Article
Plant Sciences
Adam R. Martin, Marney E. Isaac
Summary: The study found that a plant-size leaf economics spectrum exists within a single coffee genotype, showing covariation of leaf traits with plant size, and this covariation is nearly identical to environmentally driven trait plasticity.
Article
Ecology
Corey T. Callaghan, Facundo X. Palacio, Yanina Benedetti, Federico Morelli, Diana E. Bowler
Summary: Quantifying intraspecific and interspecific trait variability is crucial for understanding biogeography, ecology, and conservation. This study used citizen science data to examine bird responses to urbanization across the US and found that interspecific variability was greater than intraspecific variability.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Seton Bachle, Jesse B. Nippert
Summary: This study found that there is significant variation in leaf microanatomical traits of Andropogon gerardii, which may impact leaf-level carbon and water use strategies. The values of these traits vary across climate gradients, potentially contributing to variation in traits measured at larger ecological scales.
Article
Plant Sciences
Tania Bertuzzi, Diego Lopez-Spahr, Carlos A. Gomez, Silvia Suhring, Gisela Malagrina, Carol C. Baskin, Guadalupe Galindez
Summary: The persistence of subtropical seasonally dry forests requires ex situ conservation and restoration programs. Seed traits and dormancy of six native species were studied, showing high variability and species-specific characteristics. These findings have implications for conservation techniques and seed sourcing decisions for restoration.
Article
Ecology
Li Zhang, Seraina Lisa Cappelli, Mengjiao Huang, Xiang Liu, Yao Xiao, Francoise Cardou, Yizhong Rong, Shurong Zhou
Summary: Recent studies have shown that intraspecific trait variability contributes significantly to total trait variation. However, the role of intraspecific variability in ecosystem functions under global change is still unclear. In this study, we examined the effects of nitrogen addition and warming on the productivity of a Tibetan alpine meadow and found that both intra- and inter-specific functional changes influenced productivity. Specifically, plant height variation among species promoted niche complementarity, while individuals with larger leaf area exerted dominance effects. Warming directly reduced productivity and indirectly suppressed it through a decrease in leaf area. Our findings highlight the importance of plant intraspecific trait variability in maintaining ecosystem functions, particularly in the face of global change.
Article
Plant Sciences
Kyle Christie, Natalie R. Pierson, David B. Lowry, Liza M. Holeski
Summary: In this study, we examined the variation in seed and seedling traits of Plantago patagonica along a natural aridity gradient. We found that seed size decreased, germination timing accelerated, and specific leaf area increased with increasing aridity. We also discovered that seedling height, achieved through larger seeds or earlier germination, was a significant predictor of survival under drought conditions.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Li Zhang, Xiang Liu, Shurong Zhou, Bill Shipley
Summary: This study demonstrates that both inter- and intraspecific trait variability in plant height play important roles in maintaining ecosystem functions, particularly productivity. The findings suggest that the selection effect and shade-avoidance syndrome may simultaneously regulate productivity.
JOURNAL OF PLANT ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Zorica Popovic, Vera Vidakovic, Jovana Jankovic
Summary: This study measured morpho-ecophysiological traits and flammability of different populations of Picea omorika. The results showed significant differences among populations in leaf traits and time-to-ignition. Principal component analysis revealed distinct clusters of populations based on leaf area-related traits and time-to-ignition. The high intraspecific variability in P. omorika populations has important implications for understanding species flammability and fire behavior.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Zoltan Botta-Dukat
Summary: The study found that considering intraspecific trait variation can better predict the strength of competition. However, traits and competitive interactions may have a complex relationship, as traits in focal individuals may be both drivers and consequences of competition, making interpretation more challenging.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Magda Garbowski, Danielle B. Johnston, Cynthia S. Brown
Summary: Ontogeny has a significant impact on growth rates and root elongation rates, while relationships among traits remain consistent across different developmental stages. Leaf dry matter content, root tissue density, and root diameter show little variation throughout seedling development, making them potential candidates for future trait-based studies.
Article
Ecology
George R. Wheeler, Chad E. Brassil, Johannes M. H. Knops
Summary: The study found that functional traits of grassland plants may vary significantly between years, primarily influenced by rainfall. Additionally, nitrogen addition treatment and sampling year can also interactively affect plant functional traits, especially in high rainfall years.
Article
Ecology
Giacomo Puglielli, Carlos P. Carmona, Laura Varone, Lauri Laanisto, Carlo Ricotta
Summary: In trait-based ecology, it is common to use measures to quantify phenotypic variation between populations. However, these measures overlook the within-population trait variability and some of them cannot be partitioned between populations. This study proposes a new measure called the phenotypic dissimilarity (PhD) index to address these issues and provide a tool for quantifying phenotypic variation within and between species.
