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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zongzhuan Shen, Linda S. Thomashow, Yannan Ou, Chengyuan Tao, Jiabao Wang, Wu Xiong, Hongjun Liu, Rong Li, Qirong Shen, George A. Kowalchuk
Summary: By analyzing the composition and functional potentials of soil microbiomes, this study identified specific microbial communities and genes associated with the suppression of banana Panama disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc4). Pseudomonas was identified as a potential key taxon linked to pathogen suppression, and the microbiomes in suppressive soils displayed a greater incidence of genes related to quorum sensing, biofilm formation, and synthesis of antimicrobial compounds. These findings suggest the importance of specific microbial communities and functional capacities in disease suppression.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Lanlan Du, Shengli Guo, Rui Wang, Yanqing Guo, Yaxian Hu, Lin Yang, Weijia Li
Summary: Exploring the changes in abundant and rare sub-communities and their correlations with soil carbon cycling functionality (SCCF), this study sheds light on the different characteristics of these sub-communities in eroded ecosystems. Abundant sub-communities show higher degree and betweenness centrality in the co-occurrence network, while rare sub-communities have more frequent positive interactions with other species. The alpha-diversity of both abundant and rare sub-communities is positively linked to SCCF.
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Soil Science
Jian Zhang, Ming Xu, Ming-Xiang Xu
Summary: In arid and semi-arid ecosystems, the biocrust plays a crucial role as a biological interface in the topsoil. However, the microbial diversity and functionality of biocrusts in different vegetation communities and soil habitats, especially under watershed conditions, are not well understood. In this study, high-throughput sequencing was used to characterize the microbial communities within biocrusts collected from different soil substrate habitats and plant communities in Northern Shaanxi, China. The results showed that the microbial communities in biocrusts were significantly influenced by soil properties and environmental factors.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Ming Zhao, Michel Loreau, Raul Ochoa-Hueso, Hongxiang Zhang, Junjie Yang, Yunhai Zhang, Heyong Liu, Yong Jiang, Xingguo Han
Summary: Increased atmospheric nitrogen deposition has significant impacts on biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems. This study found that the effects of nitrogen addition on above-ground plant beta-diversity differed from those on the below-ground soil seed bank beta-diversity. While above-ground beta-diversity initially increased and then decreased with increasing nitrogen addition, below-ground beta-diversity showed a linear decrease. These findings suggest decoupled dynamics of plant communities and their soil seed bank under nitrogen enrichment. The changes in beta-diversity were driven by species substitution, which was influenced by differential responses of above-ground vegetation and soil seed bank to nitrogen-induced changes in environmental heterogeneity, soil inorganic nitrogen concentrations, and soil acidification.
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Ecology
Xia Liu, Hongjun Li, Wen Song, Qichao Tu
Summary: This study aims to reveal the ecological mechanisms driving the diversity patterns of microbial communities in the Beibu Gulf and provides novel mechanistic insights into the biogeographic patterns followed by different types of microbes. The results show that rare taxa are mainly responsible for the biogeographic patterns, and abundant and rare taxa follow different ecological mechanisms.
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
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Ecology
H. P. Rauch, M. von der Thannen, P. Raymond, E. Mira, A. Evette
Summary: A major challenge for modern river and coastal management is to integrate flood and erosion protection with ecological restoration using a holistic design approach. Soil and Water Bioengineering techniques (SWBE) provide nature-based engineering solutions that incorporate biological components to achieve ecological, technical, and aesthetic values. The use of plants in river engineering requires careful consideration of species selection, harvest, storage, and implementation, as well as understanding their impact on hydrology, sedimentology, and aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Various ecological, vegetational, and phytosociological criteria can be used to assess SWBE structures and support stakeholders in defining objectives, design, implementation, and post-construction assessment.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
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Entomology
Clarke J. M. van Steenderen, Guy F. Sutton, Liam D. Yell, Kim Canavan, Andrew J. McConnachie, Michael D. Day, Iain D. Paterson
Summary: Many native grasses in South Africa have become invasive in other parts of the world. In the past, biological control methods for invasive grasses have been limited due to a perceived lack of host specific herbivores. However, recent studies have found that certain species in the Tetramesa genus possess high levels of host specificity, making them potential candidates for biological control agents.
