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Environmental Sciences
Weina Wang, Huanjun Liu, Lifei Chen, Kadri Koorem, Yingchao Hu, Liang-Jun Hu
Summary: This study examined the effects of natural restoration on the soil microbial community in a sodic-saline grassland in China. The results showed that natural restoration significantly improved the salinization of the grassland and altered the microbial community structure. However, the effects on bacterial and fungal abundance and diversity were different. Bacterial diversity did not change significantly, while fungal diversity increased in the topsoil. Model-selection analysis further confirmed that the changes in soil microbial structure were related to the adaptation of bacteria to improved soil salinity and fungi to improved soil fertility.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Yanpei Li, Li Ma, Jiao Wang, Ming'an Shao, Jun Zhang
Summary: Environmental factors and human disturbance can affect the richness and diversity of soil fauna and nutrients in the Loess region of China. Different land use types alter the soil faunal community composition, which in turn plays a significant role in promoting the content of different N forms in the soil environment. Redundancy analysis revealed positive correlations between certain soil faunal groups and specific N forms, highlighting the intricate relationships between soil fauna and nutrient dynamics.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Chengwei Duan, Xilai Li, Chengyi Li, Pengnian Yang, Yu Chai, Wenyin Xu
Summary: It is important to study the relationship between microbial diversity and multifunctionality. We investigated the alpha and beta diversity of bacteria and fungi, as well as soil multifunctionality, in different restoration succession stages. The results showed that soil pH and moisture were crucial limiting factors in the natural restoration succession stages, and soil moisture mediated the microbial diversity-multifunctionality relationships.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Margaret A. Connor, Stephanie Tarvin, Megan Quail, Sven Peter Batke
Summary: Studies in the UK have shown that regional factors like slack area and age are more important than local factors in driving plant community composition in coastal slacks. Higher levels of management, such as active grazing and invasive species removal, are effective in increasing soil moisture levels in slacks. Similar successional processes are likely to be important in slacks in the NW of England compared to mainland Europe.
Article
Environmental Studies
Jose Ramon Arevalo, Cristina Gonzalez-Montelongo, Juan A. Encina-Dominguez, Eduardo Garcia, Miguel Mellado
Summary: A well-managed grazing system is important for improving productivity and health. The study found that grazing can alter species composition but not richness and evenness. Exclusion of grazing can increase grass cover and decrease forb cover, promoting greater plant diversity.
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Forestry
Hong Lin, Sirong Zhang, Xiaojuan Liu, Keping Ma, Naili Zhang
Summary: Plant diversity, including both tree species richness and within-species genetic richness, plays a significant role in shaping soil fungal communities. Our study used DNA metabarcoding to analyze fungal functional guilds and environmental properties in a large experiment manipulating tree species and genetic richness. We found that tree species richness indirectly decreased soil fungal diversity, while tree genetic richness increased it by changing soil properties. These results highlight the importance of considering both within and between species effects on soil fungal diversity and exploring the dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystem functions.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Youngsang Kim, Sophia Soyoung Jeong, Daphne W. Yiu, Jinhee Moon
Summary: The study found that companies with higher frequency of CEO turnover tend to have lower performance, but those with higher gender and education-level diversity can mitigate this effect and offer benefits. Effectively managing a diverse workforce can serve as a resilience factor in uncertain organizational environments.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Ruiguang Shang, Shuaifeng Li, Xiaobo Huang, Wande Liu, Xuedong Lang, Jianrong Su
Summary: The study found that soil microbial diversity varied greatly during different stages of secondary succession in subtropical coniferous forests, with bacterial community diversity increasing from early to middle and late stages, and fungal community diversity increasing from early to middle stages before declining in the late stage. Plant diversity and soil properties significantly influenced the composition and diversity of soil microbial communities.
Article
Microbiology
Jacob A. Heil, Charles J. Wolock, Naomi E. Pierce, Anne Pringle, Leonora S. Bittleston
Summary: Plant-associated microbial communities are influenced by both geography and host species. Geography plays a role mainly in different sampling sites, while host species directly affect the structure and abundances of microbial communities.
