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Changes in Species Richness and Composition of Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) among Three Neotropical Ecoregions [PDF]

, 2016
Paraná, Yungas and Chaco Serrano ecoregions are among the most species-richterrestrial habitats at higher latitude. However, the information for tiger moths, one of the most speciose group of moths, is unknown in these ecoregion. In this study, we assess
Beccacece, Hernán Mario, Zapata, Adriana Inés, Zeballos, Sebastián Rodolfo   +2 more
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Decomposing functional trait associations in a Chinese subtropical forest

PLOS ONE, 2017
Functional traits, properties of organisms correlated with ecological performance, play a central role in plant community assembly and functioning. To some extents, functional traits vary in concert, reflecting fundamental ecological strategies. While "trait syndromes" characteristic of e.g. fast-growing, early-successional vs.
Li, Xuefei, Pei, Kequan, Kéry, Marc, Niklaus, Pascal A, Schmid, Bernhard   +4 more
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Early evolutionary history of the seed

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The seed is an essential stage in the life history of gymnospermous and angiospermous plants, facilitating both their survival and dispersal. We reappraise knowledge of the evolutionary history of the gymnospermous seed, from its origin in the late Devonian through to the well‐known end‐Permian extinctions – an interval encompassing the ...
Richard M. Bateman, Alan R. T. Spencer, Jason Hilton   +2 more
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Exogenous silicon alleviates aluminum stress in Eucalyptus species by enhancing the antioxidant capacity and improving plant growth and tolerance quality

BMC Plant Biology
Background As an efficient and high-quality additive in agriculture and forestry production, silicon (Si) plays an important role in alleviating heavy metal stress and improving plant growth.
Linjuan Huang, Hongying Li, Yishan Luo, Jingzhong Shi, Le Kong, Weichao Teng   +5 more
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Effects of Different Weeding Methods on Soil Physicochemical Properties, Root Morphology, and Fruit Economic Traits in Camellia oleifera Abel. Plantations

Horticulturae
Soil physicochemical properties, root characteristics, and fruit economic traits were determined in Camellia oleifera plantations under spontaneous vegetation + mowing (W1), spontaneous vegetation + glyphosate (W2), and no weeding (CK) treatments ...
Xueyun Shi, Huaiyuan Wu, Shuangling Xie, Hongkui Li, Yan Wang, Yuman Wang, Huiyun Liu, Qinhua Cheng, Zongde Wang, Dongnan Hu   +9 more
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Records on the distribution of Ptychanthoideae (subfam. of Lejeuneaceae, Hepaticae) in Australia [PDF]

, 2003
Three species are new for the Northern Territory of Australia: Acrolejeunea securifolia (Nees) Steph. ex Watts ssp. securifolia, Archilejeunea planiuscula (Mitt.) Steph. and Mastigolejeunea ligulata (Lehm.
Sass-Gyarmati, Andrea
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Atlantic mammal traits: a dataset of morphological traits of mammals in the atlantic forest of south America [PDF]

, 2018
Measures of traits are the basis of functional biological diversity. Numerous works consider mean species-level measures of traits while ignoring individual variance within species.
Agostini, Ilaria, Alvarez, Martín R., Baumgarten, Julio, Beca, Gabrielle, Bello, Carolina, Bernard, Enrico, Bovendorp, Ricardo S., Carvalho, Fernando, Cherem, Jorge J., Costa Pereira, Raul, Costa, Leonora Pires, Cruz-Neto, Ariovaldo P., Cáceres, Nilton, Duarte, José M. B., Faria, Deborah, Fischer, Erich, Goncalves, Fernando Hugo, Graipel, Maurício E., Lamattina, Daniela, Leite, Yuri L. R., Mello, Marco Aurelio Ribeiro, Muylaert, Renata L., Pardini, Renata, Passos, Fernando C., Paviolo, Agustin Javier, Prevedello, Jayme A., Reis Percequillo, Alexandre, Rodarte, Raisa R., Souza, Rafael, Vanderhoeven, Ezequiel Andres, Varzinczak, Luiz H., Vieira, Emerson M., Villar, Nacho   +32 more
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Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research in Chinese subtropical forests [PDF]

Journal of Plant Ecology, 2017
Worldwide, forests provide habitat for a large diversity of plants, animals and microbes. At the same time, forest ecosystems are essential providers of multiple ecosystem services important for human well-being. However, the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has only been little researched in forests and therefore its role ...
Ma, Keping, He, Jin-Sheng, Bruelheide, Helge, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Liu, Xiaojuan, Schmid, Bernhard   +5 more
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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck, Bréa Raynaud‐Berton, Méghan Boulembert, Olivier Chabrerie, Aude Couty, Franck Dedeine, Patrice Eslin, Vincent Foray, Romain Georges, Patricia Gibert, Laurence Mouton, Sylvain Pincebourde, David Renault, Christelle Suppo, Hervé Colinet   +14 more
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Lowland-ecotype switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) with moderate nitrogen enhances long-term productivity and ecosystem multifunctionality in acidic soils: A six-year field experiment

Industrial Crops and Products
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a promising bioenergy crop owing to high biomass production and ecological adaptability, but long-term evaluations of different ecotypes and nitrogen (N) rates on productivity and soil ecosystem functions are limited.
Hongyuan Huang, Xiaokang Ni, Kang Lin, Ling Zhang, Yadi Yu, Shuangshuang Chu, Yuxin Zhang, Chen Wu, Xintong Xu   +8 more
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