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SEED BANKS IN A SUBTROPICAL RAIN FOREST

Reinwardtia, 1992
The seasonal populations and vertical distribution of seed banks in a subtropical rain foirest were assesed. No seasonal variations were indicated in either the species composition or the size of seed bank over a year period. The number of seeds were 550 - 603 m square, and mostly composed of secondari species. This population decreased with increasing
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Annual–Perennial Forage Mixtures Improve Forage Productivity and Soil Quality in Patchily Degraded Cultivated Pastures Under Grazing Management

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Patchy degradation of cultivated pastures under long‐term grazing is a serious issue limiting grassland productivity. The use of annual and perennial legume–grass mixtures, which offer complementary functional advantages, may provide a practical reseeding‐based approach for improving patchily degraded cultivated pastures; however, limited ...
Shuaibin Lai, Bingchen Yuan, Jiaxing You, Zhen Xu, Meiyan Zhang, Xinrong Yao, Jiating Wang, Fujiang Hou   +7 more
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Carrion decomposition in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment

Tree species richness promotes the diversity of higher trophic levels and ecosystem functioning. Tree species richness may thus also affect communities of insect decomposers, and through this, accelerate the decomposition of animal carrion. However, these effects might be masked by other factors driving decomposition, such as forest structure ...
Rehling, Finn, Dadda, Matteo, Nagel, Marc, Albert, Georg, Bruelheide, Helge, Chen, Jing-Ting, Feldhaar, Heike, Fornoff, Felix, luo, arong, Martini, Massimo, shi, xiaoyu, Staab, Michael, Deng, Xianglu, Liu, Xiaojuan, Zhou, Qing-Song, Zhu, Chao-Dong, Klein, Alexandra-Maria   +16 more
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Assessing Soil Erosion in a Typical Karst Region: A Model Improved by Bedrock Exposure Rate in Guizhou Province

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil erosion is a major environmental challenge in karst regions of Southwest China, where thin soils and high bedrock exposure accelerate land degradation. This study modified the RUSLE model by incorporating bedrock exposure rate to improve erosion simulation in Guizhou Province from 2000 to 2024.
Ning Niu, Jihui Fan, Yiying Li
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Straw Return Combined With Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Improve Nitrogen Utilization Efficiency by Regulating Soil Physical and Chemical Properties in Spring Maize

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Straw return (SR) and controlled‐release nitrogen fertilizers application can improve soil structure, enhance soil water retention, and promote crop growth. However, the mechanisms through which SR and controlled‐release nitrogen fertilizers application jointly modulate soil physical and chemical properties remain unclear.
Min An, Fuying Hu, Xianghui Ou, Xianjie Tan, Zhenwei Li, Chengqiao Shi, Rui He, Xunbo Zhou   +7 more
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Integrated Physiological and Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal That Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Enhances Iron Stress Tolerance in Eucalyptus grandis

Plants
Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient for plants. However, both iron deficiency and excess can severely inhibit plant growth and productivity. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi have been shown to improve plant mineral nutrition and stress tolerance ...
Bingjie Huang, Wei Chen, Yanjing Yu, Siyuan Li, Sijia Wang   +4 more
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Ecological Restoration Zoning Optimization of Zhejiang Province Based on Current Assessment and Future Prediction of Carbon Stocks

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Against the backdrop of global climate change and carbon neutrality goals, accurately assessing the impacts of land use on carbon stocks and linking forward‐looking simulations with the identification of priority restoration zones is essential to shift from reactive responses to proactive planning. In this study, we coupled the PLUS and InVEST
Mengqi Ran, Quan Zhu, Junqia Kong
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The Composition, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils from Five Species of the Magnoliaceae Family

Molecules
The leaves of Magnoliaceae family plants contain abundant essential oils (EOs), and these species can be used in many fields due to their high industrial, medicinal, and ornamental values.
Dandan Yang, Daocheng Ma, Ziqi Song, Mei Yang, Yuanyuan Xu   +4 more
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Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Soil Shear Strength in Gully Erosion at Different Developmental Segments of Subalpine Meadows

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Subalpine meadows play important roles in biodiversity conservation and soil carbon sequestration, but gully erosion poses a serious threat to their ecological stability. Soil shear strength (τ) is a key mechanical parameter for evaluating gully stability and soil resistance to failure. However, the spatial variation in soil shear strength and
Xiaofeng Yang, Keyu Yan, Qingsong Duan, Xiaohan Mei, Pingping Chen, Yanmei Hu, Yanrui Shao, Yanjun Mao, Shufang Li, Zhengfa Chen   +9 more
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Ecological Network Characteristics of Cultivated Land Carbon Flows in Major Grain‐Producing Regions: Case Study of Jingzhou City, China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Land‐use changes related to cultivated land significantly affect the regional carbon budget in major grain‐producing regions, yet the ecological network characteristics of cultivated land carbon flows remain insufficiently understood. This study developed an integrated framework that combined ecological network analysis with spatial analysis ...
Xuehan Lin, Lu Zhang, Ziling Huang, Shuo Ge, Maomao Zhang   +4 more
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