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Functionally diverse stands promote leaf litter decomposition irrespective of litter species' resource acquisition strategy

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Stand functional diversity (RaoQ) and stand functional composition in terms of the functional traits of the component species (CWM trait) are critical for ecosystem processes and functioning, such as litter decomposition and associated nutrient cycling.
Bai‐Yu Yang, Xiao‐Chen Fang, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Li‐Ting Zheng, Di‐Feng Bao, Li Zhang, Zhao Zhao, Ci‐Liang Zhao, Hai‐Jun Mao, Zai‐Ping Yu, Dan‐Yan Ou, Marc W. Cadotte, En‐Rong Yan   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Companion Crops as Catalysts for Sustainable Cover Cropping in Vineyards-A Critical Review and Research Agenda. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Sharifi M, Zolfaghari Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Changing food availability and its effect on the heritability of offspring size in woodland passerine birds

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Vatka et al. investigated how changing food abundance affects evolutionary potential of offsprings' body size traits in two woodland passerines. Food availability increased over the 25‐year‐long study period, accompanied by increases in body mass.
Emma Vatka, Markku Orell, Seppo Rytkönen, Juha Merilä   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep learning classification of INSV-associated weeds in Monterey county using a curated RGB image dataset. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Sharma AK, Jani AD, Brunnengraeber E, Choi J, Fife R, Gandhok S, Huie K, Ilano AB, Lopez E, Lopez M, McMillan O, Parra A, Pollock T, Woodbridge D, Young R.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Imagination in Critical Theory: Utopia, Ideology, Aesthetics

Constellations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the role of imagination in critical theory, addressing its conceptual ambiguity and its synthesis of three distinct but interrelated strands. The first, rooted in Freud's theory, sees imagination as wish‐fulfillment—necessarily unreal yet foundational to utopian thought.
Markus Gante
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of rocket and mustard oils and their nano-emulsions as alternatives to chemical herbicides for controlling weeds associated faba bean. [PDF]

Sci Rep
El-Wakeel MA, Zaki FSA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Dwelling in a post‐fallout landscape: re‐shaping and sustaining life in a former evacuation zone in Fukushima Habiter après la catastrophe : redonner forme au monde et entretenir la vie dans une ancienne zone évacuée à Fukushima

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article explores the activities of daily life in a village neighbouring the TEPCO nuclear power plant in Fukushima. It argues that one of the potentials of taking a dwelling perspective – a phenomenological approach to living within the ecological and social environments – emerges most compellingly within a polluted landscape.
Tomoko Sakai
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of three broadleaf weed species classification in rice field using UAV hyperspectral imaging and machine learning. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Sulaiman N, Che'Ya NN, Juraimi AS, Noor NM, Rosle R, Mohd Roslim MH.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

WASTELAND ACTIVISM: Political Weeds and Ecological Imaginaries in Montreal

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Montreal, this article examines the ways in which urban dwellers and activists engage with the living materialities of wastelands to illuminate evolving ecological imaginaries and their political potentials.
Daniela Giudici
wiley   +1 more source

Main factors affecting the efficacy of medicinal plants during the cultivation process. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Zhang C, Zhong X, Bao S, Urtnasan M, Li M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source