Review
Ecology
Fargam Neinavaie, Arig Ibrahim-Hashim, Andrew M. Kramer, Joel S. Brown, Christina L. Richards
Summary: The concept of invasion is useful in various contexts from cancer tumors to ecosystems. While the field of invasion genetics lacks good reference genomes and rigorous studies, cancer research benefits from extensive resources to examine genome level dynamics. The detailed studies of behavior in human cancers offer novel insights for understanding genome level dynamics in a variety of invasive species.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Viviana Alarcon-Segura, Ingo Grass, Gunnar Breustedt, Marko Rohlfs, Teja Tscharntke
Summary: Strip intercropping with winter wheat and oilseed rape reduced pest densities, increased parasitism of wheat aphids, and promoted an equal representation of natural predator groups, showing benefits for natural predator diversity and biological pest control in conventionally managed farming systems.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Vannesa Montoya-Sanchez, Holger Kreft, Isabelle Arimond, Johannes Ballauff, Dirk Berkelmann, Fabian Brambach, Rolf Daniel, Ingo Grass, Jes Hines, Dirk Hoelscher, Bambang Irawan, Alena Krause, Andrea Polle, Anton Potapov, Lena Sachsenmaier, Stefan Scheu, Leti Sundawati, Teja Tscharntke, Delphine Clara Zemp, Nathaly Guerrero-Ramirez
Summary: Increasing landscape heterogeneity through establishing tree islands in oil-palm plantations can enhance multi-taxa diversity, particularly due to the increased presence of soil fauna and habitat diversity. Soil fauna, bacteria, and fungi have a stronger association with the overall community than aboveground taxa, emphasizing the importance of considering soil biota in strategies to enhance multi-taxa diversity.
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
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Oncology
Sumito Saeki, Kohei Kumegawa, Yoko Takahashi, Liying Yang, Tomo Osako, Mahmut Yasen, Kazutaka Otsuji, Kenichi Miyata, Kaoru Yamakawa, Jun Suzuka, Yuri Sakimoto, Yukinori Ozaki, Toshimi Takano, Takeshi Sano, Tetsuo Noda, Shinji Ohno, Ryoji Yao, Takayuki Ueno, Reo Maruyama
Summary: This study confirmed the presence of genomic diversity in breast cancer PDOs through single-cell transcriptomic analysis. Some cellular states were commonly observed in multiple PDOs, while others were specific to single PDO lines. The combination of these shared and unique cellular states formed the genomic diversity of each PDO.
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
(2023)
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Ecology
Amanda Kyle Gibson
Summary: The article explores the relationship between genetic diversity and disease spread, highlighting the protective effect of genetic diversity against severe parasitism. The author summarizes the development of this hypothesis and experimental tests, as well as proposing applications of genetic diversity in limiting disease spread and new hypotheses to test in the future. Monitoring, preserving, and augmenting genetic diversity is identified as a promising strategy for buffering populations against future outbreaks.
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Supratim Choudhuri
Summary: Macromolecular diversity and biological heterogeneity are fundamental properties of biological systems, providing opportunities for adaptation and evolution. Functional redundancy confers robustness to biological systems. The dynamics of biological complexity should be considered in biomedical research.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY
(2022)
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Sociology
Thomas Krause, Jens Jetzkowitz
Summary: Biodiversity is a complex concept that represents the abundance of life and is seen as an ideal state. The meta-narrative of threatened biodiversity has played a significant role in international environmental policy since the early 1990s. However, surveys on social awareness of biodiversity are influenced by social desirability, and causal machine learning methods are needed to address this issue.
SOZIALE WELT-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FORSCHUNG UND PRAXIS
(2023)
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Engineering, Geological
Petra Fleischer, Carolin Gesing, Oliver Stelzer
Summary: In order to improve the ecological conditions of inland waterways, extensive bank redesigns are planned in the next few years, with more natural bank protection measures using plants to replace existing rip rap. Through a large-scale nature experiment on the River Rhine near Worms, a design concept has been developed and integrated into software, allowing bank protection to be dimensioned with plants in addition to riprap. This concept takes into account experience from small rivers without shipping and various research results.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Staentzel Cybill, Rouifed Soraya, Beisel Jean-Nicolas, Hardion Laurent, Poulin Nicolas, Combroux Isabelle
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
(2020)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Cybill Staentzel, G. Mathias Kondolf, Laurent Schmitt, Isabelle Combroux, Agnes Barillier, Jean-Nicolas Beisel
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Valentin Chardon, Laurent Schmitt, Herve Piegay, Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Cybill Staentzel, Agnes Barillier, Anne Clutier
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Albin Meyer, Frederic Boyer, Alice Valentini, Aurelie Bonin, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Jonathan Bouquerel, Philippe Wagner, Coline Gaboriaud, Florian Leese, Tony Dejean, Pierre Taberlet, Philippe Usseglio-Polatera
Summary: This study compared standard morphological identification with DNA metabarcoding in stream biomonitoring using macroinvertebrates and found that combining data from different markers can improve bioassessment efficiency. Both approaches assigned the same ecological quality class to a majority of the site sampling events, highlighting the efficiency of metabarcoding as a biomonitoring tool but also the need for further research to improve this efficiency.
