Article
Forestry
Humberto Fanelli Carvalho, Luis Felipe Ventorim Ferrao, Giovanni Galli, Juliana Vieira Almeida Nonato, Lilian Padilha, Mirian Perez Maluf, Marcio Fernando Ribeiro de Resende Jr, Roberto Fritsche-Neto, Oliveiro Guerreiro-Filho
Summary: Obtaining resistance cultivars for leaf miner and leaf rust is crucial for Brazil's national coffee breeding program. However, challenges in quantifying and detecting genetic diversity for these traits arise from a narrow genetic basis and founder effect consequences. Biotechnology tools combined with classical breeding strategies are effective in detecting variability and deploying precision selection.
TREE GENETICS & GENOMES
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Juri A. Felix, Philip C. Stevenson, Julia Koricheva
Summary: Leaf trait expression is highly plastic in response to neighbourhood diversity, which could lead to increased leaf quality and promote higher rates of herbivory.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jiajun Shi, Feng Zhang, Yangshu Wang, Shuyuan Zhang, Feng Wang, Yue Ma
Summary: Apple is a widely cultivated fruit tree and is affected by both biotic and abiotic stresses, particularly fungal diseases. The function of the apple P450 gene, MdCYP716B1, in plant growth and stress responses has been investigated. Overexpression and RNAi silencing of MdCYP716B1 in apple plants resulted in changes in plant height and resistance to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, indicating that MdCYP716B1 plays a role in regulating plant growth and fungal stress resistance.
Article
Ecology
Sarah Burli, Andreas Ensslin, Anne Kempel, Markus Fischer
Summary: Rare plant species are not inherently less resistant to herbivores than common species. Instead, their ability to allocate resources away from defense towards enhancing their competitive ability may have allowed them to tolerate herbivory and become locally and regionally common.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Shihong Jia, Xiaochao Yang, Bastien Castagneyrol, Lishunan Yang, Qiulong Yin, Chunmei He, Zhichun Yang, Yuzhao Zhu, Zhanqing Hao
Summary: In this study, the researchers measured leaf herbivory by chewing and mining insect herbivores on saplings of deciduous trees in a warm-temperate montane forest. They found that only leaf-mining insects were influenced by the diversity and identity of neighbouring trees. The incidence of leaf-miners decreased with the phylogenetic diversity of neighbouring trees and increased with conspecific adult density. Leaf-mining herbivory was positively correlated with the amount of Si in the leaves of focal saplings, while leaf chewing herbivory decreased with increasing C:N ratio.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Shuodan Hu, Yanting Zhang, Hong Yu, Jiayan Zhou, Meihua Hu, Aichun Liu, Jianyan Wu, Hancheng Wang, Chuanqing Zhang
Summary: Leaf anthracnose (LA) and anthracnose crown rot (ACR) are serious fungal diseases that affect strawberry production. This study characterized the pathogen diversity associated with these diseases and found that C. siamense and C. fructicola are the main causes of LA and ACR in strawberry plants. Furthermore, the same species of Colletotrichum isolated from different tissues showed varying levels of pathogenicity towards strawberry leaves and crown.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Megha Guruswamy, Murugan Marimuthu, Moshe Coll
Summary: This study conducted life-table analyses and found that the wild Solanum habrochaites (LA 1777) and some genotypes of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) exhibited high resistance to the tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta, making them suitable for integrated pest management.
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
R. P. de Farias, L. E. N. da Costa, E. C. P. de Arruda, A. F. M. de Oliveira, T. Cornelissen, K. Mehltreter
Summary: Host plant selection by herbivores is influenced by a complex array of cues, including leaf traits and previous leaf damage. The study on Cyathea phalerata investigated the effects of a galling insect on repellent or attractant cues for sawfly feeding and the role of leaf size on herbivory levels. Results showed differences in nutritional quality, phenolic concentration, and C/N ratio between galled and non-galled leaf samples, but chewer damage did not differ significantly.
