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Comparison of water use efficiency and biomass production in 10-year-old Populus sibirica and Ulmus pumila plantations in Lun soum, Mongolia

Forest Science and Technology, 2019
Although afforestation is one of the best solutions for combating desertification, it requires intensive management. To minimize management efforts in plantations in arid area, it is crucial to select suitable tree species, i.e.
Sungsik Cho, Byambadorj Ser-Oddamba, Nyam-Osor Batkhuu, Hyun Seok Kim   +3 more
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Phenology drives asymmetric responses of ecosystem productivity stability to warming and cooling

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Ecosystem productivity stability is a key indicator of ecosystem functioning under climate change, but the role of cooling periods in increasingly variable climates remains poorly resolved.
Yao Wei, Yuzhang Li, Jiangqin Song, Mingli Ding, Shiping Wang, Xin Jing, Fandong Meng, Jinjiao Hu, Tianyuan Tan, Bo Fan, Yuting Lan, Zhenhua Zhang   +11 more
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Leaf traits and gas exchange in saplings of native tree species in the Central Amazon Características foliares e trocas gasosas em arvoretas de espécies nativas da Amazônia Central

Scientia Agricola, 2010
Global climate models predict changes on the length of the dry season in the Amazon which may affect tree physiology. The aims of this work were to determine the effect of the rainfall regime and fraction of sky visible (FSV) at the forest understory on ...
Keila Rego Mendes, Ricardo Antonio Marenco   +1 more
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Herbivore species asynchrony underpins multitrophic stability across plants, herbivores and predators

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Across a grassland food web, multitrophic stability was most closely associated with herbivore species asynchrony. By identifying herbivores as a key source of temporal buffering between plants and predators, this study shows that intermediate consumers can play a central role in stabilizing the complex food web.
Takehiro Sasaki, Taiki Tachibana, Xiaoming Lu, Kei Uchida, Xuezhen Zhao, Issei Nishimura, Daichi Makishima, Kousuke Tachibana, Xi Sun, Yuki Iwachido, Wenhuai Li, Yongfei Bai   +11 more
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Ants contribute to raspberry pollination in protected cropping systems

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Ants visited raspberry flowers more frequently than European honey bees (Apis mellifera), Australian stingless bees (Tetragonula carbonaria) and flies, many transporting raspberry pollen on their bodies, indicating potential pollination capacity. Ants were active flower visitors at most times of the day and may extend the daily pollination window and ...
Pia Malm, Blake M. Dawson, Jelena Preradovic, Johan Ekroos, Romina Rader, Bar Shermeister, Lena A. Schmidt   +6 more
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Leaf traits variation in silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) across sites, crown positions, and tree social classes in the Western Carpathians

Central European Forestry Journal
Silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) is a widely distributed, early-successional broadleaved species with ecological and partly also economic significance in Europe.
Konôpka Bohdan, Pajtík Jozef
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Leaf nutrient traits exhibit greater environmental plasticity compared to resource utilization traits along an elevational gradient

Frontiers in Plant Science
Studying key leaf functional traits is crucial for understanding plant resource utilization strategies and growth. To explore the patterns and driving factors of key leaf functional traits in forests along elevational gradients under global change, we ...
Xing Zhang, Jie Duan, Yuhui Ji, Weiguo Liu, Jie Gao   +4 more
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How L2 Learners Negotiate Meaning in GenAI‐Supported Creative Writing

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative study explores how second language (L2) learners negotiate meaning and co‐construct knowledge with generative AI (GenAI) in a 12‐week multimodal creative writing project. Chinese middle school students (N = 75) created English picture books using a conversational GenAI agent supporting textual and text‐to‐image generation.
Zhihui Zhang, Scott Aubrey, Zihao Guo, Thomas K. F. Chiu   +3 more
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How do allometric growth patterns and resource strategies of an invasive hydrophyte differ between island and mainland habitats?

Global Ecology and Conservation
For plants, leaves and fine roots are essential for resource acquisition. Investigating their economic spectrum and allometric growth helps to understand invasion mechanisms.
Zhengdong Peng, Yandong Jiang, Qi Xu, Wanyi Gan, Liujing Huang, Nuo Xu, Jie Wang, Jiayu Wang   +7 more
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Associations between prenatal alcohol exposure and parent‐reported sleep disturbances in 10,336 adolescents: an Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
Background This study investigated the associations between prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), including low and moderate levels of exposure, and parent‐reported sleep disturbances during adolescence. This is an area that remains understudied despite evidence linking PAE, particularly heavy PAE, to poor sleep in younger children and the growing ...
Emma K. Devine, ReJoyce Green, Rachel Visontay, Hollie Byrne, Julia Riches, Elizabeth J. Elliott, Nicola C. Newton, Lindsay M. Squeglia, Louise Mewton, Lexine A. Stapinski   +9 more
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