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaohang Bai, Wenwu Zhao, Jing Wang, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira
Summary: Grassland ecosystems are crucial for global sustainable development. This study in Inner Mongolia, China, analyzed the stability of temperate grassland plant communities and found that functional diversity is more influential than species diversity. Climate factors play a significant role in community diversity and stability.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jianwei Li, Liyuan Zhao, Chuantao Song, Chunguang He, Hongfeng Bian, Lianxi Sheng
Summary: Forest swamp succession has significant effects on soil organic matter and microbial community structure. As succession progresses, soil organic matter transitions to a more readily degradable form, affecting carbon sequestration and nutrient availability. Microbial diversity is influenced by succession and soil depth, with bacteria showing a deterministic distribution pattern and fungi exhibiting higher resilience. Soil properties and environmental conditions play a role in shaping microbial communities and their growth strategies.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Congcong Shen, Jiang Wang, Zhongwang Jing, Neng-Hu Qiao, Chao Xiong, Yuan Ge
Summary: Plant diversity has a positive effect on the stability of belowground communities, leading to an increase in fungal diversity, network complexity, and stability. This effect is indirectly achieved through the increase in soil carbon and fungal keystone taxa richness. Both environmental filtering and biotic interaction processes play significant roles in mediating the plant diversity effect on soil fungal network stability. The plant diversity-induced fungal network stability is closely correlated with community-level functions.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mahdieh Ebrahimi, Morteza Saberi
Summary: This research investigates the association between the succession and restoration of degraded land in the southeast of Iran with artificial Calligonum forests. The study found that vegetation significantly increased over time, with the highest values observed in the 30-year site. Soil nutrient values also increased significantly during succession, while acidity and electrical conductivity remained relatively stable. The research highlights the importance of planting native species and the succession of vegetation in preserving the environment and increasing carbon and nitrogen pools in degraded lands.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
A. Y. Ayesh Piyara Wipulasena, John Davison, Aveliina Helm, Liis Kasari, Mari Moora, Elisabeth Prangel, Triin Reitalu, Tanel Vahter, Martti Vasar, Martin Zobel
Summary: This study assesses the composition of soil fungal, prokaryotic, and plant communities in restored alvar grasslands in Estonia using soil environmental DNA. The study finds that different taxonomic groups exhibit correlated patterns of between-community variation. The DNA-based results suggest that microbial communities reacted faster than plant communities during the restoration of grazing management in alvar grassland.
Article
Forestry
Pierre-Luc Couillard, Serge Payette, Martin Lavoie, Mathieu Fregeau
Summary: The dynamics of boreal forests during the Holocene have been influenced by various disturbances, with stable environmental conditions favoring forest regeneration and potential shifts to alternative states if post-disturbance recovery fails. Although fire is a major disturbance factor, the long-term resilience of most forest ecosystems remains largely unknown. Most closed-crown forests show resilience post-fire, but some forests have transformed into lichen woodlands after fire, indicating precarious resilience.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Barbara Ayala-Orozco, Mayra E. Gavito, Francisco Mora, Ilyas Siddique, Patricia Balvanera, Victor J. Jaramillo, Helena Cotler, Luz P. Romero-Duque, Enrique Martinez-Meyer
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2018)
Article
Forestry
Mayra E. Gavito, Ana Lidia Sandoval-Perez, Karem del Castillo, Daniel Cohen-Salgado, Maria Elena Colarte-Aviles, Francisco Mora, Angelica Santibanez-Renteria, Ilyas Siddique, Claudia Urquijo-Ramos
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2018)
Article
Ecology
Valdeir Pereira Lima, Cesar Augusto Marchioro, Fernando Joner, Hans Ter Steege, Ilyas Siddique
Article
Forestry
M. E. Gavito, H. Paz, F. Barragan, I Siddique, F. Arreola-Villa, F. Pineda-Garcia, P. Balvanera
Summary: The study focused on identifying vegetation traits that could best inform on the progress of integrative recovery during secondary succession, highlighting basal area, litterfall, plant richness, and litter mass as the most related vegetation properties to soil and microclimate recovery.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Ilyas Siddique, Mayra Gavito, Francisco Mora, Maria del Carmen Godinez Contreras, Felipe Arreola, Diego Perez-Salicrup, Miguel Martinez-Ramos, Patricia Balvanera
