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Unintentional seed dispersal via container-grown garden plants: Seed density and composition vary among exporter countries [PDF]

NeoBiota
The global ornamental plant trade is well-known as an important source of non-native plants, but the unintentional dispersal of seeds as contaminants of this trade is rarely considered and largely understudied.
Judit Sonkoly, Viktória Törő-Szijgyártó, Edit Petró, Attila Takács, Luis Roberto Guallichico Suntaxi, Andrea McIntosh-Buday, Patricia Elizabeth Díaz Cando, Katalin Tóth, Szilvia Madar, Gergely Kovacsics-Vári, Péter Török   +10 more
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Spatial patterns of surface soil moisture and hydro-physical properties in Lijiang River watershed

Shui kexue jinzhan, 2016
Spatial heterogeneity is a basic characteristic of soil moisture and hydro-physical properties. We applied geostatistical approach to assess the spatial patterns of soil moisture and hydro-physical properties to identify the distribution and variability ...
YAO Yuefeng, HE Chengxin, ZENG Danjuan, ZHOU Cuiming, MO Ling, HUANG Yuqing, XU Guangping   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alhagi sparsifolia Harbors a Different Root-Associated Mycobiome during Different Development Stages

Microorganisms, 2022
The mycobiome in the rhizosphere and within the roots benefits the nutrition and function of host plants. However, compared with the bacterial community, root-associated mycobiomes of desert plants and the forces that drive their assemblage are limited ...
Zhihao Zhang, Xutian Chai, Yanju Gao, Bo Zhang, Yan Lu, Yi Du, Yulin Zhang, Ya Ding, Akash Tariq, Abd Ullah, Xiangyi Li, Fanjiang Zeng   +11 more
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Four approaches to guide ecological restoration in Latin America

, 2016
There is strong upswing in conservation and restoration efforts in Latin America (LA), particularly in the recent decadesafter several countries have committed to international agreements such as the Aichi targets of the Convention on BiologicalDiversity,
Meli, Paula, Melo, Felipe, Minaverry, Clara, Aguirre, Nicolay, Musalem, Karim, Brancalion, Pedro SA, Herrera, Francisco F., Ramírez, Wilson, Pinto, Severino   +8 more
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Targeted FSC certification to increase conservation impact in the Congo Basin

Discover Forests
The forests of the Congo Basin are globally significant for biodiversity, climate regulation, and ecological integrity but face increasing pressures from industrial logging and illegal hunting.
Joeri A. Zwerts, Lois M. Oudejans, Mats Kruize, Koen W. S. Norbart, Fieke A. E. de Zwart, Jaap van der Waarde   +5 more
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Shrub encroachment alters microbial community composition and soil carbon and nitrogen cycling functional genes in northern peatlands

Microbiology Spectrum
Changes in vegetation, such as shrub encroachment in grassland and wetland ecosystems, significantly influence soil microbial communities and biogeochemical processes.
Jie Ao, Xinyu Tang, Zhenxin Li, Zhanhui Tang   +3 more
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Self‐Sintering Ionogel Binder for Flexible, Recyclable, and Healable Printed Giant Magnetoresistive Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Electronic waste has emerged as a major environmental challenge, driven by the massive consumption and a limited lifetime of modern electronic devices, stimulating the development of sustainable electronics. Here, an all‐biomaterial gelatin‐choline‐citric acid ([Ch][CA]) ionogel is developed as an active binder to realize self‐sintered ...
Lin Guo, Xiaotao Wang, Guannan Mu, Proloy Taran Das, Igor Veremchuk, Conrad Schubert, Aaron D. Cross, Yevhen Zabila, Xuan Peng, Larysa Baraban, Denys Makarov   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

People as Ecological Participants in Ecological Restoration.

, 2007
In 1987, Bradshaw proposed that ecological restoration is the ultimate “acid test” of our understanding the functioning of ecosystems (Bradshaw 1987).
Mitchell, Neil, Burke, S
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ROS homeostasis and cell wall biosynthesis pathway are involved in female inflorescence development of birch (Betula platyphylla)

BMC Plant Biology
Background Female inflorescence development from megasporogenesis to gametogenesis, and mature female gametophyte (FG), is a complex and important event in plant sexual reproduction. However, how this essential developmental process is regulated in birch
Mengjie Cai, Kehao Zeng, Lanlan Li, Jiayuan Shi, Bello Hassan Jakada, Xue Zhang, Pu Wang, Haonan Zhu, Jing Jiang, Xingguo Lan   +9 more
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Plant Traits Guide Species Selection in Vegetation Restoration for Soil and Water Conservation

Biology, 2023
Great efforts have been made to improve the soil and water conservation capacity by restoring plant communities in different climatic and land-use types.
Denggao Fu, Xiaoni Wu, Lianyu Hu, Xudong Ma, Chunjie Shen, Huaye Shang, Gongning Huang, Yongjian He, Changqun Duan   +8 more
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