Review
Ecology
Brian C. Verrelli, Marina Alberti, Simone Des Roches, Nyeema C. Harris, Andrew P. Hendry, Marc T. J. Johnson, Amy M. Savage, Anne Charmantier, Kiyoko M. Gotanda, Lynn Govaert, Lindsay S. Miles, L. Ruth Rivkin, Kristin M. Winchell, Kristien I. Brans, Cristian Correa, Sarah E. Diamond, Ben Fitzhugh, Nancy B. Grimm, Sara Hughes, John M. Marzluff, Jason Munshi-South, Carolina Rojas, James S. Santangelo, Christopher J. Schell, Jennifer A. Schweitzer, Marta Szulkin, Mark C. Urban, Yuyu Zhou, Carly Ziter
Summary: Research on the evolutionary ecology of urban areas reveals the impact of human-induced evolutionary changes on biodiversity and ecosystem services, requiring interdisciplinary collaborations and methodological advances.
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Alfonso Allen-Perkins, Ainhoa Magrach, Matteo Dainese, Lucas A. Garibaldi, David Kleijn, Romina Rader, James R. Reilly, Rachael Winfree, Ola Lundin, Carley M. McGrady, Claire Brittain, David J. Biddinger, Derek R. Artz, Elizabeth Elle, George Hoffman, James D. Ellis, Jaret Daniels, Jason Gibbs, Joshua W. Campbell, Julia Brokaw, Julianna K. Wilson, Keith Mason, Kimiora L. Ward, Knute B. Gundersen, Kyle Bobiwash, Larry Gut, Logan M. Rowe, Natalie K. Boyle, Neal M. Williams, Neelendra K. Joshi, Nikki Rothwell, Robert L. Gillespie, Rufus Isaacs, Shelby J. Fleischer, Stephen S. Peterson, Sujaya Rao, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, Thijs Fijen, Virginie Boreux, Maj Rundlof, Blandina Felipe Viana, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Henrik G. Smith, Riccardo Bommarco, Luisa G. Carvalheiro, Taylor H. Ricketts, Jaboury Ghazoul, Smitha Krishnan, Faye E. Benjamin, Joao Loureiro, Silvia Castro, Nigel E. Raine, Gerard Arjen de Groot, Finbarr G. Horgan, Juliana Hipolito, Guy Smagghe, Ivan Meeus, Maxime Eeraerts, Simon G. Potts, Claire Kremen, Daniel Garcia, Marcos Minarro, David W. Crowder, Gideon Pisanty, Yael Mandelik, Nicolas J. Vereecken, Nicolas Leclercq, Timothy Weekers, Sandra A. M. Lindstrom, Dara A. Stanley, Carlos Zaragoza-Trello, Charlie C. Nicholson, Jeroen Scheper, Carlos Rad, Evan A. N. Marks, Lucie Mota, Bryan Danforth, Mia Park, Antonio Diego M. Bezerra, Breno M. Freitas, Rachel E. Mallinger, Fabiana Oliveira da Silva, Bryony Willcox, Davi L. Ramos, Felipe D. da Silva e Silva, Amparo Lazaro, David Alomar, Miguel A. Gonzalez-Estevez, Hisatomo Taki, Daniel P. Cariveau, Michael P. D. Garratt, Diego N. Nabaes Jodar, Rebecca I. A. Stewart, Daniel Ariza, Matti Pisman, Elinor M. Lichtenberg, Christof Schueepp, Felix Herzog, Martin H. Entling, Yoko L. Dupont, Charles D. Michener, Gretchen C. Daily, Paul R. Ehrlich, Katherine L. W. Burns, Montserrat Vila, Andrew Robson, Brad Howlett, Leah Blechschmidt, Frank Jauker, Franziska Schwarzbach, Maike Nesper, Tim Diekoetter, Volkmar Wolters, Helena Castro, Hugo Gaspar, Brian A. Nault, Isabelle Badenhausser, Jessica D. Petersen, Teja Tscharntke, Vincent Bretagnolle, D. Susan Willis Chan, Natacha Chacoff, Georg K. S. Andersson, Shalene Jha, Jonathan F. Colville, Ruan Veldtman, Jeferson Coutinho, Felix J. J. A. Bianchi, Louis Sutter, Matthias Albrecht, Philippe Jeanneret, Yi Zou, Anne L. Averill, Agustin Saez, Amber R. Sciligo, Carlos H. Vergara, Elias H. Bloom, Elisabeth Oeller, Ernesto I. Badano, Gregory M. Loeb, Heather Grab, Johan Ekroos, Vesna Gagic, Saul A. Cunningham, Jens Astrom, Pablo Cavigliasso, Alejandro Trillo, Alice Classen, Alice L. Mauchline, Ana Montero-Castano, Andrew Wilby, Ben