Article
Ecology
Elizabeth Davidson-Lowe, Jared G. Ali
Summary: This study investigated the impact of herbivore damage on plant volatile emissions and herbivore behavior, finding contrasting induction patterns and responses between chewing and phloem-feeding herbivores. The results highlight the importance of understanding how co-occurring herbivores perceive potential hosts and interact with plant plasticity, contributing to ecological functions and community dynamics.
BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Demei Liu, Chan Yuan, Ravi P. P. Singh, Mandeep S. S. Randhawa, Sridhar Bhavani, Uttam Kumar, Julio Huerta-Espino, Evans Lagudah, Caixia Lan
Summary: Developing wheat varieties with durable resistance is a key objective for breeding programs worldwide. This study identified genetic basis and resistance loci for stripe rust (YR) and leaf rust (LR) in wheat, and developed molecular markers for accelerated breeding.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jingwei Zhou, Ravi P. Singh, Yong Ren, Bin Bai, Zhikang Li, Chan Yuan, Shunda Li, Julio Huerta-Espino, Demei Liu, Caixia Lan
Summary: The characterization of leaf rust and stripe rust resistance genes in wheat has identified key quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for resistance, including new loci such as QLr.hzau-3BL and QYr.hzau5AL. This provides important insights for wheat breeding and disease management.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Vibhor Kumar Vishnoi, Krishan Kumar, Brajesh Kumar, Shashank Mohan, Arfat Ahmad Khan
Summary: Plant diseases are a major cause of crop losses globally, and their detection is challenging due to the lack of expert knowledge. Deep learning-based models show promise in identifying plant diseases using leaf images, but issues like the need for larger training sets and computational complexity still need to be addressed.
Article
Plant Sciences
Martine Huberty, Katja Steinauer, Robin Heinen, Renske Jongen, S. Emilia Hannula, Young Hae Choi, T. Martijn Bezemer
Summary: This study investigates the influence of time of conditioning on soil microbiome composition, plant growth, and metabolomics, and plant-insect interactions. The results show that the biomass response of the test plants to soil conditioning remained consistent throughout the year, even though both the soil microbiome and leaf metabolomic responses to conditioned soil varied greatly over time. These soil-induced changes in the metabolome of plants over time can be an important driver of above-ground multitrophic interactions in nature.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Adoracion Cabrera, Rafael Porras, Carmen Palomino, Josefina Carmen Sillero
Summary: In this study, two new translocations of Agropyron cristatum were obtained by engineering chromosome arm 1PS, which showed resistance to leaf rust. One translocation replaced a proximal segment of 1PS chromatin, while the other replaced a distal segment and introduced wheat storage protein loci.
Article
Plant Sciences
J. A. Kolmer, M. K. Turner, M. N. Rouse, J. A. Anderson
Summary: This study identified the chromosome locations of leaf rust resistance genes in the hard red spring wheat cultivar AC Taber, with significant QTL effects for resistance found on chromosomes 2BS and 3BS. The genes on these chromosomes were found to be associated with adult plant resistance genes Lr13 and Lr74. Newly developed KASP PCR markers linked to these regions can be used for marker-based selection of these resistance genes.
Letter
Ecology
Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Kate A. Brauman, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Sandra Diaz, Gabriela Teixeira Duarte, Brian J. Enquist, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Jonas Geldmann, Benjamin S. Halpern, Thomas W. Hertel, Colin K. Khoury, Joana Madeira Krieger, Sandra Lavorel, Thomas Mueller, Rachel A. Neugarten, Jesus Pinto-Ledezma, Stephen Polasky, Andy Purvis, Victoria Reyes-Garcia, Patrick R. Roehrdanz, Lynne J. Shannon, M. Rebecca Shaw, Bernardo B. N. Strassburg, Jason M. Tylianakis, Peter H. Verburg, Piero Visconti, Noelia Zafra-Calvo
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Andrea C. Westerband, Ian J. Wright, Allyson S. D. Eller, Lucas A. Cernusak, Peter B. Reich, Oscar Perez-Priego, Shubham S. Chhajed, Lindsay B. Hutley, Caroline E. R. Lehmann
Summary: This study reveals the relationships between wood respiration and physical properties as well as nitrogen concentration in bark and sapwood. The findings suggest that tissue density and thickness have more influence on respiration than nitrogen concentration. Australian species show lower respiration rates and nitrogen concentration compared to global species, and the respiration-nitrogen relationships are less steep.
