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Environmental Studies
Liqi Jia, Junqing Wei, Zibin Wang
Summary: This study investigates the willingness of community residents to participate in the national parks system pilot area in China, using an extended model of the theory of planned behavior. The results indicate that behavioral attitude, subjective norms, and perceptual behavior control positively impact community residents' participation intention. The study suggests providing guidance, maximizing the use of perceptual behavior control, and enhancing the impacts of subjective norms.
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Microbiology
Chaoqun Chu, Meiyu Fan, Chongyang Song, Ni Li, Chao Zhang, Shaowei Fu, Weiping Wang, Zhiwei Yang
Summary: The study reveals that during the reproductive stage of rice, endophytic bacterial communities form a more highly interconnected network and exhibit higher operational taxonomic unit numbers, diversities, and abundance than those during the vegetative stage. Forty-five genera are significantly correlated with Cd content in rice root, notably including positive-correlating Geobacter and Haliangium; and negative-correlating Pseudomonas and Streptacidiphilus.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Zhishan Wang, Ni Li, Weiping Wang, Yongqiang Zhu, Yang Liu
Summary: The study found that the community structures and diversity of endophytic bacteria in hybrid rice seeds are affected by genotype, genetic relationship, and rice blast resistance. This is important for understanding the interaction between endophytic bacteria and the host.
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
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Water Resources
Qing Peng, Ranghui Wang, Yelin Jiang, Weidong Zhang, Chunwei Liu, Limin Zhou
Summary: This study assessed the soil erosion rate and driving mechanisms in Qilian Mountain National Park in China. The results show that extreme precipitation and land use/cover change are the main factors causing soil erosion in the area, and ecological projects can effectively mitigate soil erosion caused by climate change.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY-REGIONAL STUDIES
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Zhangwen Liu, Rensheng Chen, Jinxian Qi, Zhiying Dang, Chuntan Han, Yong Yang
Summary: This study explores the role of mosses in alpine shrub evapotranspiration and finds that moss layers play an important role in controlling underground water flux. Changes in moss cover may have significant consequences for season frozen soil thaw under a warming climate.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Md. Tareq Bin Salam, Ryota Kataoka
Summary: This study found that the use of insecticides not only negatively affects endophytic bacterial communities, but also leads to a decrease in bacterial diversity and abundance. Additionally, it was observed that plants can regulate and moderate their microbiome during their lifecycle depending on surrounding environmental conditions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Xiang Gao, Xingxing Huang, Kevin Lo, Qianwen Dang, Ruiyang Wen
Summary: The response of vegetation in the Qilian Mountain Nature Reserve to climate change is more influenced by temperature than precipitation, showing seasonal differences. The study analyzed the response characteristics of vegetation to climate change using multiple methods and at multiple scales.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Shu-yao Shan, Hao-jie Xu, Xiao-lian Qi, Tian Chen, Xu-dong Wang
Summary: By using satellite remote sensing and socio-economic statistical data, this study identified the controlling factors for the spatial and temporal patterns of ecological carrying capacity in the Qilian Mountain National Park. The results showed that the ECCI was low in the south and west but high in central and eastern regions, and its distribution was constrained by soil resources, ecosystem quality, land use/cover, and water environment. The temporal variability of ECCI was mainly influenced by forest and grassland coverage, soil and water conservation, waste water treatment amount, and terrestrial water reserves.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mohsin Ali, Qurban Ali, Muhammad Aamir Sohail, Muhammad Furqan Ashraf, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Saddam Hussain, Lei Zhou
Summary: Endophytic bacterial communities are beneficial for host plants, promoting plant growth and protecting plants from pests and pathogens through indirect mechanisms. The colonization of these bacteria depends on the relationship between plants and environmental factors, and they have a wide host range.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Shan Tong, Guangchao Cao, Zhuo Zhang, Jinhu Zhang, Xin Yan
Summary: Through high-throughput sequencing, it was found that Acidobacteriota, Proteobacteria, and Methylomirabilota were dominant bacterial groups in Amidongsuo, while Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, and Mortierellomycota were dominant fungal groups. The study also revealed that fungi had a greater impact on soil quality than bacteria, and adjusting soil potassium content might improve the soil environment of Amidongsuo.
JOURNAL OF ARID LAND
(2023)
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Environmental Studies
Shicheng Li, Shan Su, Yanxia Liu, Xuewu Zhou, Quanxin Luo, Basanta Paudel
Summary: The management effectiveness of Qilian Mountain Nature Reserve in reducing human footprint was evaluated. The results showed that the management effectiveness was partial, with better results in the north part of the reserve and poorer results at both ends. The reserve was effective in controlling population density and land use, but ineffective in reducing road construction, mining, and construction of hydropower facilities.
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Agronomy
Denver I. Walitang, Aritra Roy Choudhury, Yi Lee, Geon Choi, Bowon Jeong, Aysha Rizwana Jamal, Tongmin Sa
Summary: The study investigated the persistence of Methylobacterium oryzae CBMB20 in the rice endosphere and its impact on the diversity and community structure of the root and shoot bacterial endophytes. The results showed that M. oryzae CBMB20 could persist in the rice endosphere without causing drastic changes in bacterial endophytic diversity and community composition. The root endosphere bacterial communities were more diverse compared to the shoot communities. The dominant bacterial groups identified were Microbacterium, Delftia, Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas, Stenotrophomonas, Herbaspirillum, Enterobacter, and Sphingomonas.
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Environmental Sciences
Luyao Song, Teng Yang, Shangguang Xia, Thong Yin, Xu Liu, Shaopeng Li, Ruibo Sun, Hongjian Gao, Haiyan Chu, Chao Ma
Summary: In this study, the elevational distribution of bacterial communities in the surface and sub-surface soils of Huangshan Mountain in China was investigated. The results showed higher diversity of bacterial communities in the surface soil layers compared to the subsurface layers. Soil depth had a greater influence on the composition of bacterial communities than elevation. Additionally, the co-occurrence network structures and keystone species differed between the two soil layers.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Agronomy
Yanyan Lv, Jianguo Zhang, Wei Chen, Yi Sun, Meng Li, Hongyan Yu, Shuhua Yi, Baoping Meng
Summary: This study utilized field measurements of G. alpherakii from 2010 to 2021 to investigate the relationship between its density and environmental factors. It also mapped the inhabitable area for G. alpherakii in the National Park of Qilian Mountain, China. The results indicated that eight factors, including solar radiation, normalized difference vegetation index, and precipitation, had significant effects on G. alpherakii density. Models based on the average of solar radiation, the minimum of normalized difference vegetation index, and the maximum precipitation showed higher accuracy in predicting G. alpherakii density.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Narin Printarakul, Weeradej Meeinkuirt
Summary: The species diversity and heavy metal accumulation in bryophytes in Huay Pah Lahd stream in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Thailand were investigated. The results showed that Fissidens crispulus var. crispulus was the most dominant taxon, while Scopelophila cataractae had the highest capacity to accumulate metals. Natural processes were identified as the key source of heavy metals, and dilution effects during the rainy season helped maintain good water quality.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
