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Functional turnover from lowland to montane forests: evidence from the Hyrcanian forest in northern Iran

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2015
Plant functional traits and functional diversity play key roles in ecosystem functioning. Exploring patterns of functional diversity is of great importance in the management process of forest ecosystems.
Jafari Seyed M, Zarre S, Alavipanah Seyed K, Ghahremaninejad F   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do Invasive Earthworms Affect the Functional Traits of Native Plants?

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
As ecosystem engineers, invasive earthworms are one of the main drivers of plant community changes in North American forests previously devoid of earthworms.
Lise Thouvenot, Lise Thouvenot, Olga Ferlian, Olga Ferlian, Rémy Beugnon, Rémy Beugnon, Tom Künne, Tom Künne, Alfred Lochner, Alfred Lochner, Madhav P. Thakur, Madhav P. Thakur, Madhav P. Thakur, Manfred Türke, Manfred Türke, Nico Eisenhauer, Nico Eisenhauer   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional traits determine plant co-occurrence more than environment or evolutionary relatedness in global drylands [PDF]

, 2014
Plant–plant interactions are driven by environmental conditions, evolutionary relationships (ER) and the functional traits of the plants involved. However, studies addressing the relative importance of these drivers are rare, but crucial to improve our ...
Blones, Julio, Bowker, Matthew A., Cabrera, Omar, Cea, Alex P., Coaguila, Daniel, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Derak, Mchich, Eldridge, David J., Escolar, Cristina, Espinosa, Carlos I., García-Gómez, Miguel, García-Palacios, Pablo, Ghiloufi, Wahida, Gozalo, Beatriz, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Hemmings, Frank, Hernández, Rosa M., Maestre, Fernando T., Monerris, Jorge J., Noumi, Zouhaier, Ochoa, Victoria, Quero, José L., Soliveres, Santiago, Tighe, Matthew, Torices, Rubén   +24 more
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Revealing the structure of land plant photosystem II: the journey from negative‐stain EM to cryo‐EM

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Advances in cryo‐EM have revealed the detailed structure of Photosystem II, a key protein complex driving photosynthesis. This review traces the journey from early low‐resolution images to high‐resolution models, highlighting how these discoveries deepen our understanding of light harvesting and energy conversion in plants.
Roman Kouřil
wiley   +1 more source

Linking Aboveground Traits to Root Traits and Local Environment: Implications of the Plant Economics Spectrum. [PDF]

, 2019
The plant economics spectrum proposes that ecological traits are functionally coordinated and adapt along environmental gradients. However, empirical evidence is mixed about whether aboveground and root traits are consistently linked and which ...
Fang, Miao, Gilbert, Gregory S, Li, Wenbin, Lu, Huanping, Shen, Yong, Yu, Shixiao   +5 more
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Foliar and wood traits covary along a vertical gradient within the crown of long-lived light-demanding species of the Congo Basin semi-deciduous forest [PDF]

, 2019
Plant functional traits have shown to be relevant predictors of forest functional responses to climate change. However, the trait-based approach to study plant performances and ecological strategies has mostly been focused on trait comparisons at the ...
Beeckman, Hans, Bolaluembe, Papy-Claude, Bourland, Nils, De Mil, Tom, Kafuti, Chadrack, Meeus, Sofie, Ndjele, Léopold, Rousseau, Mélissa, Toirambe, Benjamin   +8 more
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An intracellular transporter mitigates the CO2‐induced decline in iron content in Arabidopsis shoots

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study identifies a gene encoding a transmembrane protein, MIC, which contributes to the reduction of shoot Fe content observed in plants under elevated CO2. MIC is a putative Fe transporter localized to the Golgi and endosomal compartments. Its post‐translational regulation in roots may represent a potential target for improving plant nutrition ...
Timothy Mozzanino, Meijie Li, Cécile Fizames, Mattia Adamo, Laurence Lejay, Christian Dubos, Matthieu Platre, Antoine Martin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variation in leaf morphological, stomatal, and anatomical traits and their relationships in temperate and subtropical forests

Scientific Reports, 2019
Leaf functional traits have attracted the attention of ecologists for several decades, but few studies have systematically assessed leaf morphological traits (termed “economic traits”), stomatal (termed “hydraulic”), and anatomical traits of entire ...
Congcong Liu, Ying Li, Li Xu, Zhi Chen, Nianpeng He   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira, Sílvia Arroz‐Madeira, Cláudio A. Franco, Sara Silva Pereira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source