Article
Ecology
Teresa Rosas, Maurizio Mencuccini, Carles Batlles, Ingrid Regalado, Sandra Saura-Mas, Frank Sterck, Jordi Martinez-Vilalta
Summary: The study found that trait-growth relationships in trees under Mediterranean climate are generally weak, with tree growth performance mainly correlated with leaf and hydraulic traits. Climate effects on growth are indirectly mediated by traits, stand structure, and tree basal area. This suggests that maintaining functionality over extended periods of time may be more important than maximum gas exchange or hydraulic capacity for achieving high radial growth under Mediterranean climates.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Angela Kohler, Nadja Forster, Matthias Zander, Christian Ulrichs
Summary: Willow bark preparations, due to their phenolic compounds, are used as herbal remedies. The present study analyzed the phenolic profiles of 13 Salix species, revealing the presence of previously unreported compounds and highlighting the qualitative variability within species. Understanding the specific phenolic profiles of species and genotypes is important for selecting willow bark with desired bioactive properties.
Article
Plant Sciences
Sylvain Schmitt, Marion Boisseaux
Summary: This study explores the intraspecific variability of leaf water-related traits and finds that the variability within species is higher than previously recognized. Carbon-related traits exhibit higher variability than water-related traits, though the latter is still significant. Additionally, part of the intraspecific variability is attributed to variation among leaves within individuals and measurement variations within leaves.
Review
Soil Science
Alexandre Terrigeol, Marc-Frederic Indorf, Thierry Jouhanique, Florian Tanguy, Diane Hoareau, Vida Rahimian, Kenny Agesilas-Lequeux, Rebecca Baues, Marion Noualhguet, Anice Cheraiet, Aleksander Miedziejewski, Stephane Bazot, Jean-Christophe Lata, Jerome Mathieu, Christophe Hannot, Jean-Michel Dreuillaux, Augusto Zanella
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Soil Science
Jerome Mathieu, Gael Caro, Lise Dupont
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Francois -Nicolas Robinne, Kevin D. Bladon, Carol Miller, Marc-Andre Parisien, Jerome Mathieu, Mike D. Flannigan
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2018)
Letter
Ecology
Erin K. Cameron, Ines S. Martins, Patrick Lavelle, Jerome Mathieu, Leho Tedersoo, Felix Gottschall, Carlos A. Guerra, Jes Hines, Guillaume Patoine, Julia Siebert, Marten Winter, Simone Cesarz, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Olga Ferlian, Noah Fierer, Holger Kreft, Thomas E. Lovejoy, Luca Montanarella, Alberto Orgiazzi, Henrique M. Pereira, Helen R. P. Phillips, Josef Settele, Diana H. Wall, Nico Eisenhauer
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2018)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Thibaud Decaens, Marlucia B. Martins, Alexander Feijoo, Johan Oszwald, Sylvain Doledec, Jerome Mathieu, Xavier Arnaud de Sartre, Diego Bonilla, George G. Brown, Yeimmy Andrea Cuellar Criollo, Florence Dubs, Ivaneide S. Furtado, Valerie Gond, Erika Gordillo, Solen Le Clec'h, Raphael Marichal, Danielle Mitja, Izildinha Miranda de Souza, Catarina Praxedes, Rodolphe Rougerie, Dario H. Ruiz, Joel Tupac Otero, Catalina Sanabria, Alex Velasquez, Luz Elena M. Zararte, Patrick Lavelle
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Geography, Physical
Charlotte Prud'homme, Olivier Moine, Jerome Mathieu, Segolene Saulnier-Copard, Pierre Antoine
