phase transitions [PDF]

Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 2016
Tropical forests are highly diverse ecosystems, but within such forests there can be large patches dominated by a single tree species. The myriad presumed mechanisms that lead to the emergence of such monodominant areas is currently the subject of intensive research.
Martin Kazmierczak, Pia Backmann, José M. Fedriani, Rico Fischer, Alexander K. Hartmann, Andreas Huth, Felix May, Michael S. Müller, Franziska Taubert, Volker Grimm, Jürgen Groeneveld   +10 more
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Do ectomycorrhizas alter leaf‐litter decomposition in monodominant tropical forests of Guyana? [PDF]

New Phytologist, 2005
This work tested the hypothesis that ectomycorrhizas (EM) of Dicymbe corymbosa alter leaf-litter decomposition and residual litter quality in tropical forests of Guyana. Mass loss of leaf litter in litter bags was determined on three occasions, in two experiments, during a 12-month period.
Jordan R, Mayor, Terry W, Henkel
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Dynamics of diversity, distribution patterns and interspecific associations of understory herbs in the city-suburb-exurb context of Wuhan city, China [PDF]

, 2013
The dynamics of herb diversity, distribution patterns and interspecific associations of dominant herbs in natural forests at three growing stages in a city-suburb-exurb context in Wuhan City were studied using a fixed plot. The results show that
Li Zhen, Meng Xue-Feng, Wang Yong-Jian, Wu Xiao-Jing, Zhang Zhuo-Wen   +4 more
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Greater stability of carbon capture in species-rich natural forests compared to species-poor plantations

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
Tree plantations and forest restoration are leading strategies for enhancing terrestrial carbon (C) sequestration and mitigating climate change. While it is well established that species-rich natural forests offer superior C sequestering benefits ...
Anand M Osuri, Abhishek Gopal, T R Shankar Raman, Ruth DeFries, Susan C Cook-Patton, Shahid Naeem   +5 more
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Contrasting Seasonal Variation of Photosynthesis in Evergreen and Deciduous Tree Species From a Tropical Forest. [PDF]

Physiol Plant
ABSTRACT Microclimate differences in water availability can drive seasonal water use and photosynthetic variation among co‐occurring tropical tree species, especially in forests with strongly seasonal climates. We studied a tropical forest site in the Western Ghats, India, and characterised seasonal differences in photosynthetic CO2 assimilation rates (
Tiwari R, Hegde B, Hegde S, Bandaru P, Ramesh Babu M, Somashekhara Achar KG, Greiser C, Muscarella R, Barua D, Galbraith D, Gloor E.   +10 more
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Contrasting nitrogen fluxes in African tropical forests of the Congo Basin [PDF]

, 2019
The observation of high losses of bioavailable nitrogen (N) and N richness in tropical forests is paradoxical with an apparent lack of N input. Hence, the current concept asserts that biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) must be a major N input for ...
Ahanamungu Makelele, Isaac, Bamba, Fernando, Barthel, Matti, Bauters, Marijn, Bazirake Mujinya, Basile, Bodé, Samuel, Boeckx, Pascal, Boyemba, Faustin, Bulonza, Emmanuel, Carlsson, Elin, Cizungu Ntaboba, Landry, Eriksson, Linnéa, Rütting, Tobias, Six, Johan, Verbeeck, Hans   +14 more
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Environmental and geographical factors structure soil microbial diversity in New Caledonian ultramafic substrates: A metagenomic approach [PDF]

, 2016
Soil microorganisms play key roles in ecosystem functioning and are known to be influenced by biotic and abiotic factors, such as plant cover or edaphic parameters.
Carriconde, Fabian, Gigante, Sarah, Gourmelon, Véronique, Gueunier, Claire, Hortal, Sara, Letellier, Kelly, Maggia, Laurent, Powell, Jeff R.   +7 more
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