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Shrubs indirectly increase desert seedbanks through facilitation of the plant community [PDF]

, 2019
The mechanisms supporting positive ecological interactions are important. Foundation species can structure desert biodiversity by facilitating seedbanks of annual plants, but the direct and indirect mechanisms of shrub effects on seedbank have not been ...
Filazzola, Alessandro, Liczner, Amanda, Lortie, Christopher, Westphal, Michael   +3 more
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The restoration of ecological interactions: plant-pollinator networks on ancient and restored heathlands [PDF]

, 2008
1. Attempts to restore damaged ecosystems usually emphasize structural aspects of biodiversity, such as species richness and abundance. An alternative is to emphasize functional aspects, such as patterns of interaction between species.
Anonymous, Barabási, Bascompte, Buzna, Cairns, Dicks, Dobson, Dunne, Ehrenfeld, Ehrenfeld, Fortuna, Forup, Gathmann, Gibson, Gilbert, Janzen, Jordano, Jordano, Jordano, Jordano, Kearns, Kearns, Kearns, Lundgren, Memmott, Memmott, Memmott, Montalvo, Nabhan, Palmer, Potts, Rose, Steffan-Dewenter, Steffan-Dewenter, Tanizawa, Thomas, Tscharntke, Usher, Vázquez, Vázquez, Waser, Webb, Webb, Westerkamp, White, Williams, Young   +46 more
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Yearly weather variation and surface temperature drives the spatiotemporal dynamics of a threatened butterfly and its host plant

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
It remains unclear to what extent yearly weather variation and spatial variation in microclimate influences the outcome of interacting plant-animal species and whether responses differ between life stages. We collected data over several years on 46 ha on
Markus Franzén, Yannick Francioli, John Askling, Oskar Kindvall, Victor Johansson, Victor Johansson, Anders Forsman   +6 more
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Arboreal twig-nesting ants form dominance hierarchies over nesting resources. [PDF]

, 2019
Interspecific dominance hierarchies have been widely reported across animal systems. High-ranking species are expected to monopolize more resources than low-ranking species via resource monopolization. In some ant species, dominance hierarchies have been
Philpott, Stacy M, Yitbarek, Senay
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The woodrat gut microbiota as an experimental system for understanding microbial metabolism of dietary toxins

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
The microbial communities inhabiting the alimentary tracts of mammals, particularly those of herbivores, are estimated to be one of the densest microbial reservoirs on Earth.
Kevin D. Kohl, M. Denise Dearing
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Long‐term study reveals top‐down effect of crabs on a California salt marsh

Ecosphere, 2021
Consumers can structure plant communities and may function as keystone species or ecosystem engineers. In salt marshes, the prevailing paradigm has shifted in recent decades from nearly complete focus on bottom‐up processes to inclusion of top‐down ...
Kathryn M. Beheshti, Kerstin Wasson, Christine Angelini, Brian R. Silliman, Brent B. Hughes   +4 more
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Heavy metal hyper accumulation potential of local flora from polluted areas of Delhi

Environment Conservation Journal
Phytoremediation is a cost-effective in-situ technique that exploits plant physiology for environmental remediation. Using local flora for phytoremediation has the advantage of successful revegetation and prevents leaching of the pollutants, such as ...
Garima Sharma, Tandrali Baruah, Sharda Pasricha, Vartika Mathur   +3 more
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Land use alters arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities and their potential role in carbon sequestration on the Tibetan Plateau

Scientific Reports, 2017
Loss of belowground biodiversity by land-use change can have a great impact on ecosystem functions, yet appropriate investigations remain rare in high-elevation Tibetan ecosystems.
Meng Xu, Xiaoliang Li, Xiaobu Cai, Xiaolin Li, Peter Christie, Junling Zhang   +5 more
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Generally Recognized as Safe Salts for a Natural Strategy to Managing Fungicide-Resistant Penicillium Strains in the Moroccan Citrus Packinghouse

Agriculture
The extensive application of fungicides in citrus packinghouses to mitigate economic losses has resulted in the emergence of fungicide-resistant biotypes of Penicillium spp.
Meriem Hamrani, Lamyaa Zelmat, Seyed Mehdi Jazayeri, Mohamed El Ammari, Najiba Brhadda, Rabea Ziri, Jawad Aarrouf, Mohammed El Guilli   +7 more
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Bulbuls and crows provide complementary seed dispersal for China’s endangered trees

Avian Research, 2017
Background Different functional frugivores generally exhibit unequal contributions, both in terms of quantity (seed removal) and quality (seedling recruitment), to effective seed dispersal of plant species.
Bing Bai, Ning Li, Xinhai Li, Changhu Lu
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