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Three decades of experimental nitrogen fertilization increases the frequency of a defensive plant morph

Oikos, EarlyView.
Resources, such as nitrogen, are widely hypothesized to underlie the expression and evolution of plant defenses to herbivory. However, resource availability can affect selection on plant defense traits in contrasting ways: resource availability can 1) weaken selection on defense traits by reducing the costs of herbivory, or 2) strengthen selection on ...
Mia M. Howard, Samantha Honroth, Andrew C. McCall, Jennifer A. Lau   +3 more
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OsLB2.2 negatively regulates rice disease resistance at seedling stage in rice. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Ma T, Wang M, Xie S, Li C, Wang J, Liu H, Yang L, Men L, Sun Z, Zong T, Zou D, Zheng H, Xin W.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Positive indirect effects outweigh negative direct effects of ungulate grazers on population growth of a grassland herb

Oikos, EarlyView.
Herbivores can affect plant population growth both directly through the damage they inflict to a focal species, and indirectly by moderating conditions for plant recruitment, nutrient cycling, competition and other biotic interactions, for example, through trampling, defecation, and grazing on surrounding vegetation.
Thomas J. Richards, Michel Thomann, Johan Dahlgren, Johan Ehrlén, Jon Ågren   +4 more
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Polyethylene microplastic: impacts on ryegrass seed germination and seedling development. [PDF]

BMC Plant Biol
Zhang Y, Wang X, Li J, Yang Y, Gao Y, Wang P.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How size and resource traits control species' biomass in monoculture and mixture and drive biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships

Oikos, EarlyView.
Humans are driving unprecedented environmental change, causing the loss of species from local ecosystems. This local species loss is likely to result in declines in ecosystem functioning but understanding why these so‐called biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning relationships vary is crucial for conservation and sustainable land management.
Veronika Ceballos‐Núñez, Christian Wirth, Adam T. Clark, Michael S. Crawford, Caroline E. Farrior, Jes Hines, Jens Kattge, Emma Ladouceur, Jeremy W. Lichstein, Isabelle Maréchaux, Akira S. Mori, Björn Reineking, Lindsay A. Turnbull, Kathryn E. Barry, Nadja Rüger   +14 more
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Desiccation tolerant yet short-lived seeds: A conundrum for post-harvest handling of a high restoration value bunchgrass? [PDF]

PLoS One
Tevlin S, Pérez HE, Crandall RM, Fill JM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Volcanic soils alleviate the allelopathic capacity of Empetrum nigrum in degraded tundra ecosystems

Oikos, EarlyView.
Land degradation due to unsustainable land use is of major concern worldwide and recovery is often slow. A potential mechanism behind slow recovery of degraded ecosystems is the retarding impacts of allelopathic plant species on the establishment of species that might facilitate the recovery process.
Ingvild Ryde, Jóhanna F. Kristinsdóttir, Marika Halmová, Augustin Baussay, Kari Anne Bråthen, Elizabeth H. J. Neilson, Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir   +6 more
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Polycomb repressive complex 2 facilitates the transition from heterotrophy to photoautotrophy during seedling emergence. [PDF]

Plant Cell
Samo N, Trejo-Arellano MG, Gahurová L, Erban A, Ebert A, Rivière Q, Kubásek J, Aflaki F, Mondeková HH, Schlereth A, Dubois A, Zhou M, Novák O, Šantrůček J, Bouyer D, Roudier F, Kopka J, Mozgová I.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Community diversity shapes persisting soil legacy effects of individual plant species on subsequent plant performance

Oikos, EarlyView.
Positive plant diversity–productivity relationships have partly been attributed to decreasing abundances of belowground specialist plant antagonists with increasing plant diversity, resulting in less negative plant–soil feedbacks (PSFs) on establishing conspecific plant individuals.
Rutger A. Wilschut, Mark van Kleunen
wiley   +1 more source