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Growth responses of nine tropical grasses under flooding conditions

Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2016
The diversification of forage grasses is a strategic solution to obtain higher productivity in diverse environments. In this regard, the objective of the present study was to evaluate in a glasshouse study the flooding tolerance of 9 cultivars of forage ...
Ralf Mass Junior, Leandro F. Domiciano, Luiz Fernando C. Ribeiro, Bruno C. Pedreira   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Classifying avian drinking behaviour: ecological insights and implications in a changing world

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water is a fundamental currency of life, and its availability significantly influences animal behaviour, physiology and distributions. However, our knowledge around the dependence on water for drinking and the direct and indirect mechanisms driving related behaviours remains partial in the context of changing climates. Here, we review patterns
Shannon R. Conradie, Marc T. Freeman
wiley   +1 more source

Production of tropical forage grasses under different shading levels

Agrarian, 2017
This study aimed to evaluate the forage production of three tropical forage grasses under different shading levels. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse at Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, University Unit of Aquidauana (UEMS/UUA), in ...
Francisco Eduardo Torres, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro, Marcos Vinicius Morais de Oliveira, Katiane Secco Castro   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Not only trees : Grasses determine African tropical biome distributions via water limitation and fire

, 2018
Aim: Although much tropical ecology generally focuses on trees, grasses are fundamental for characterizing the extensive tropical grassy biomes (TGBs) and, together with the tree functional types, for determining the contrasting functional patterns of ...
D. D’Onofrio, J. Hardenberg, M. Baudena   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Developing a macroecology for human‐altered ecosystems

Ecography, EarlyView.
Although anthropogenically‐induced ecological disruptions are fundamentally important in defining ecosystem properties, they are largely overlooked by macroecological theory. Anthropogenic disruptions and their effects are generally not comparable to one another, nor to disturbances that are part of natural disturbance regimes.
Erica A. Newman, Mark Q. Wilber, Alexandre Génin, Oriana E. Chafe, Henry F. Houskeeper, Steven Lee, Eric L. Berlow, John Harte   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Freshwater fish functional diversity shows diverse responses to human activities, but consistently declines in the tropics

Ecography, EarlyView.
Freshwater environments are intertwined with human activities and the consequence has been environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. Fish provide key ecological and economic benefits, and fish abundance and diversity can be affected by human activities resulting in functional diversity (FD) changes that might scale up to ecosystem impacts ...
Romullo Guimarães de Sá Ferreira Lima, Bruno Eleres Soares, Marc Cadotte, Míriam Pilz Albrecht   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogenomics and Plastome Evolution of Tropical Forest Grasses (Leptaspis, Streptochaeta: Poaceae)

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016
Studies of complete plastomes have proven informative for our understanding of the molecular evolution and phylogenomics of grasses. In this study, a plastome phylogenomic analysis sampled species from lineages of deeply diverging grasses including ...
Sean V. Burke, Choun-Sea Lin, William P. Wysocki, L. Clark, M. Duvall   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tracing the origins and evolution of nymphalid butterflies (Lepidoptera) in the Atlantic Forest

Ecography, EarlyView.
Understanding the relative roles of diversification and dispersal is key to explaining large‐scale biogeographical patterns. Although both processes are known to shape biodiversity, their relative contributions remain understudied for many organisms. Here, we examine how these processes have jointly contributed to the exceptional diversity and endemism
Mar Repullés, Nicolas Chazot, Leidys Murillo‐ Ramos, Marianne Espeland, Karina Lucas Silva‐ Brandão, Alexandre Antonelli, André Victor Lucci Freitas, Pável Matos‐ Maraví   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Macro-Climatic Distribution Limits Show Both Niche Expansion and Niche Specialization among C4 Panicoids. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Grasses are ancestrally tropical understory species whose current dominance in warm open habitats is linked to the evolution of C4 photosynthesis. C4 grasses maintain high rates of photosynthesis in warm and water stressed environments, and the syndrome ...
Lone Aagesen, Fernando Biganzoli, Julia Bena, Ana C Godoy-Bürki, Renata Reinheimer, Fernando O Zuloaga   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Highly Stable Zinc‐Mimosinate Metal–Organic Framework for Controlled Agrochemical Delivery

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract illustrates the design of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) as agrochemicals constructed from active building blocks. The highly robust GR‐MOF‐25 is assembled from the natural herbicide L‐mimosine and Zn2+ ions, combining herbicidal, micronutrient, and antibacterial properties.
MCarmen Contreras, Pablo Salcedo‐Abraira, Andoni Zabala‐Lekuona, Antonio Rodríguez‐Diéguez, Sara Rojas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source