Article
Ecology
Michael J. Schuster, Laura J. Williams, Artur Stefanski, Raimundo Bermudez, Michael Belluau, Christian Messier, Alain Paquette, Dominique Gravel, Peter B. Reich
Summary: Mixing tree species can enhance forest productivity, but the effects of species origin and phylogeny on belowground productivity are not clear. Increasing functional diversity in mixtures can stimulate overyielding of annual production. In North America, mixtures of angiosperms showed overyielding in standing biomass by 16%, while gymnosperm mixtures had no effect. European mixtures had 14% more standing biomass compared to monocultures, while North American mixtures had 10% less.
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rachel E. Mason, Joseph M. Craine, Nina K. Lany, Mathieu Jonard, Scott Ollinger, Peter M. Groffman, Robinson W. Fulweiler, Jay Angerer, Quentin D. Read, Peter B. Reich, Pamela H. Templer, Andrew J. Elmore
Summary: The productivity and life-supporting capacity of ecosystems depend on access to reactive nitrogen. However, long-term records show that nitrogen availability is declining in many regions of the world. Global changes, such as elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and rising temperatures, are affecting the balance between ecosystem nitrogen supply and demand. This decline in nitrogen availability is limiting primary productivity and reducing the quality of herbivore diets in many ecosystems. We outline the current state of knowledge about declining nitrogen availability and propose actions to address this emerging challenge.
Article
Ecology
Elias Anoszko, Lee E. Frelich, Roy L. Rich, Peter B. Reich
Summary: Under a warming climate, the southern boreal forest of North America is expected to experience a doubling in fire frequency and potential for increased wind disturbance. Multiple disturbances often result in shifts towards early-successional tree species, while single disturbances tend to have multiple successional pathways. Boreal forests appear to be somewhat resilient to multiple disturbance events, but they may lead to tree communities dominated by disturbance-adapted deciduous trees at the expense of conifers.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ethan E. Butler, Kirk R. Wythers, Habacuc Flores-Moreno, Daniel M. Ricciuto, Abhirup Datta, Arindam Banerjee, Owen K. Atkin, Jens Kattge, Peter E. Thornton, Madhur Anand, Sabina Burrascano, Chaeho Byun, J. H. C. Cornelissen, Estelle Forey, Steven Jansen, Koen Kramer, Vanessa Minden, Peter B. Reich
Summary: Simulations of the land surface carbon cycle often simplify functional diversity, but accounting for it better can significantly impact carbon uptake. The best predictors of gross primary production depend on vegetation phenology.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Forest Isbell, Patricia Balvanera, Akira S. Mori, Jin-Sheng He, James M. Bullock, Ganga Ram Regmi, Eric W. Seabloom, Simon Ferrier, Osvaldo E. Sala, Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramirez, Julia Tavella, Daniel J. Larkin, Bernhard Schmid, Charlotte L. Outhwaite, Pairot Pramual, Elizabeth T. Borer, Michel Loreau, Taiwo Crossby Omotoriogun, David O. Obura, Maggie Anderson, Cristina Portales-Reyes, Kevin Kirkman, Pablo M. Vergara, Adam Thomas Clark, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Owen L. Petchey, Sarah R. Weiskopf, Laura J. Williams, Scott L. Collins, Nico Eisenhauer, Christopher H. Trisos, Delphine Renard, Alexandra J. Wright, Poonam Tripathi, Jane Cowles, Jarrett E. K. Byrnes, Peter B. Reich, Andy Purvis, Zati Sharip, Mary O'Connor, Clare E. Kazanski, Nick M. Haddad, Eulogio H. Soto, Laura E. Dee, Sandra Diaz, Chad R. Zirbel, Meghan L. Avolio, Shaopeng Wang, Zhiyuan Ma, Jingjing Liang, Hanan C. Farah, Justin Andrew Johnson, Brian W. Miller, Yann Hautier, Melinda D. Smith, Johannes M. H. Knops, Bonnie J. E. Myers, Zuzana Harmackova, Jorge Cortes, Michael B. J. Harfoot, Andrew Gonzalez, Tim Newbold, Jacqueline Oehri, Marina Mazon, Cynnamon Dobbs, Meredith S. Palmer
