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Urbanization and Spatial Aggregation Impair Multifunctionality in Urban Vacant Lots

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.
This study provides the first assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality in urban vacant lots. Although urbanization and spatial aggregation of vacant lots impaired multifunctionality, soil moisture improved it. ABSTRACT Urban shrinkage, driven by population decline rather than expansion, is an emerging concern in many developed ...
Yuki Iwachido, Himari Katsuhara, Kaho Maehara, Mahoro Tomitaka, Kensuke Seto, Shun Nonaka, Masayuki Ushio, Maiko Kagami, Takehiro Sasaki   +8 more
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Water and Nitrogen Use Strategies and Their Influencing Mechanisms in Typical Desert Shrubs of the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Zhao Y, Chen H.
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Seasonal Variation of the Effects of Phylogenetic Relatedness and Functional Similarity Among Heterospecific Neighbors and Habitat on Seedling Survival in a Subtropical Forest in Gaoligong Mountains, Southwest China

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.
Based on seedling dynamic data from a subtropic forest in Southwest China, we found phylogenetic negative density dependence (PNDD) and functional negative density dependence (FNDD) on seedling survival in the rainy season, but not in the dry season.
Liping Wang, Junjie Wu, Yong Chai, Fengxian Chen   +3 more
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The Impact of Light Availability on the Functional Traits of Quercus Robur L. and Acer Platanoides L. First-Year Seedlings by Direct and Indirect Methods. [PDF]

Integr Comp Biol
Blinkova O, Żytkowiak R, Jagodziński AM.   +2 more
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Root Traits Predict the Soil Functional Responses of Subtropical Plant Species to Experimental Drought

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.
Plant species' habitat preference and drought tolerance traits were not the primary factors driving interspecific differences in soil functional responses to drought. Instead, fine root traits—particularly their chemical traits—played more critical roles in determining these variations.
Lei Wang, Zewei Zhuang, Zheyang Su, Wenbin Li, Qizhi Wang, Xinfeng Chen, Ruiling Liu, Haoliang Lu, Yuxin Chen   +8 more
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Plant Functional Diversity Is Primarily Influenced by Exchangeable Cation Deposition in a Saline-Alkaline Coal-Mining Region in Northwestern China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Li C, Yu H, Li B, Huang S, Huang J.
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Eddy‐Induced Iron Transport Sustains the Biological Productivity in the Gulf of Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract The surface waters of the subarctic northeastern Pacific Ocean contain high concentrations of macronutrients such as phosphate and nitrate, which can potentially drive photosynthesis and biological uptake of carbon dioxide. Regional biological productivity, however, is limited by a lack of necessary micronutrients such as iron.
T. Ito, A. H. V. Timmerman, A. Bjouklund, S. I. Stanley, Y. Abe, C. T. Reinhard, J. Montoya   +6 more
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Subsurface leaf and root litter enhance soil carbon formation compared to surface litter: Direct evidence from a 13C‐labelled incubation experiment

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 390-404, February 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Litter inputs are a primary source of soil carbon (C), and balancing C sequestration against litter‐induced priming effects (PE) is critical for maintaining soil C dynamics. External disturbances (e.g.
Ruihuan Zhang, Yuqi Wei, Bin Wei, Yixian Bi, Tongtian Guo, Gaowen Yang, Yingjun Zhang, Nan Liu   +7 more
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Ontogenetic shifts in wood anatomy and leaf traits in tropical dry forests. [PDF]

New Phytol
Williams PJ, Zipkin EF, González-Melo A, Salgado-Negret B, González-M R, Norden N, Benavides-Tocarruncho JP, Cely JM, Ferrer JA, García-Villalobos D, Garzón F, Idárraga-Piedrahita Á, López-Camacho R, Moreno E, Nieto J, Pizano C, Puentes-Marín J, Pulido N, Rivera K, Rojas-Bautista F, Salinas V, Solorzano JF, Umaña MN.   +22 more
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Contrasting light demands determine the coordination of plants' non‐structural carbohydrates and economic strategy over the range of solar spectral composition

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 534-552, February 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Non‐structural carbohydrates (NSC) are critical mediators of plant adaptation to fluctuating light environments. They are tightly coordinated with plant economic strategy, that is, leaf economics spectrum (LES) and root economics spectrum (RES).
Lulu Xie, Jingran Ma, Jiaojiao Deng, Thomas Matthew Robson, Dapao Yu, Li Zhou, Qing‐Wei Wang   +6 more
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