A. Woodcock, C. Sheena Sidhu, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis, Jose M. Herrera, Mark Otieno, Mary W. Gikungu, Sarah J. Cusser, Thomas Nauss, Lovisa Nilsson, Jessica Knapp, Jorge J. Ortega-Marcos, Jose A. Gonzalez, Juliet L. Osborne, Rosalind Blanche, Rosalind F. Shaw, Violeta Hevia, Jane Stout, Anthony D. Arthur, Betina Blochtein, Hajnalka Szentgyorgyi, Jin Li, Margaret M. Mayfield, Michal Woyciechowski, Patricia Nunes-Silva, Rosana Halinski de Oliveira, Steve Henry, Benno I. Simmons, Bo Dalsgaard, Katrine Hansen, Tuanjit Sritongchuay, Alison D. O'Reilly, Fermin Jose Chamorro Garcia, Guiomar Nates Parra, Camila Magalhaes Pigozo, Ignasi Bartomeus
Summary: This article introduces CropPol, a dynamic, open, and global database on crop pollination. The database contains records from 202 crop studies, covering 47,752 insect records from 48 commercial crops worldwide. This is the most comprehensive open global dataset on measurements of crop flower visitors, crop pollinators, and pollination to date.
Review
Ecology
Brenna R. Forester, Erik A. Beever, Catherine Darst, Jennifer Szymanski, W. Chris Funk
Summary: Extinction-risk assessments are crucial for prioritizing conservation action, but quantifying extinction risk, especially incorporating evolutionary potential, is challenging. Disregarding evolutionary potential can lead to inadequate resource allocation and recovery planning. Fortunately, proxies for evolutionary potential can be estimated from environmental, phenotypic, and genetic data.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nathaniel S. Pope, Avehi Singh, Anna K. Childers, Karen M. Kapheim, Jay D. Evans, Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe
Summary: The expansion of agriculture has transformed diverse natural environments into agroecosystems dominated by a few crop species, creating potential niches for species that can utilize crop plants. The impact of agricultural intensification on the evolution of crop mutualists like pollinators is poorly understood, but this study combines genomic data and archaeological records to show that the demographic history of a wild pollinator species has been significantly impacted by agricultural expansion in North America.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rose Z. Abramoff, Philippe Ciais, Peng Zhu, Toshihiro Hasegawa, Hitomi Wakatsuki, David Makowski
Summary: Simulations of crop yield under climate change show significant variations depending on models, locations, species, management strategies, and Representative Concentration Pathways. A meta-model based on site-level simulations was developed to understand the effects of climate and adaptation on yield change for maize, rice, wheat, and soybean. The study found that adaptation plays a crucial role in mitigating projected yield losses under the RCP4.5 scenario, with most influential factors being adaptation strategy and climate change. These results highlight the importance of implementing adequate adaptation strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change on crop yields.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Doan Nainggolan, Faizal Rahmanto Moeis, Mette Termansen
Summary: Farmers' decisions to adopt new technology or measures for agricultural production processes are crucial for adapting to climate change. Risk preference has received great attention over the years in agriculture-related studies as it has been identified as a strong driver for agricultural production decisions.
MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Paul B. Hegedus, Bruce Maxwell, John Sheppard, Sasha Loewen, Hannah Duff, Giorgio Morales-Luna, Amy Peerlinck
Summary: This study evaluates the use of on-farm experiments with precision agriculture technologies and open-source data to gain local knowledge of the spatiotemporal variability in agroeconomic performance. The proposed methodology improves farmers' ability to make site-specific agronomic input decisions and provides probabilities of outcomes as management recommendations. It represents an advancement over traditional research methods and allows for probabilistic inference on which management scenarios will increase producer profits.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Martino E. Malerba, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Peter I. Macreadie, James Frazer, Nicholas Wright, Nayyar Zaidi, Asef Nazari, Dhananjay Thiruvady, Don A. Driscoll
Summary: The study used a large-scale dataset and audio recordings from citizen scientists to investigate the factors affecting frog species richness in farm dams. The findings provide insights for improving the ecological value of farm dams, which can benefit both agricultural productivity and conservation.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
B. C. McLaughlin, S. A. Skikne, E. Beller, R. Blakey, R. L. Olliff-Yang, N. Morueta-Holme, N. E. Heller, B. J. Brown, E. S. Zavaleta
Summary: Climate change adaptation has become a central focus in conservation over the past three decades, and the scientific community has provided a growing body of recommendations on biodiversity management. This study found that recommended strategies for ecological management have remained consistent, relying mainly on conventional conservation approaches. However, the actionability and specificity of recommendations have increased, leading to the emergence of novel climate change-specific strategies.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Abdourahmane Diallo, Kevin Hoeffner, Sarah Guillocheau, Pierrick Sorgniard, Daniel Cluzeau
Summary: This study investigated the effects of different agricultural practices on earthworm communities in 26 fields over a four-year period. The results showed that tillage had the greatest impact on earthworms, followed by fertilization and pesticide applications. Ploughing reduced earthworm abundance and biomass, while reduced tillage had less impact. Mineral fertilization increased the abundance and biomass of certain earthworm species, while organic fertilization had no effect. Increased use of insecticides, fungicides, and molluscicides decreased the biomass of certain earthworms. Endogeic earthworms were not affected by any agricultural practices. To promote sustainable agriculture, crop management should be adjusted to preserve the ecosystem services provided by soil biodiversity, particularly earthworms.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Ricardo I. Alcala I. Briseno, Ozgur Batuman, Jeremy Brawner, Wilmer J. Cuellar, Erik Delaquis, Berea A. Etherton, Ronald D. French-Monar, Jan F. Kreuze, Israel Navarrete, Kwame Ogero, Aaron I. Plex Sula, Salih Yilmaz, Karen A. Garrett
Summary: Virome analysis via high-throughput sequencing (HTS) allows rapid and massive virus identification and diagnoses, expanding our focus from individual samples to the ecological distribution of viruses in agroecological landscapes. Virome analysis can support plant health by aiding in the development of biosecurity strategies, identifying important agricultural viruses, and generating clean germplasm and seed in breeding programs.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Carlos E. Gonzalez-Orozco, Mauricio Parra-Quijano
Summary: Phylogenetic diversity (PD) is a crucial measure for conservation planning, taking into account the relationships among species. This study in Colombia highlights the need for using PD-based metrics to identify new areas with high PD and endemism among crop wild relatives for effective conservation strategies.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Zhanglong Cao, Katia Stefanova, Mark Gibberd, Suman Rakshit
Summary: Accounting for spatial variability is crucial in estimating treatment effects in large on-farm trials. A Bayesian framework is used to estimate the posterior distribution of parameters, allowing for estimation of spatially-varying treatment effects. The assumption of a Gaussian distribution for the response variable is found to be unsatisfactory, and the Student-t distribution provides more robust inference.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Paul B. Hegedus, Bruce D. Maxwell
Summary: This study aimed to provide site-specific knowledge base through modern precision agriculture technologies, quantify the spatiotemporal variation of crop responses, and identify the variables driving crop production, quality, and farmer net-return. The results showed that the degree of crop response varied across time and space, the drivers of net-return varied among fields and years, indicating the need for specific field-based management decisions. On-farm experimentation can help farmers identify these drivers and make informed management decisions.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Marine
Liye Zhao, Lei Xue, Zhiqian Li, Jundong Wang, Zhichao Yang, Yu Xue
Summary: This paper discusses the dynamic wake management of offshore wind farms and proposes a digital twins framework for power and fatigue damage. The paper reviews and summarizes the existing dynamic wake model and control methods, and introduces the application of digital twins technology in dynamic wake control. This new framework has promising prospects in improving power and reducing fatigue damage in offshore wind farms.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2022)