Summary: Despite progress in understanding global biodiversity loss, there are still taxonomic and geographic knowledge gaps. Decision makers often rely on expert judgement, but cannot engage with large and diverse groups of specialists. A survey of biodiversity experts worldwide revealed consensus and differences in perspectives and estimates, with underrepresented groups recommending different conservation priorities and providing higher estimates of biodiversity loss.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Weibo Kong, Xiaorong Wei, Yonghong Wu, Mingan Shao, Qian Zhang, Michael J. Sadowsky, Satoshi Ishii, Peter B. Reich, Gehong Wei, Shuo Jiao, Liping Qiu, Liling Liu
Summary: Afforestation can effectively rehabilitate degraded ecosystems, but it may deplete deep soil moisture, which in turn affects soil microbial community and functionality. This study found that afforestation significantly impacted soil bacterial community and functionality in a semi-arid region of China's Loess Plateau, particularly in the deep soil layers. Afforestation led to reduced bacterial diversity and functionality, increased sensitivity to changes in soil moisture, and decreased sustainability of the ecosystems. These negative impacts on deep soils are crucial for assessing the eco-environmental effects of afforestation and ensuring the sustainability of forest ecosystems in semi-arid and arid climates.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Peter B. Reich, Raimundo Bermudez, Rebecca A. Montgomery, Roy L. Rich, Karen E. Rice, Sarah E. Hobbie, Artur Stefanski
Summary: The sensitivity of forests to near-term warming and precipitation shifts remains uncertain. A 5-year open-air experiment in the southern boreal forest showed that different North American tree species had divergent responses to climate alteration. Warming and reduced rainfall increased the mortality of all species, especially boreal conifers. Different species had different growth responses to warming, with some experiencing enhanced growth while others had severe growth reductions. Treatment-induced changes in photosynthesis and growth explained the changes in survival. Species that experienced conditions warmer or drier than their range margins had the most adverse impacts on growth and survival. Climate change is likely to cause regeneration failure of currently dominant southern boreal species, leading to tree regeneration shortfalls. This will have potential adverse impacts on the health, diversity, and ecosystem services of regional forests.
Article
Ecology
Jingjing Liang, Javier G. P. Gamarra, Nicolas Picard, Mo Zhou, Bryan Pijanowski, Douglass F. Jacobs, Peter B. Reich, Thomas W. Crowther, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Sergio De-Miguel, Jingyun Fang, Christopher W. Woodall, Jens-Christian Svenning, Tommaso Jucker, Jean-Francois Bastin, Susan K. Wiser, Ferry Slik, Bruno Herault, Giorgio Alberti, Gunnar Keppel, Geerten M. Hengeveld, Pierre L. Ibisch, Carlos A. Silva, Hans Ter Steege, Pablo L. Peri, David A. Coomes, Eric B. Searle, Klaus Von Gadow, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Akane O. Abbasi, Meinrad Abegg, Yves C. Adou Yao, Jesus Aguirre-Gutierrez, Angelica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Jan Altman, Esteban Alvarez-Davila, Juan Gabriel Alvarez-Gonzalez, Luciana F. Alves, Bienvenu H. K. Amani, Christian A. Amani, Christian Ammer, Bhely Angoboy Ilondea, Clara Anton-Fernandez, Valerio Avitabile, Gerardo A. Aymard, Akomian F. Azihou, Johan A. Baard, Timothy R. Baker, Radomir Balazy, Meredith L. Bastian, Rodrigue Batumike, Marijn Bauters, Hans Beeckman, Nithanel Mikael