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Mycorrhizal fungal and tree root functional traits: Strategies for integration and future directions
Ecosphere, 2023 Plant functional traits offer ecologists quantifiable characteristics that may be used to determine the underlying mechanisms and drivers of processes at scales ranging from individual plants to entire ecosystems. While research on belowground functional
Samuel A. Z. Schaffer‐Morrison +1 more
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Comparison of two plant functional approaches to evaluate natural restoration along an old-field-deciduous forest chronosequence [PDF]
, 2009 Question: Are direct and indirect trait-based approaches similar in their usefulness to synthesize species responses to successional stages?\ud Location: Northern hardwood forests, Que´bec, Canada\ud (451010–451080N; 731580–741210W).\ud Methods: Two ...
Aubin, Isabelle +4 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Dormant cancer cells can hide in distant organs for years, evading treatment and the immune system. This review highlights how signals from the surrounding tissue and immune environment keep these cells inactive or trigger their reawakening. Understanding these mechanisms may help develop therapies to eliminate or control dormant cells and prevent ...
Kanishka Tiwary +1 more
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Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities and their functional traits mediate plant–soil interactions in trace element contaminated soils [PDF]
, 2018 There is an increasing consensus that microbial communities have an important role in mediating ecosystem processes. Trait-based ecology predicts that the impact of the microbial communities on ecosystem functions will be mediated by the expression of ...
Gil-Martínez, Marta +6 more
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Rapid screening of staphylokinase protein variants using an unpurified cell‐free expression system
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.An unpurified cell‐free protein synthesis (CFPS) platform enables rapid functional screening of staphylokinase variants. Direct plasminogen‐activation assays performed in microplate format provide real‐time activity readouts, allowing rapid identification and ranking of variants with improved or reduced fibrinolytic activity without protein ...
Maria Tomková +3 more
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Plants, 2020 Understanding the effects of precipitation variations on plant biochemical and functional traits is crucial to predict plant adaptation to future climate changes.
Ya Hu +6 more
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High functional diversity is related to high nitrogen availability in a deciduous forest - evidence from a functional trait approach [PDF]
, 2010 The current study tested the assumption that floristic and functional diversity patterns are negatively related to soil nitrogen content. We analyzed 20 plots with soil N-contents ranging from 0.63% to 1.06% in a deciduous forest near Munich (Germany ...
Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus +4 more
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Systemic dysregulation of apolipoproteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis serum
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages motor neurons. This study found that people with ALS show significant changes in blood fats and the proteins that carry them. Several apolipoproteins were higher, lipid balances were altered, and normal protein–lipid relationships were disrupted.
Finula I. Isik +6 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016 The trait-based approach shows that ecosystem function is strongly affected by plant functional diversity as reflected by the traits of the most abundant species (community-weighted mean, CWM) and functional dispersion (FDis).
Xiaoan eZuo +6 more
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Predicting plants – modeling traits as a function of environment [PDF]
, 2016 A central problem in understanding and modeling vegetation dynamics is how to represent the variation in plant properties and function across different environments.
Franklin, O.
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