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Ecology
Yong-Jian Wang, Yuan-Yuan Liu, Duo Chen, Dao-Lin Du, Heinz Mueller-Schaerer, Fei-Hai Yu
Summary: This study manipulated the clonal integration of alien clonal plants and found that it played an important role in their invasion success. High species diversity and density hindered the invasion of alien plants. Additionally, clonal integration promoted the invasion success in low-density communities with low species diversity or nutrient addition.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Pedro Dias Laumann, Maxmiller Cardoso Ferreira, Dulce Alves da Silva, Daniel Luis Mascia Vieira
Summary: Direct seeding is a major method for active restoration of tropical forests and savannas. Seed traits such as seed size and shape can affect the success of seedling emergence after direct seeding. Understanding the germination traits can help improve the success of seedling establishment.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Huixuan Liao, Robert W. Pal, Ulo Niinemets, Michael Bahn, Bruno E. L. Cerabolini, Shaolin Peng
Summary: Different dimensions of invasion success are associated with different functional traits. Invasion success at the regional scale is related to traits that promote rapid colonization, while invasion success at the local scale is related to traits that are potentially less preferred by herbivores. Studying different dimensions of invasion success separately is important to avoid inconsistent or controversial conclusions.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Lise Thouvenot, Olga Ferlian, Remy Beugnon, Tom Kuenne, Alfred Lochner, Madhav P. Thakur, Manfred Tuerke, Nico Eisenhauer
Summary: The study found that invasive earthworms have led to changes in plant communities in North American forests, but their impact on plant community biomass and cover is not significant. The functional trait responses of different plants to earthworm invasion are species-specific, with some traits showing opposite responses within the presence of earthworms.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Shao-peng Li, Pu Jia, Shu-ya Fan, Yingtong Wu, Xiang Liu, Yani Meng, Yue Li, Wen-sheng Shu, Jin-tian Li, Lin Jiang
Summary: The study showed that regardless of nitrogen addition, there is a consistently negative relationship between resident species diversity and community invasibility. Plant diversity can resist invasion through increased resident biomass, increased trait dissimilarity, and increased community-weighted means of resource-conservative traits, highlighting the importance of trait complementarity and sampling effects for invasion resistance even under resource enrichment.
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Forestry
Louis S. Santiago
Summary: This study investigates the differentiation in stem and leaf traits among sympatric lianas, scandent shrubs, and trees in a subalpine cold temperate forest.
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Ecology
Patricia Kaye T. Dumandan, Keith L. Bildstein, Laurie J. Goodrich, Andrii Zaiats, T. Trevor Caughlin, Todd E. Katzner
Summary: It is important to assess long-term shifts in faunal assemblages to understand the consequences of ongoing global environmental change. One approach is to identify traits associated with synchronous shifts in count trends among species. Our research on migrating raptors in northeastern USA from 1946 to 2018 found that traits related to resource use had high probabilities of affecting count trends, both pre- and post-breakpoint (>90%), while other traits, including DDT susceptibility, had weaker associations. The positive association between count trends and generalist behavior depended on temporal context.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Ana L. Peralta, Adrian Escudero, Marcelino de la Cruz, Ana M. Sanchez, Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga
Summary: This study finds that key functional traits influence the spatial patterns of individual species in annual, gypsophilous plant communities, and these effects are influenced by soil surface structure and climate conditions. Seedling populations exhibit clustered spatial patterns that persist in the adult stage, indicating that short-distance dispersal is an adaptive trait for soil specialists. The functional strategies of species are connected to the spatial distribution of plants, with certain traits being associated with clustered or random patterns.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Shams M. Galib, Jingrui Sun, Darren R. Grocke, Martyn C. Lucas
Summary: This study conducted an experimental research on the effects of non-native crayfish on stream ecosystems and found that even at low densities, non-native crayfish can significantly alter multiple components of stream ecosystems. It emphasizes the need to minimize the spread of non-native crayfish within and between streams.
FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Martijn J. Hoogeveen, Eric C. M. van Gorp, Ellen K. Hoogeveen
Summary: Current models for flu-like epidemics fail to fully explain multi-cycle seasonality. Pollen, along with meteorological variables, is found to be a predictor of the inverse seasonality of flu-like epidemics, including COVID-19. Solar radiation acts as a co-inhibitor of flu-like incidence, while temperature does not impact, and higher relative humidity increases flu-like incidence.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yang Wang, Cicheng Zhang, Xiong Xiao, Huawu Wu, Jinghui Zhang
Summary: This study measured water-use strategies, functional traits, and physiological processes in two coexisting desert riparian species and found that they exhibited different physiological response pathways following rainfall events, which may be related to their water preferences and drought tolerance traits.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jing Wang, Wenwu Zhao, Zongxue Xu, Jingyi Ding, Yue Yan, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira
Summary: This study investigated the plant functional traits and associated ecosystem services in restored areas of artificial forestlands and natural grasslands. The results showed that artificial forestlands and natural grasslands exhibited different trends in water conservation, soil conservation, and carbon sequestration services. The impacts of leaves, root length, and root biomass density on different ecosystem services also varied. In arid ecosystems, natural grasslands were the best restoration strategy, while restoration through artificial forestlands was more appropriate in soil erosion-affected areas. To mitigate trade-offs between ecosystem services, thinning of artificial forestlands should be done before reaching maximum leaf carbon content, specific root length, and root biomass density.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Shuaiwei Xu, Hongxin Su, Siyuan Ren, Jihua Hou, Yan Zhu
Summary: Exploring how traits determine demographic performance is crucial in plant community ecology. This study analyzed growth and trait data for 11 species in a temperate forest and found that individual-level trait data predict individual growth more accurately than species-level data. Additionally, considering topographical factors and seasonal differences is important in assessing the relationship between tree growth and functional traits.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ciara L. O. McGlade, James W. E. Dickey, Richard Kennedy, Shannon Donnelly, Clare-Ann Nelson, Jaimie T. A. Dick, Gareth Arnott
Summary: Research finds that rainbow trout have higher activity and aggression but lower boldness compared to brown trout. However, in small groups, rainbow trout are bolder. Comparative analysis of multiple behaviors reveals that rainbow trout have poor energy management and limited ecological impacts, while the functional response of brown trout is reduced by triploidy treatment.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Alex Williams, Holly Langridge, Angela L. Straathof, Howbeer Muhamadali, Katherine A. Hollywood, Royston Goodacre, Franciska T. de Vries
Summary: Plant root exudation is a crucial means of communication between plants and soil microbes, impacting rhizosphere processes and ecosystem responses to changing environmental conditions. Differences in root exudate quantity and quality among plant species are influenced by plant functional group and traits such as root diameter, root tissue density, and root nitrogen content. Higher rates of root exudation were linked to traits indicative of exploitative growth and resource outsourcing, providing insights into species-specific differences and the role of root exudates in the resource-outsourcing strategy.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2022)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Paola Movalli, Guy Duke, Gloria Ramello, Rene Dekker, Al Vrezec, Richard F. Shore, Antonio Garcia-Fernandez, Chris Wernham, Oliver Krone, Nikiforos Alygizakis, Alexander Badry, Fausto Barbagli, Koos Biesmeijer, Giovanni Boano, Alexander L. Bond, Yael Choresh, Jan Bolding Christensen, Alessandra Cincinelli, Sara Danielsson, Andreia Dias, Rune Dietz, Marcel Eens, Silvia Espin, Igor Eulaers, Sylke Frahnert, Tibor I. Fuiz, Georgios Gkotsis, Natalia Glowacka, Pilar Gomez-Ramirez, Marco Grotti, Michel Guiraud, Peter Hosner, Ulf Johansson, Veerle L. B. Jaspers, Pepijn Kamminga, Jan Koschorreck, Burkhard Knopf, Eero Kubin, Sabrina LoBrutto, Rui Lourenco, Tania Martellini, Emma Martinez-Lopez, Rafael Mateo, Maria-Christina Nika, Varvara Nikolopoulou, Dan Osborn, Olivier Pauwels, Marco Pavia, M. Gloria Pereira, Heinz Ruedel, Pablo Sanchez-Virosta, Jaroslav Slobodnik, Christian Sonne, Nikolaos Thomaidis, Till Toepfer, Gabriele Treu, Risto Vainola, Jari Valkama, Steven van der Mije, Didier Vangeluwe, Ben H. Warren, Friederike Woog
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Luisa G. Carvalheiro, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Markus Franzen, Jesus Aguirre-Gutierrez, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Aveliina Helm, Denis Michez, Juha Poyry, Menno Reemer, Oliver Schweiger, Leon van den Berg, Michiel F. WallisDeVries, William E. Kunin
Article
Ecology
M. F. (Marco) Tanis, Leon Marshall, J. C. (Koos) Biesmeijer, Lisette van Kolfschoten
BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Lorna J. Cole, David Kleijn, Lynn V. Dicks, Jane C. Stout, Simon G. Potts, Matthias Albrecht, Mario V. Balzan, Ignasi Bartomeus, Penelope J. Bebeli, Danilo Bevk, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Robert Chlebo, Anzelika Dautarte, Nikolaos Emmanouil, Chris Hartfield, John M. Holland, Andrea Holzschuh, Nieke T. J. Knoben, Aniko Kovacs-Hostyanszki, Yael Mandelik, Heleni Panou, Robert J. Paxton, Theodora Petanidou, Miguel A. A. Pinheiro de Carvalho, Maj Rundlof, Jean-Pierre Sarthou, Menelaos C. Stavrinides, Maria Jose Suso, Hajnalka Szentgyorgyi, Bernard E. Vaissiere, Androulla Varnava, Montserrat Vila, Romualdas Zemeckis, Jeroen Scheper
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Patricia Alves Ferreira, Danilo Boscolo, Luciano Elsinor Lopes, Luisa G. Carvalheiro, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Pedro Luis Bernardo da Rocha, Blandina Felipe Viana
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Aleksandre Gogaladze, Niels Raes, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Camelia Ionescu, Ana-Bianca Pavel, Mikhail O. Son, Natalia Gozak, Vitaliy V. Anistratenko, Frank P. Wesselingh
Article
Biology
Deepa Senapathi, Jochen Fruend, Matthias Albrecht, Michael P. D. Garratt, David Kleijn, Brian J. Pickles, Simon G. Potts, Jiandong An, Georg K. S. Andersson, Svenja Baensch, Parthiba Basu, Faye Benjamin, Antonio Diego M. Bezerra, Ritam Bhattacharya, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Brett Blaauw, Eleanor J. Blitzer, Claire A. Brittain, Luisa G. Carvalheiro, Daniel P. Cariveau, Pushan Chakraborty, Arnob Chatterjee, Soumik Chatterjee, Sarah Cusser, Bryan N. Danforth, Erika Degani, Breno M. Freitas, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Benoit Geslin, G. Arjen de Groot, Tina Harrison, Brad Howlett, Rufus Isaacs, Shalene Jha, Bjorn Kristian Klatt, Kristin Krewenka, Samuel Leigh, Sandra A. M. Lindstrom, Yael Mandelik, Megan McKerchar, Mia Park, Gideon Pisanty, Romina. Rader, Menno Reemer, Maj Rundlof, Barbara Smith, Henrik G. Smith, Patricia Nunes Silva, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Teja Tscharntke, Sean Webber, Duncan B. Westbury, Catrin Westphal, Jennifer B. Wickens, Victoria J. Wickens, Rachael Winfree, Hong Zhang, Alexandra-Maria Klein
Summary: The study found that higher pollinator diversity contributes to greater inter-annual stability in pollinator communities; temporal variation in pollinator abundance is primarily driven by the three-most dominant species; crops in tropical regions demonstrate higher inter-annual variability in pollinator species richness compared to crops in temperate regions.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Review
Ecology
Aleksandre Gogaladze, Mikhail O. Son, Matteo Lattuada, Vitaliy V. Anistratenko, Vitaly L. Syomin, Ana Bianca Pavel, Oana P. Popa, Luis O. Popa, Jan-Johan ter Poorten, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Niels Raes, Thomas Wilke, Arthur F. Sands, Teodora Trichkova, Zdravko K. Hubenov, Maxim V. Vinarski, Olga Yu Anistratenko, Tatiana L. Alexenko, Frank P. Wesselingh
Summary: The unique aquatic Pontocaspian biota of the Black Sea Basin is declining, primarily due to human activities such as damming of rivers, habitat modifications, pollution, invasive species, and climate change. Certain regions still contain favorable ecological conditions for Pontocaspian communities and threatened endemic species. Standardized data collection and precise definition of habitats are crucial for targeted conservation efforts to protect this unique biota.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tom van der Meer, Piet F. M. Verdonschot, Lina Dokter, Samira Absalah, Michiel H. S. Kraak
Summary: This study assessed the impact of benthic invertebrate activities on organic matter degradation and the redistribution of metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in contaminated sediment. Results showed that chironomid larvae enhanced sludge degradation, leading to increased metal concentrations in sludge and a flux of metals into overlying water, while hampering the degradation of PAHs. The interaction between contaminants and macroinvertebrates is driven by the interplay between macroinvertebrate traits and contaminant properties.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2022)
Review
Marine & Freshwater Biology
P. F. M. Verdonschot, R. C. M. Verdonschot
Summary: Striving for an integrated semi-natural stream-floodplain system as a restoration target, with the aim to optimize biodiversity and ecosystem services provisioning, is currently limited by multiple pressures and constraints, such as high human population density and intensive land-use. To achieve a balance between ecological and societal needs in lowland-stream watersheds, a five-step approach is proposed, which includes choosing a clear restoration target, mapping and quantifying environmental stressors and biological indicators, listing potential restoration measures, and building scenarios that align with the societal context of the watershed. The most promising scenarios involve establishing a transverse landscape zonation, but this poses a challenge for policy makers and requires strong societal change. Therefore, a framework is provided to help find a suitable balance in practice.
Article
Biology
Leon Marshall, Floor Perdijk, Nicolas Dendoncker, William Kunin, Stuart Roberts, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Aleksandre Gogaladze, Frank P. Wesselingh, Koos Biesmeijer, Vitaliy V. Anistratenko, Natalia Gozak, Mikhail O. Son, Niels Raes
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2020)