Review
Oncology
Siba El Hussein, Sanam Loghavi
Summary: This review provides an overview of recent genomic findings in MDS and presents updated guidelines and emerging tools for improving diagnostic abilities. The limitations of current practices in disease follow-up are also discussed, emphasizing the need for enhanced prognostic tools in the future.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
David M. Ekkers, Sergio Tusso, Stefany Moreno-Gamez, Marina C. Rillo, Oscar P. Kuipers, G. Sander van Doorn
Summary: Mitigating trade-offs between different resource-utilization functions is crucial for the ecological and evolutionary success of organisms. The underlying metabolic constraints have been difficult to understand due to their complex molecular basis. This study investigates how metabolic architecture induces resource-utilization constraints and how these constraints drive evolutionary specialization and diversification. By studying the bacterium Lactococcus cremoris, the researchers found that the evolution of different metabolic specialists can be influenced by the metabolic network structure and historical contingency. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the relationship between molecular constraints and phenotypic trade-offs, and shed light on the mechanisms underlying evolutionary specialization and diversification.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Min-Chen Wang, Fumiya Furukawa, Ching-Wei Wang, Hui-Wen Peng, Ching-Chun Lin, Tzu-Hao Lin, Yung-Che Tseng
Summary: This study explores the transgenerational plasticity in tilapia under global warming scenario and finds that parental cold-experience may affect energy provision during reproduction and early life stages of the offspring. Metabolomics-based profiling reveals potential metabolic traits that help tilapia cope with temperature perturbations. The study also applies feature rescaling and UMAP to visualize metabolic dynamics.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Xiaohang Bai, Jing He, Xunzhi Zhu
Summary: Stipa grandis steppe, as a main community type of temperate grasslands in Northern China, is crucial for livestock production and ecological security. This study investigates the relationships among plant traits, diversity, and ecosystem functions in Stipa grandis steppe during restoration stages through field experiments in Inner Mongolia, China. The results reveal that enclosure effectively promotes plant organic carbon storage, diversity, and soil carbon storage in Stipa grandis community. Additionally, the trade-offs and critical stages for plant diversity and soil organic carbon storage are identified. These findings provide scientific basis for promoting grassland sustainability and restoration in similar areas.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Petros Vahamidis, Angeliki Stefopoulou, Vassilis Kotoulas, Panagiota Bresta, Dimosthenis Nikolopoulos, George Karabourniotis, Georgios Mantonanakis, Christos Vlachos, Nicholas Dercas, Garifalia Economou
Summary: In Mediterranean type environments, the variability in grain plumpness is a significant source of uncertainty for brewers and farmers. Understanding the effects of genotype x environment interaction on grain size and yield variation can help breeders improve stability and grain size.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Ned A. Dochtermann
Summary: Understanding the variation and covariation of behaviors among individuals has been a major research topic, especially in the study of animal personality, behavioral syndromes, and trade-offs with life-history traits. However, proposed theoretical frameworks explaining these behavioral correlations have had limited success. Phenotypic correlations are influenced more by plastic changes in behavior than by genetic and developmental effects, and observed trait correlations do not align with simple trade-offs. State-behavior feedbacks could potentially explain this inconsistency and are crucial for understanding behavioral evolution.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Audreanne Loiselle, Raphael Proulx, Marie Larocque, Stephanie Pellerin
Summary: Wetlands are crucial for ecosystem functions and services, but they are under threat. It is important to develop conservation strategies to optimize wetland ecosystem functions and services. Evaluating the relationships between different indicators is a useful framework to understand the challenges faced by conservationists. However, these relationships can vary depending on region, scale, and ecosystem type.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Review
Environmental Studies
Josias Sanou, Anna Tengberg, Hugues Romeo Bazie, David Mingasson, Madelene Ostwald
Summary: Global population growth will require increased agricultural production, but sustainability depends on preserving ecosystem functions. This review assessed science-based tools for sustainable agricultural decision-making. Most studies focused on Europe and Asia, with few in sub-Saharan Africa. Tools addressed specific ecosystem services and were designed for different land uses. Collaboration between practitioners, development organizations, and scientists is needed to develop and refine tools for identifying sustainable strategies and balancing ecosystem services.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yuefeng Lyu, Mengjing Wang, Yinuo Zou, Cifang Wu