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Erin K. Cameron, Ines S. Martins, Patrick Lavelle, Jerome Mathieu, Leho Tedersoo, Mohammad Bahram, Felix Gottschall, Carlos A. Guerra, Jes Hines, Guillaume Patoine, Marten Winter, Simone Cesarz, Olga Ferlian, Holger Kreft, Thomas E. Lovejoy, Luca Montanarella, Alberto Orgiazzi, Henrique M. Pereira, Helen R. P. Phillips, Josef Settele, Diana H. Wall, Nico Eisenhauer
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Agronomy
Manuel Blouin, Julien Barrere, Nicolas Meyer, Silene Lartigue, Sebastien Barot, Jerome Mathieu
AGRONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2019)
Article
Biology
Madhav P. Thakur, Helen R. P. Phillips, Ulrich Brose, Franciska T. De Vries, Patrick Lavelle, Michel Loreau, Jerome Mathieu, Christian Mulder, Wim H. Van der Putten, Matthias C. Rillig, David A. Wardle, Elizabeth M. Bach, Marie L. C. Bartz, Joanne M. Bennett, Maria J. I. Briones, George Brown, Thibaud Decaens, Nico Eisenhauer, Olga Ferlian, Carlos Antonio Guerra, Birgitta Koenig-Ries, Alberto Orgiazzi, Kelly S. Ramirez, David J. Russell, Michiel Rutgers, Diana H. Wall, Erin K. Cameron
BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Helen R. P. Phillips, Carlos A. Guerra, Marie L. C. Bartz, Maria J. I. Briones, George Brown, Thomas W. Crowther, Olga Ferlian, Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Johan van den Hoogen, Julia Krebs, Alberto Orgiazzi, Devin Routh, Benjamin Schwarz, Elizabeth M. Bach, Joanne Bennett, Ulrich Brose, Thibaud Decaens, Birgitta Koenig-Ries, Michel Loreau, Jerome Mathieu, Christian Mulder, Wim H. van der Putten, Kelly S. Ramirez, Matthias C. Rillig, David Russell, Michiel Rutgers, Madhav P. Thakur, Franciska T. de Vries, Diana H. Wall, David A. Wardle, Miwa Arai, Fredrick O. Ayuke, Geoff H. Baker, Robin Beausejour, Jose C. Bedano, Klaus Birkhofer, Eric Blanchart, Bernd Blossey, Thomas Bolger, Robert L. Bradley, Mac A. Callaham, Yvan Capowiez, Mark E. Caulfield, Amy Choi, Felicity V. Crotty, Andrea Davalos, Dario J. Diaz Cosin, Anahi Dominguez, Andres Esteban Duhour, Nick van Eekeren, Christoph Emmerling, Liliana B. Falco, Rosa Fernandez, Steven J. Fonte, Carlos Fragoso, Andre L. C. Franco, Martine Fugere, Abegail T. Fusilero, Shaieste Gholami, Michael J. Gundale, Monica Gutierrez Lopez, Davorka K. Hackenberger, Luis M. Hernandez, Takuo Hishi, Andrew R. Holdsworth, Martin Holmstrup, Kristine N. Hopfensperger, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Veikko Huhta, Tunsisa T. Hurisso, Basil V. Iannone, Madalina Iordache, Monika Joschko, Nobuhiro Kaneko, Radoslava Kanianska, Aidan M. Keith, Courtland A. Kelly, Maria L. Kernecker, Jonatan Klaminder, Armand W. Kone, Yahya Kooch, Sanna T. Kukkonen, H. Lalthanzara, Daniel R. Lammel, Iurii M. Lebedev, Yiqing Li, Juan B. Jesus Lidon, Noa K. Lincoln, Scott R. Loss, Raphael Marichal, Radim Matula, Jan Hendrik Moos, Gerardo Moreno, Alejandro Moron-Rios, Bart Muys, Johan Neirynck, Lindsey Norgrove, Marta Novo, Visa Nuutinen, Victoria Nuzzo, Mujeeb P. Rahman, Johan Pansu, Shishir Paudel, Guenola Peres, Lorenzo Perez-Camacho, Raul Pineiro, Jean-Francois Ponge, Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid, Salvador Rebollo, Javier Rodeiro-Iglesias, Miguel A. Rodriguez, Alexander M. Roth, Guillaume X. Rousseau, Anna Rozen, Ehsan Sayad, Loes van Schaik, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Michael Schirrmann, Olaf Schmidt, Boris Schroeder, Julia Seeber, Maxim P. Shashkov, Jaswinder Singh, Sandy M. Smith, Michael Steinwandter, Jose A. Talavera, Dolores Trigo, Jiro Tsukamoto, Anne W. de Valenca, Steven J. Vanek, Inigo Virto, Adrian A. Wackett, Matthew W. Warren, Nathaniel H. Wehr, Joann K. Whalen, Michael B. Wironen, Volkmar Wolters, Irina V. Zenkova, Weixin Zhang, Erin K. Cameron, Nico Eisenhauer
