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Functional Diversity and Oleaginous Potential of Fungal Strains From Hawaiian Soil Ecosystems

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fungi represent an important but underexplored resource for microbial lipid production, including nutritionally valuable polyunsaturated fatty acids. Hawaiian soils, shaped by volcanic parent materials and strong environmental gradients, provide a unique setting for discovering functionally diverse fungal strains with distinct metabolic traits.
Yu Wang, Adam Phelps, Zhiqing Fang, Qian Li, Ty Shitanaka, Taren Bouwman, Luke H. Amerine, Abigail Rohy, Kyla Mei A. Tuazon, Zhiyue Wang, Samir Kumar Khanal, Nhu Nguyen, Zhi‐Yan Du   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional analysis of secondary tropical dry forests in a region of the Colombia, Caribbean [PDF]

, 2013
Secondary tropical forests are increasingly recognized for their role conserving biodiversity in agricultural landscapes and this role is especially important for seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF), one of the most threatened tropical forested ...
Castellanos Castro, C
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Ant Diversity of the Xisha Islands: Community Structure, Exotic Species Colonization, and Ecological Functions in a Tropical Coral Archipelago

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
The first inventory of ants from the Xisha Islands of the South China Sea was compiled, revealing 21 species: 70% native and 30% exotic. Anthropogenic disturbance primarily drove exotic colonization, whereas island area showed weak positive effects on species richness. Most ants were omnivorous, with key mutualistic and seed‐dispersal roles.
Hua‐Yan Chen, Zhi‐Xuan Liu, Zheng‐Hui Xu, Rui‐Chong Wang, Shi‐Xiao Luo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A MaxEnt–Based Assessment of Climate–Suitable Habitat for the Rare Orchid Cymbidium insigne in Hainan Under Climate Change

Diversity
Cymbidium insigne is a tropical rare orchid and a Grade I protected wild plant in China, highly sensitive to understory microclimate. Based on 9 occurrence records from Hainan Island and 9 core environmental variables, we used a maximum entropy (MaxEnt ...
Chuantao Sha, Zhiheng Chen, Xiqiang Song, Yuanjun Yu, Zhe Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis of tropical African trees

Mycorrhiza, 2011
The diversity, ecology and function of ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi and ectomycorrhizas (ECMs) on tropical African tree species are reviewed here. While ECMs are the most frequent mycorrhizal type in temperate and boreal forests, they concern an economically and ecologically important minority of plants in African tropical forests.
/Bâ, Amadou, /Duponnois, Robin, Moyersoen, B., Diédhiou, A.G.   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Hot and cold deserts as eco‐evolutionary arenas for understanding plant resistance to multiple abiotic stressors

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During their long evolutionary history, land plants have evolved a range of adaptations to different abiotic stressors. These help explain present‐day diversity and distribution patterns, as well as the potential resilience of natural and agricultural systems to a changing climate. Most previous research has focused on adaptation to individual
Marc Fradera‐Soler, Natasha Barbolini, Anže Žerdoner Čalasan, Marian Schubert, Catarina Rydin, Olwen M. Grace, Aelys M. Humphreys   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morphological Analysis, Bud Differentiation, and Regulation of “Bud Jumping” Phenomenon in Oncidium Using Plant Growth Regulators

Horticulturae
Oncidium has an important market value, with important high-grade cut orchids and potted flowers on the flower market. In the Oncidium cut flowers production industry, there is a common phenomenon that the development of vegetative buds disrupts the ...
Hanqiao Lan, Le Liu, Weishi Li, Daicheng Hao, Shanzhi Lin, Beilei Ye, Minqiang Tang, Peng Ling   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Resolving the biome debate: ecological and palaeo‐data concur that the extensive tree‐limited grassy biomes of central and north‐western Madagascar are largely anthropogenic

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For millennia, human activities have transformed ecosystems globally. Determining which landscapes are predominantly anthropogenic is crucial to conservation and habitat restoration. Madagascar, a critically‐threatened biodiversity hotspot, is a prominent example.
Grant S. Joseph, Sean Hixon, Colleen L. Seymour, Laurie R. Godfrey, Miguel Pedrono, Karen E. Samonds, Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo, Brooke E. Crowley   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reference vegetation for restoration? Three vegetation maps compared across 76 nature reserves in Uganda and Kenya

Ecosphere
Forest and landscape restoration are increasingly popular nature‐based solutions to mitigate climate change and safeguard biodiversity. Restoration planning and monitoring implies that a reference ecosystem has been defined to which the restored site can
Jens‐Peter Barnekow Lillesø, Davide Barsotti, James Kalema, Paulo vanBreugel, Fabio Pedercini, Lars Graudal, Ramni Jamnadass, Roeland Kindt   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adaptation and Mitigation in Tropical Tree Plantations

, 2015
Tropical tree plantations are rapidly expanding to meet the growing demand for wood and nonwood forest products. Current research-combining ecophysiology, genetics and functional genomics-aims to enhance the climate change mitigation role of these plantations and their adaptation.
Laclau, Jean-Paul, Gay, Frédéric, Bouillet, Jean-Pierre, Bouvet, Jean-Marc, Chaix, Gilles, Clément-Demange, André, Do, Frédéric, Epron, Daniel, Favreau, Bénédicte, Gion, Jean-Marc, Nouvellon, Yann, Pujade-Renaud, Valérie, Thaler, Philippe, Verhaegen, Daniel, Vigneron, Philippe   +14 more
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