Summary: This study aims to analyze the spatial distribution and interactions of LUFs in urban fringe areas to identify synergies and trade-offs in urban expansion and environmental planning. By using an improved LUFs classification system and fine scale datasets, nine sub-land use functions in Binzhou city, China were quantified and two spatial planning-zoning schemes were proposed based on land use function and human utilization intensity.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Truong An Bui, Julie Shatto, Tania Cuppens, Arnaud Droit, Francois V. Bolduc
Summary: The article discusses the wide range of phenotypes associated with Fragile X syndrome and calls for consideration of interactions between different phenotypes in clinical research. A new approach is proposed to better understand the effects of treatments on different individuals in clinical trials and to take individual genetic differences into account in the design.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yeting Fan, Le Gan, Changqiao Hong, Laura H. Jessup, Xiaobin Jin, Bryan C. Pijanowski, Yan Sun, Ligang Lv
Summary: This study quantified 12 LUFs using a geospatial model and statistical analysis in Jiangsu Province, identified the relationships among agricultural production function (APF), urban-rural living function (ULF), and ecological maintenance function (EMF), and explored the determinants of LUF trade-offs. The study provides valuable insights for policy-makers in future land use planning and management.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Xin Hao, Ting-Ting Zou, Xing-Zhi Han, Fu-Shun Zhang, Wei-Guo Du
Summary: The study shows that maternal effects play a role in mediating the trade-off between growth and survival of lizard offspring in response to climate warming. Offspring in warm climate conditions grow faster, but there is a decrease in survival rate when offspring are from maternal present climate treatment. These findings highlight the importance of adaptive maternal effects in response to climate change.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
T. J. Regan, J. MacHunter, S. J. Sinclair, M. J. Bruce, J. Neil, E. Parker, B. Nam
Summary: Managing biodiversity often involves difficult trade-offs between threatened species and ecosystems, with decision makers having differing preferences and weights for each objective. However, decisions are often made without clear specification of preferences, reducing transparency and communication. This study used structured decision making to navigate trade-offs between ecological objectives and management costs in conservation reserves. The approach identified management strategies that best address stakeholder preferences across multiple objectives, improving evidence-based decision making and providing a transparent rationale for management interventions.
CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Haixin Zhang, Lelei Wen, Zichang Li, Changchun Li
Summary: We investigated the variations in web architectures and behavioral investments of Campanicola campanulata spiders that build detritus-based bell-shaped cobwebs. The study revealed a trade-off between defense and foraging investment, with spiders choosing lighter detritus investing more in foraging but experiencing higher energy expenditure during web-building.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Urban Studies
Yuanyuan Yang, Xuezhen Ren, Jinming Yan
Summary: The land systems in global urban agglomerations have undergone significant changes, impacting the ecological environment. Assessing dynamic land use functions and their interrelations can help formulate targeted land use policy for sustainable land development. In the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, multiple land use functions were identified and trade-offs/synergies among them were traced. The study suggests integrating dynamic land use trade-offs into decision-making to promote healthy and orderly land system development.
Article
Plant Sciences
Tereza Klinerova, Petr Dostal
Article
Plant Sciences
Petr Dostal, Markus Fischer, Daniel Prati
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Plant Sciences
Enrique Valencia, Francesco de Bello, Jan Leps, Thomas Galland, Anna E-Vojtko, Luisa Conti, Jiri Danihelka, Jurgen Dengler, David J. Eldridge, Marc Estiarte, Ricardo Garcia-Gonzalez, Eric Garnier, Daniel Gomez, Susan Harrison, Tomas Herben, Ricardo Ibanez, Anke Jentsch, Norbert Juergens, Miklos Kertesz, Katja Klumpp, Frederique Louault, Rob H. Marrs, Gabor Onodi, Robin J. Pakeman, Meelis Partel, Begona Peco, Josep Penuelas, Marta Rueda, Wolfgang Schmidt, Ute Schmiedel, Martin Schuetz, Hana Skalova, Petr Smilauer, Marie Smilauerova, Christian Smit, Ming-Hua Song, Martin Stock, James Val, Vigdis Vandvik, Karsten Wesche, Ben A. Woodcock, Truman P. Young, Fei-Hai Yu, Martin Zobel, Lars Gotzenberger
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Plant Sciences
Zdenek Janovsky, Tomas Herben
PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS
(2020)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jana Duchoslavova, Tomas Herben
PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS
(2020)
Article
Plant Sciences
Renata Schnablova, Lin Huang, Jitka Klimesova, Petr Smarda, Tomas Herben
Summary: The study found that inflorescence preformation in overwintering buds is a common phenomenon in perennial plants, especially in certain genera or families. Compared to non-preformation species, preformation species flower on average 38 days earlier and are more commonly found in shaded, undisturbed habitats.
