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The Sustainability of Robusta Coffee Under Global Change—A Review

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This contribution reviews the scientific evidence concerning climate resiliency claims as well as sustainability issues for robusta coffee (Coffea canephora), focusing on: climate change analyses, climate parameters, soil water, and farming inputs, especially irrigation and synthetic fertilizer use.
Aaron P. Davis, Akshay Dashrath, Justin Moat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Underground Baristas: ecology of mycorrhizal fungi in Cerrado coffee cultivation

Scientific Reports
The symbiosis between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and coffee plants can improve nutrient use and crop resilience in low-fertility tropical soils.
Rodrigo Fernandes de Souza, Sandro Dutra e Silva, Maisa França Teixeira, Carlos de Melo e Silva Neto, Cleiton Mateus Sousa, Jadson Belém de Moura   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecosystem services from tropical savannas: economic opportunities through payments for environmental services

, 2009
Economic activity in the tropical savannas of northern Australia, like rangeland regions across the globe, has traditionally been based on primary production – predominantly cattle grazing and mining. More recently, northern Australia has experienced an
Gordon, Iain, Romy Greiner, Iain Gordon, Cocklin, Chris, Chris Cocklin, Greiner, Romy   +5 more
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Antimicrobial Residues in a Key Cerrado River: Distribution, Persistence, and Effects on Zebrafish Embryo‐Larval Development

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The current study aimed to quantify the antimicrobials amoxicillin (AMX), cefazolin (CFZ), chloramphenicol (CHL), metronidazole (MTZ), and sulfamethoxazole (SX) in effluents and surface water of an important Cerrado river, calculate their half‐lives, and analyze their ecotoxicity following single and combined exposures.
Náthala Maria Simão, Igor Romeiro dos Santos, Jerônimo Raimundo de Oliveira Neto, Flávio Olimpio Sanches Neto, Felipe Cirqueira Dias, Jéssyca Moreira Morais, Lorranny Pereira de Assis Valadares, Naiara Raica Lopes de Oliveira, Mirelle Garcia Silva Bailão, Luiz Carlos da Cunha, Valter Henrique Carvalho‐Silva, Thiago Lopes Rocha, Elisa Flávia Luiz Cardoso Bailão   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perturbations in the carbon budget of the tropics [PDF]

, 2014
The carbon budget of the tropics has been perturbed as a result of human influences. Here, we attempt to construct a ‘bottom-up’ analysis of the biological components of the budget as they are affected by human activities.
Grace, John, John Grace, Gloor, Emanuel, Edward Mitchard, Mitchard, Edward, Emanuel Gloor   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Varying hydraulic strategies within leaves, stems and roots of coexisting desert shrubs

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Effective and continuous root‐to‐leaf hydraulic transport is crucial for plant survival and growth during drought. However, the capacity to resist hydraulic dysfunction remains understudied in leaves and roots, especially for desert shrubs.
Wenyue Zhao, Xibin Ji, Rui Chen, Lishan Shan, Hai Zhou, Bowen Jin, Liwen Zhao, Dongsheng Li   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bat community assembly in the ecotone of two neotropical biodiversity hotspots is determined by environmental filtering rather than historical factors

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We demonstrate that environmental filtering is the primary mechanism shaping bat communities across the Cerrado–Atlantic Forest ecotone. By integrating phylogenetic diversity, environmental gradients, and coevolutionary assembly models, our study provides new insights into the processes maintaining biodiversity in a globally important transition zone ...
Daiana Cardoso Silva, Hernani F. M. Oliveira, Fabricius M. C. B. Domingos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bird species richness peaks at intermediate levels of farmland in wooded savannas and dry forests, but not in rainforests

Basic and Applied Ecology
Despite widespread concern over farmland-driven biodiversity loss in tropical landscapes, the possibly non-linear response of species richness to farmland and the possible dependency of this response on biome remain poorly understood.
Vera Soares, Maria João Canadas, Paulo Flores Ribeiro, Natasha Ribeiro, José Lima Santos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Carbon cycle processes in tropical savannas of far North Queensland, Australia [PDF]

, 2017
Tropical savannas represent a diverse range of heterogenous ecosystems that play an important role in the global carbon cycle as they occupy approximately one fifth of the land surface.
Davies, Kalu J.E.
core   +1 more source

Genomic Investigations Unveil the Genetic Underpinnings of Environmental Adaptation in African Goat Populations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study integrates genomics and landscape genetics to analyze African goat environmental adaptation. Analyzing 1591 samples, it finds population structure differentiates geographically into four groups, with gene flow between wild Yura goats and North Africans.
Weifeng Peng, Yihua Wang, Yiyuan Zhang, Lei Gao, Lili Wu, Shuping Wang, Yiyang Gao, Wanlu Shi, Kaixin Lu, Rong Deng, Junting Li, Jing Han, Xiaohui Lu, Yujie Liu, Xiaojiao Tang, Yunxia Zhang, Guoyin Li, Li Huang, Mingsheng Yang, Xiaoyan Li   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source