Article
Ecology
Carlos A. Guerra, Isabel M. D. Rosa, Emiliana Valentini, Florian Wolf, Federico Filipponi, Dirk N. Karger, Alessandra Nguyen Xuan, Jerome Mathieu, Patrick Lavelle, Nico Eisenhauer
Article
Ecology
Charlotte Pruvost, Jerome Mathieu, Naoise Nunan, Agnes Gigon, Anne Pando, Thomas Z. Lerch, Manuel Blouin
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Helen R. P. Phillips, Elizabeth M. Bach, Marie L. C. Bartz, Joanne M. Bennett, Remy Beugnon, Maria J. I. Briones, George G. Brown, Olga Ferlian, Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Carlos A. Guerra, Birgitta Koenig-Ries, Julia J. Krebs, Alberto Orgiazzi, Kelly S. Ramirez, David J. Russell, Benjamin Schwarz, Diana H. Wall, Ulrich Brose, Thibaud Decaens, Patrick Lavelle, Michel Loreau, Jerome Mathieu, Christian Mulder, Wim H. van der Putten, Matthias C. Rillig, Madhav P. Thakur, Franciska T. de Vries, David A. Wardle, Christian Ammer, Sabine Ammer, Miwa Arai, Fredrick O. Ayuke, Geoff H. Baker, Dilmar Baretta, Dietmar Barkusky, Robin Beausejour, Jose C. Bedano, Klaus Birkhofer, Eric Blanchart, Bernd Blossey, Thomas Bolger, Robert L. Bradley, Michel Brossard, James C. Burtis, Yvan Capowiez, Timothy R. Cavagnaro, Amy Choi, Julia Clause, Daniel Cluzeau, Anja Coors, Felicity V. Crotty, Jasmine M. Crumsey, Andrea Davalos, Dario J. Diaz Cosin, Annise M. Dobson, Anahi Dominguez, Andres Esteban Duhour, Nick van Eekeren, Christoph Emmerling, Liliana B. Falco, Rosa Fernandez, Steven J. Fonte, Carlos Fragoso, Andre L. C. Franco, Abegail Fusilero, Anna P. Geraskina, Shaieste Gholami, Grizelle Gonzalez, Michael J. Gundale, Monica Gutierrez Lopez, Branimir K. Hackenberger, Davorka K. Hackenberger, Luis M. Hernandez, Jeff R. Hirth, Takuo Hishi, Andrew R. Holdsworth, Martin Holmstrup, Kristine N. Hopfensperger, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Veikko Huhta, Tunsisa T. Hurisso, Basil V. Iannone, Madalina Iordache, Ulrich Irmler, Mari Ivask, Juan B. Jesus, Jodi L. Johnson-Maynard, Monika Joschko, Nobuhiro Kaneko, Radoslava Kanianska, Aidan M. Keith, Maria L. Kernecker, Armand W. Kone, Yahya Kooch, Sanna T. Kukkonen, H. Lalthanzara, Daniel R. Lammel, Iurii M. Lebedev, Edith Le Cadre, Noa K. Lincoln, Danilo Lopez-Hernandez, Scott R. Loss, Raphael Marichal, Radim Matula, Yukio Minamiya, Jan Hendrik Moos, Gerardo Moreno, Alejandro Moron-Rios, Hasegawa Motohiro, Bart Muys, Johan Neirynck, Lindsey Norgrove, Marta Novo, Visa Nuutinen, Victoria Nuzzo, P. Mujeeb Rahman, Johan Pansu, Shishir Paudel, Guenola Peres, Lorenzo Perez-Camacho, Jean-Francois Ponge, Joerg Prietzel, Irina B. Rapoport, Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid, Salvador Rebollo, Miguel A. Rodriguez, Alexander M. Roth, Guillaume X. Rousseau, Anna Rozen, Ehsan Sayad, Loes van Schaik, Bryant Scharenbroch, Michael Schirrmann, Olaf Schmidt, Boris Schroeder, Julia Seeber, Maxim P. Shashkov, Jaswinder Singh, Sandy M. Smith, Michael Steinwandter, Katalin Szlavecz, Jose Antonio Talavera, Dolores Trigo, Jiro Tsukamoto, Sheila Uribe-Lopez, Anne W. de Valenca, Inigo Virto, Adrian A. Wackett, Matthew W. Warren, Emily R. Webster, Nathaniel H. Wehr, Joann K. Whalen, Michael B. Wironen, Volkmar Wolters, Pengfei Wu, Irina V. Zenkova, Weixin Zhang, Erin K. Cameron, Nico Eisenhauer
Summary: Earthworms are important ecosystem engineers, but their diversity and distribution are not well known at large spatial scales. A global dataset with information on 10,840 sites and 184 species from 60 countries has been created to assist researchers in investigating a wide variety of pressing questions related to biodiversity.