Article
Plant Sciences
Dina in 't Zandt, Tomas Herben, Annelien van den Brink, Eric J. W. Visser, Hans de Kroon
Summary: The interactions between plants and soil play a crucial role in plant community assembly processes, with plant species abundance often influenced by plant-soil biota interactions. The predominately negative relationship between plant-soil feedback and plant relative abundance is significantly time-dependent, potentially reconciling conflicting results in literature. More abundant plant species are stabilized by negative feedback, while less abundant species co-vary with competitive species, highlighting the importance of plant-soil feedback in regulating plant communities.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Adam Klimes, Tomas Koubek, Martin Weiser, Tomas Herben
Summary: One possible reason for the evolution of herbaceous plants is their greater capacity for plastic response to neighbor shading, allowing them to adapt more flexibly to their environment compared to woody plants.
Article
Ecology
Petr Dostal
Summary: The strength and direction of plant-soil feedback (PSF) can change over time and are influenced by external factors. Different competitive settings have varying effects on PSF, and nutrient addition can attenuate negative effects.
Article
Plant Sciences
Scott Franklin, Peter Alpert, Roberto Salguero-Gomez, Zdenek Janovsky, Tomas Herben, Jitka Klimesova, Vladimir Douhovnikoff
Summary: Research has shown that plants with clonal growth can produce multiple independent units, with important ecological and evolutionary consequences. Despite being widespread, clonal growth has received relatively little attention in plant ecology. This special issue highlights pressing questions and emphasizes the obstacles and opportunities of explicitly incorporating clonal growth in research on plant ecology and evolution.
PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Tereza Maskova, Tomas Herben
Summary: Seed nutrient content is finely tuned to expected germination conditions, with seeds containing nutrients expected to be limiting in a given environment. Proportions of nutrients vary according to the hypothesis, showing that seed nutrient content is under selection driven by seed mass and germination environment. This trait has clear ecological relevance and deserves more attention.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Petr Dostal
Summary: Exotic plant invaders pose a serious threat to native plants, but native species can persist in invaded communities through evolutionary rescue and adaptive evolutionary changes.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Tereza Klinerova, Matej Man, Petr Dostal
Summary: This study investigated whether the competitive effects of an invasive exotic jewelweed plant on its native congener were related to previous exposure to the invader or topographic features of the source populations. The results showed that populations of the native jewelweed from colder and drier sites were more tolerant to competition with the invasive plant than populations from warmer and wetter sites. However, previous exposure to the invader did not significantly predict its competitive effects on the native jewelweed.
Article
Ecology
Petr Dostal
Summary: Plant species loss caused by eutrophication is a common occurrence in temperate perennial grasslands. It is nonrandom and can be explained by increased competition size asymmetry between winner and loser species. The effect of nutrient addition on species diversity differs depending on the type of species pairs, promoting coexistence of winners but eroding coexistence of losers.
Article
Plant Sciences
Adam Klimes, Martin Weiser, Tomas Koubek, Tomas Herben
Summary: Herbs and woody plants do not differ in survival ability when facing winter freezing, but in less predictable conditions like spring freezing and simulated herbivory, herbs show better survival capabilities than woody plants. The advantage of herbs in less predictable conditions suggests that the herbaceous growth form might be an adaptation to unpredictable disturbances.
JOURNAL OF PLANT ECOLOGY
(2021)