Hendrik Benu, Robert Bitariho, Pascal Boeckx, Jan Bogaert, Frans Bongers, Olivier Bouriaud, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Susanne Brandl, Francis Q. Brearley, Jaime Briseno-Reyes, Eben N. Broadbent, Helge Bruelheide, Erwin Bulte, Ann Christine Catlin, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Ricardo G. Cesar, Han Y. H. Chen, Chelsea Chisholm, Emil Cienciala, Gabriel D. Colletta, Jose Javier Corral-Rivas, Anibal Cuchietti, Aida Cuni-Sanchez, Javid A. Dar, Selvadurai Dayanandan, Thales De Haulleville, Mathieu Decuyper, Sylvain Delabye, Geraldine Derroire, Ben Devries, John Diisi, Tran Van Do, Jiri Dolezal, Aurelie Dourdain, Graham P. Durrheim, Nestor Laurier Engone Obiang, Corneille E. N. Ewango, Teresa J. Eyre, Tom M. Fayle, Lethicia Flavine N. Feunang, Leena Finer, Markus Fischer, Jonas Fridman, Lorenzo Frizzera, Andre L. De Gasper, Damiano Gianelle, Henry B. Glick, Maria Socorro Gonzalez-Elizondo, Lev Gorenstein, Richard Habonayo, Olivier J. Hardy, David J. Harris, Andrew Hector, Andreas Hemp, Martin Herold, Annika Hillers, Wannes Hubau, Thomas Ibanez, Nobuo Imai, Gerard Imani, Andrzej M. Jagodzinski, Stepan Janecek, Vivian Kvist Johannsen, Carlos A. Joly, Blaise Jumbam, Banoho L. P. R. Kabelong, Goytom Abraha Kahsay, Viktor Karminov, Kuswata Kartawinata, Justin N. Kassi, Elizabeth Kearsley, Deborah K. Kennard, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Mohammed Latif Khan, John N. Kigomo, Hyun Seok Kim, Carine Klauberg, Yannick Klomberg, Henn Korjus, Subashree Kothandaraman, Florian Kraxner, Amit Kumar, Relawan Kuswandi, Mait Lang, Michael J. Lawes, Rodrigo Leite, Geoffrey Lentner, Simon L. Lewis, Moses B. Libalah, Janvier Lisingo, Pablito Marcelo Lopez-Serrano, Huicui Lu, Natalia Lukina, Anne Mette Lykke, Vincent Maicher, Brian S. Maitner, Eric Marcon, Andrew R. Marshall, Emanuel H. Martin, Olga Martynenko, Faustin M. Mbayu, Musingo T. E. Mbuvi, Jorge A. Meave, Cory Merow, Stanislaw Miscicki, Vanessa S. Moreno, Albert Morera, Sharif A. Mukul, Jorg C. Muller, Agustinus Murdjoko, Maria Guadalupe Nava-Miranda, Litonga Elias Ndive, Victor J. Neldner, Radovan Nevenic, Louis N. Nforbelie, Michael L. Ngoh, Anny E. N'Guessan, Michael R. Ngugi, Alain S. K. Ngute, Emile Narcisse N. Njila, Melanie C. Nyako, Thomas O. Ochuodho, Jacek Oleksyn, Alain Paquette, Elena Parfenova, Minjee Park, Marc Parren, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy, Sebastian Pfautsch, Oliver L. Phillips, Maria T. F. Piedade, Daniel Piotto, Martina Pollastrini, Lourens Poorter, John R. Poulsen, Axel Dalberg Poulsen, Hans Pretzsch, Mirco Rodeghiero, Samir G. Rolim, Francesco Rovero, Ervan Rutishauser, Khosro Sagheb-Talebi, Purabi Saikia, Moses Nsanyi Sainge, Christian Salas-Eljatib, Antonello Salis, Peter Schall, Dmitry Schepaschenko, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Bernhard Schmid, Vladimir Seben, Jochen Schongart, Giacomo Sellan, Federico Selvi, Josep M. Serra-Diaz, Douglas Sheil, Anatoly Z. Shvidenko, Plinio Sist, Alexandre F. Souza, Martin J. P. Sullivan, Somaiah Sundarapandian, Miroslav Svoboda, Mike D. Swaine, Natalia Targhetta, Nadja Tchebakova, Liam A. Trethowan, Robert Tropek, John Tshibamba Mukendi, Peter Mbanda Umunay, Vladimir A. Usoltsev, Gaia Vaglio Laurin, Riccardo Valentini, Fernando Valladares, Fons Van der Plas, Daniel Jose Vega-Nieva, Hans Verbeeck, Helder Viana, Alexander C. Vibrans, Simone A. Vieira, Jason Vleminckx, Catherine E. Waite, Hua-Feng Wang, Eric Katembo Wasingya, Chemuku Wekesa, Bertil Westerlund, Florian Wittmann, Verginia Wortel, Tomasz Zawila-Niedziwiecki, Chunyu Zhang, Xiuhai Zhao, Jun Zhu, Xiao Zhu, Zhi-Xin Zhu, Irie C. Zo-Bi, Cang Hui