Article
Plant Sciences
Laurent Hardion, Etienne Chanez, Cybill Staentzel, Isabelle Combroux, Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Armando Espinosa Prieto, Henry Beral, Michele Tremolieres, Corinne Grac
Summary: Research in eastern parts of France revealed different genetic lineages within Potamogeton coloratus Hornem., a characteristic macrophyte of oligotrophic waters, without regional structuring or within-population diversity. The study also suggests a possible long-distance dispersal event, showcasing the species' ability for recolonization.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Corinne Grac, Xavier Dolques, Agnes Braud, Michele Tremolieres, Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Florence Le Ber
Summary: A specific data mining process was implemented to explore the relationship between biological indices and physico-chemical pressures in rivers. It was found that biological statuses depend on temporal successions of alterations, and key patterns were identified to disentangle the effects of different stressors on water quality in a context of multi-stress conditions.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Cybill Staentzel, Grzegorz Skupinski, Anais Walch, Manon Pons, Sebastian Weber, Carine Granier, Andreas Huber
Summary: The study found that, among the six chosen sites, only two showed a slight increase in forest area, while the rest remained stable. The emergence of young riparian forests along rivers was attributed to natural recovery and agricultural abandonment.
Article
Environmental Studies
Guillaume Jacek, Anne Rozan, Isabelle Combroux
Summary: Brownfield technosol restoration can minimize land consumption, but requires intensive intervention and reconstruction, potentially leading to donor site destruction and pollution. This study compared the impact of localized restoration methods on soil fauna and vegetation on a former oil refinery brownfield site. The results showed that natural colonization was the major driver of soil modification, and further research is needed for engineer species selection and multi-compartment approaches.
Article
Environmental Sciences
C. Staentzel, O. Schlumberger, A. Barillier, A. Valentini, F. Boyer, J. -N. Beisel
Summary: Habitat changes induced by restoration can promote invasive species, potentially hindering the success of restoration projects. In this study, the effects of the invasive round goby on a restored site along the Old Rhine River were examined. The round goby dominated the overall goby assemblage and its presence led to changes in the food web structure and species interactions. However, its impact on macroinvertebrates six years after restoration was unlikely to mask the restoration consequences.
Editorial Material
Zoology
Agnes Barillier, Cybill Staentzel, Jean-Nicolas Beisel
Article
Ecology
Alexander M. Cancelli, Frank A. P. C. Gobas
Summary: A mechanistic model was developed to assess the removal efficiency of pollutants in a wetland system, particularly in oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). The model simulated wetland mechanisms of chemical removal and showed that sustained wetland treatment is feasible. It is a helpful tool to evaluate the feasibility of treatment systems and to assess trade-offs in wetland design and operation.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Prakash Singh Thapa, Hiromu Daimaru, Seiji Yanai
Summary: This study assessed the vegetation recovery and erosion condition in a landslide area in central Japan. The results show that the upper slope, where reforestation activities were implemented, has seen significant vegetation recovery and no significant erosion, while the lower slope lacks vegetation and has experienced continued erosion.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Mike Jerauld, Forrest Dierberg, Thomas DeBusk, Scott Jackson, Kevin Grace, John Juston
Summary: The Everglades Stormwater Treatment Areas (STAs) are constructed wetlands built to remove phosphorus (P) from agricultural and urban runoff in support of Everglades restoration. Research shows that the levels of calcium (Ca) and alkalinity (Alk) have an impact on phosphorus removal in these wetlands.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Kalindhi Larios, Stefan Gerber, Rafael Munoz-Carpena, Patrick Inglett, K. Ramesh Reddy, Michael Chimney
Summary: This study modeled the phosphorus biogeochemical dynamics in one of the best performing Everglades treatment wetlands and found that the complexity of the hydrological system significantly affected the simulated water column P concentration. The modeling tool developed in this study can guide future data collection and optimization efforts for treatment wetlands in the Everglades.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Jing Hu, Benjamin Baiser, R. Thomas James, K. Ramesh Reddy
Summary: This study examined the long-term phosphorus retention in Stormwater Treatment Areas (STAs) and identified the factors influencing their performance. The results showed that the operational performance of STAs improved over time. There were notable differences among individual STAs, with the co-precipitation of phosphorus with calcium playing a critical role in one of the STAs. This highlights the complexity of phosphorus removal in STAs and the need for site-specific management strategies.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Odi Villapando, K. R. Reddy, J. King
Summary: The biogeochemical response to different flow conditions within two parallel flow-ways in Everglades Stormwater Treatment Area (STA)-2 was studied. It was found that there was a gradual decrease in the total phosphorus (TP) concentration from inflow to outflow for both emergent aquatic vegetation (EAV) and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) dominated systems, with EAV showing a higher reduction rate. Significant increase in TP concentration was observed in the SAV system under no flow condition, possibly due to the production of particulate phosphorus (PP) through various mechanisms.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2024)