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Herlon Nadolny, Alessandra Santos, Wilian Demetrio, Talita Ferreira, Liliane dos Santos Maia, Ana Caroline Conrado, Marie Bartz, Marilice Garrastazu, Elodie da Silva, Patrick Lavelle, Dilmar Baretta, Amarildo Pasini, Fabiane Vezzani, Jose Paulo Sousa, Luis Cunha, Jerome Mathieu, Jorg Rombke, George Brown
PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA
(2020)
Article
Soil Science
C. Beraud, F. Piola, J. Gervaix, G. Meiffren, C. Creuze des Chatelliers, A. Delort, C. Boisselet, S. Poussineau, E. Lacroix, A. A. M. Cantarel
Summary: This study investigated the soil factors influencing the development of biological denitrification inhibition (BDI) and found that initial soil moisture, ammonium concentration, and the initial abundance of certain microbial genes play significant roles in BDI development. Additionally, the research highlighted the relevance of biotic factors in explaining BDI and proposed the use of procyanidin concentration from plant belowground system as a new proxy for measuring BDI intensity.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Yizhu Qiao, Tingting Wang, Qiwei Huang, Hanyue Guo, He Zhang, Qicheng Xu, Qirong Shen, Ning Ling
Summary: Soil microbial community coalescence, the mixing and interaction of microbial communities, has been found to enhance the stability and complexity of rhizobacterial networks, leading to improved plant health and biomass. This study investigated the effects of different degrees of bacterial community coalescence on plant disease resistance by mixing soils from healthy and diseased habitats for watermelon planting. The results showed that mixing in more healthy soil reduced the plant disease index and increased biomass by improving the stability and complexity of the rhizobacterial network. Core taxa Nitrospirillum and Singulisphaera were enriched in the rhizosphere from healthy soils and played important roles in disease suppression and regulating the positive cohesion and modularity of the networks. Overall, these findings provide insights into the potential mechanism of microbial community coalescence for improving plant microbial community function and suggest new tools for enhancing plant fitness via soil microbiota mixing.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Mengqiu He, Shending Chen, Lei Meng, Xiaoqian Dan, Wenjie Wang, Qinying Zhu, Zucong Cai, Jinbo Zhang, Pierfrancesco Nardi, Christoph Mueller
Summary: Maize genotypes directly affect gene expression and nitrogen uptake capacity. The feedback between maize genotypes and soil nitrogen transformations, as well as their regulations on nitrogen uptake capacity, have been studied. The findings suggest that maize genotypes play a central role in regulating these feedbacks, which are important for maize breeding and enhancing maize production.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Ke Shi, Jiahui Liao, Xiaoming Zou, Han Y. H. Chen, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Zhengming Yan, Tingting Ren, Honghua Ruan
Summary: Through rewilding, microbial extracellular and cellular residues can continuously accumulate in soils and significantly contribute to soil organic carbon sequestration. Extracellular residues are mainly driven by fine root biomass, while cellular residues are mainly driven by soil nitrogen and organic carbon content.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Sensen Chen, Ying Teng, Yongming Luo, Eiko Kuramae, Wenjie Ren
Summary: This study comprehensively assesses the effects of NMs on the soil microbiome through a global meta-analysis. The results reveal significant negative impacts of NMs on soil microbial diversity, biomass, activity, and function. Metal NMs, especially Ag NMs, have the most pronounced negative effects on various soil microbial community metrics.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Shareen K. D. Sanders, Gerard Martinez-De Leon, Ludovico Formenti, Madhav P. Thakur
Summary: Collembolans, the diverse group of soil invertebrates, are affected by anthropogenic climate warming, which alters their diversity and density. In addition to abiotic stressors, changes in food availability, specifically the abundance of saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi, influence Collembola responses to climate warming. Collembolans prefer saprotrophic fungi but rely on mycorrhizal fungi when food sources are scarce. Understanding the mechanisms behind these dietary shifts in warm-dry and warm-wet soil conditions is crucial for predicting the impact of climate change on Collembola-fungal interactions.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Wimonsiri Pingthaisong, Sergey Blagodatsky, Patma Vityakon, Georg Cadisch
Summary: A study found that mixing high-C/N ratio rice straw with low-C/N ratio groundnut stover can improve the chemical composition of the input, stimulate microbial growth, decrease the loss of residue-derived carbon in the soil, and reduce native soil carbon and nitrogen consumption.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Jiachen Wang, Jie Zhao, Rong Yang, Xin Liu, Xuyuan Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xiaoyong Chen, Wende Yan, Kelin Wang
Summary: Nitrogen is vital for ecosystem productivity, restoration, and succession processes. This study found that legume intercropping was more effective than chemical nitrogen fertilizers in promoting the complexity and stability of the soil micro-food web, as it increased microbial and nematode communities and enhanced energy flow patterns.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)