Summary: The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is a recognized global pattern of species richness. This study used high-resolution mapping and global forest inventory data to quantify the drivers of local tree species richness patterns across latitudes. The results showed that annual mean temperature was the dominant predictor of tree species richness, but in the tropics, high species richness was also influenced by local factors such as topography, soil, and human activity.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
A. L. Gill, R. M. Grinder, C. R. See, F. S. Chapin, L. C. DeLancey, M. C. Fisk, P. M. Groffman, T. Harms, S. E. Hobbie, J. D. Knoepp, J. M. H. Knops, M. Mack, P. B. Reich, A. D. Keiser
Summary: Autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms require stoichiometrically balanced ratios of C to nutrients, and the availability of soil C influences the competition between autotrophic nitrifiers and heterotrophic decomposers for ammonium, affecting N mineralization and nitrification dynamics. This study used data from the LTER network to examine the impact of soil C concentration on the relationship between net nitrification and net N mineralization. The results showed that soil C availability constrains the fraction of mineralized N that undergoes nitrification, leading to decreased nitrification rates in high C concentration soils.
Review
Plant Sciences
Jake J. J. Grossman
Summary: This review summarizes recent literature on predictable seasonal and phenological patterns of acclimation and deacclimation to heat, cold, and water-deficit stress in perennial plants, with a focus on woody species native to temperate climates. The author highlights promising high-throughput techniques for quantifying stress tolerance traits and provides a synthetic framework of "phenological physiology" that can aid in climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Article
Ecology
Thore Engel, Helge Bruelheide, Daniela Hoss, Francesco M. Sabatini, Jan Altman, Mohammed A. S. Arfin-Khan, Erwin Bergmeier, Tomas Cerny, Milan Chytry, Matteo Dainese, Juergen Dengler, Jiri Dolezal, Richard Field, Felicia M. Fischer, Dries Huygens, Ute Jandt, Florian Jansen, Anke Jentsch, Dirk N. Karger, Jens Kattge, Jonathan Lenoir, Frederic Lens, Jaqueline Loos, Ulo Niinemets, Gerhard E. Overbeck, Wim A. Ozinga, Josep Penuelas, Gwendolyn Peyre, Oliver Phillips, Peter B. Reich, Christine Roemermann, Brody Sandel, Marco Schmidt, Franziska Schrodt, Eduardo Velez-Martin, Cyrille Violle, Valerio Pillar
Summary: This study evaluates the effects of dominance and niche partitioning on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) relationships in grassland systems worldwide. The results indicate that dominance effects, related to the traits of the dominant species, have a significant impact on BEF relationships, while functional diversity (FD) does not affect primary productivity (NDVI).
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Emma Ladouceur, Forest Isbell, Adam T. Clark, W. Stanley Harpole, Peter B. Reich, G. David Tilman, Jonathan M. Chase
Summary: Human impacts have caused significant biodiversity change, which varies depending on scale. Passive or active ecological restoration is a key method for managing these changes. Recovery of biodiversity following disturbance is often incomplete and influenced by landscape matrix and contingent factors. Inferences about recovery and biodiversity change depend on the temporal and spatial scales of measurement.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Artur Stefanski, Ethan E. Butler, Raimundo Bermudez, Rebecca A. Montgomery, Peter B. Reich
Summary: The linkage between stomatal behavior and photosynthesis is crucial for understanding the water and carbon cycles under global change. The study found that both warming and reduced rainfall lead to more conservative stomatal behavior in plants, resulting in less water loss per unit carbon gain.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)