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Ecohydrological characteristics of biocrusts explain divergent responses of biocrusts and grasses to rainfall reduction

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Drylands are mainly structured by both vascular plants and biological soil crusts (biocrusts), the latter often regarded as a self‐organizing component of these ecosystems.
Haoran Luo, Jiamin Shi, Qianhai Ye, Siqing Wang, Li Ma, Yali Ma, Linjie Qiao, Renyi Zhang, Yunyao Ma, Hao Wang, Xiaobo Yuan, Chao Song, Changming Zhao, Ning Chen   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on the evolution mechanisms and prevention countermeasures behind a large-scale landslide in complicated-geological-structure red beds. [PDF]

Sci Rep
He H, Zheng D, Xu G, Dong X, Liu W, Zou Y, Wang H.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Trait responses to competition are mostly parallel among competitor plants but can cause convergence or divergence in key traits

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Plants competing for resources exhibit different traits than plants which are not. Phenotypic plasticity can shape competition by altering trait differences between competitors.
Julia Bebout, Juliana Loaiza, Alexander Gillert, Elsa Cleland   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linking hydraulic strategy, drought response and carbon gain in co-existing savanna tree species. [PDF]

Tree Physiol
Wigley BJ, Waite PA, Coetsee C, Schuldt B, Higgins SI.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Functional traits can explain coordinated seedling responses to drought and freezing stress

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Limited plant establishment creates demographic bottlenecks that can alter vegetation trajectories in changing environments, yet it is unclear how common eco‐evolutionary indicators of plant strategy shape early response to key stressors.
Julie E. Larson, Bradley J. Butterfield, Seth M. Munson, Dylan F. Neuhaus, Stella M. Copeland   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban green spaces and flood disaster management: toward sustainable urban design. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Liu N, Zhang F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Contrasting properties of predation and scavenging networks governed by megaherbivores in an African savannah

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
For the first time, predation and scavenging networks are directly compared within a single ecosystem. Using an 8‐year dataset of African mammals, including megaherbivores, this study reveals distinct structural rules and body mass constraints, providing a scalable framework for studying consumer–resource dynamics and ecosystem function.
Solange Alexandra Batista‐Nunes, Esther Sebastián‐González, Femke Broekhuis, Frank van Langevelde, Niels Mogensen, Marcos Moleón   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surplus boron nutrition enhances accumulation in plant residues, canopy radiation interception and yield of winter direct seeding rapeseed in Southwestern China. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wang R, Peng W, Teng H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Temperate forest heterogeneity decreases local and landscape‐scale spider diversity through habitat filtering despite increasing species turnover

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
In a large‐scale German forest experiment, habitat heterogeneity increased spider turnover but reduced local alpha diversity through habitat filtering. Together, these effects lowered landscape‐scale spider diversity. As such, the study shows whether environmental heterogeneity increases or decreases biodiversity depends on the balance between habitat ...
Jean‐Léonard Stör, Julia Rothacher, Marc W. Cadotte, Anne Chao, Maike Huszarik, Michael Junginger, Lisa Köstler‐Albert, Oliver Mitesser, Akira S. Mori, Clara Wild, Jörg Müller   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innovative 3D photosynthetic trait assessment of slash pine using drone-LiDAR fusion and machine learning algorithms. [PDF]

Plant Phenomics
Yan R, Peng Y, Li Y.
europepmc   +1 more source