Summary: This study examines the tradeoffs and synergies of secondary tropical dry forests, finding that woody species richness and successional turnover are synergistic drivers of biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and the availability and versatility of plant products. The research highlights the untapped socioecological potential for multifunctional tropical forest restoration through sustainable use.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Diego dos Santos, Fernando Joner, Bill Shipley, Marinice Teleginski, Renata Rodrigues Lucas, Ilyas Siddique
Summary: The study suggests that high crop functional diversity can enhance the multifunctionality of agroecosystems, increase crop yield, reduce weed cover, and improve soil protection. It also shows that greater crop functional diversity leads to increased photosynthetic light interception, resulting in higher crop yields. Furthermore, high functional diversity in crops can decrease the functional diversity of weed communities.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Valdeir Pereira Lima, Renato Augusto Ferreira de Lima, Fernando Joner, Ilyas Siddique, Niels Raes, Hans Ter Steege
Summary: Climate change is identified as one of the main drivers of species extinction in the 21st century. Using different climate change scenarios, a study conducted in Brazil showed that the bioclimatic area of habitat for potential agroforestry species is projected to decline in the future, leading to a potential loss of habitat for these species. However, only a small percentage of the studied species are currently at risk based on the IUCN criteria. To mitigate these threats, promoting the use of these species in rural and peri-urban agroecosystems is suggested as a promising strategy for their long-term conservation.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Talyta Mayara Silva Torres, Simone Mazzutti, Marcos Antonio Castiani, Ilyas Siddique, Luciano Vitali, Sandra Regina Salvador Ferreira
Summary: The study focused on the microwave-assisted extraction of ora-pro-nobis leaves, showing high yield with 50% ethanol at 150 degrees C. Ethanol extracts at 110 degrees C exhibited the best antioxidant potential in DPPH and FRAP methods, while water extracts at 150 degrees C showed the best ABTS results. High total phenolic content recovery was found in 50% ethanol samples at 70 degrees C.
BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Correction
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Talyta Mayara Silva Torres, Simone Mazzutti, Marcos Antonio Castiani, Ilyas Siddique, Luciano Vitali, Sandra R. S. Ferreira
BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Anne Elise Stratton, Jucinei Jose Comin, Ilyas Siddique, Donald R. Zak, Leticia Dambroz Filipini, Renata Rodrigues Lucas, Jennifer Blesh
Summary: This research conducted a two-year experiment to assess the effects of two diversification practices on nitrogen cycling and productivity across farms with different long-term management histories. The results showed that diversification practices had ecologically relevant benefits for soil nitrogen cycling and productivity, with the greatest performance observed on agroecological farms.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Valdeir Pereira Lima, Renato Ferreira A. de Lima, Fernando Joner, Loic D'Orangeville, Niels Raes, Ilyas Siddique, Hans ter Steege
Summary: Designing multispecies systems with suitable climatic affinity and identifying species' vulnerability under human-driven climate change are current challenges. To address this problem, we need to (1) identify groups of species with climatic similarity under climate scenarios and (2) identify areas with high conservation value under predicted climate change.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Hanna R. Schuler, Gisele G. Alarcon, Fernando Joner, Karine Louise dos Santos, Alexandre Siminski, Ilyas Siddique
Summary: This study presents a systematic map of the scientific evidence related to the effects of agroforestry on ecosystem services in Brazil. The analysis reveals a significant imbalance in the scale of research, with a greater focus on the Atlantic Forest and limited studies on the Cerrado savanna, Pampa grasslands, and Pantanal wetlands. Regulating services received more attention compared to provisioning services, while cultural services were largely overlooked. Agroforestry was found to have consistent positive effects on soil quality, habitat, and food provision, but trade-offs were identified for soils and habitats.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Luiz Gustavo G. Rodrigues, Simone Mazzutti, Ilyas Siddique, Mayara da Silva, Luciano Vitali, Sandra Regina Salvador Ferreira
JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS
(2020)
Article
Forestry
Alfredo Celso Fantini, Cristiano Schuch, Alexandre Siminski, Ilyas Siddique
FLORESTA E AMBIENTE
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Francisco Mora, Victor J. Jaramillo, Radika Bhaskar, Mayra Gavito, Ilyas Siddique, Jarret E. K. Byrnes, Patricia Balvanera
Article
Ecology
Edith C. Hammer, Carlos Arellano-Caicedo, Paola Micaela Mafla-Endara, E. Toby Kiers, Tom Shimizu, Pelle Ohlsson, Kristin Aleklett
Summary: This study used microfluidic chips to investigate foraging strategies and habitat modification of Rhizophagus irregularis symbiotically associated with carrot roots. The researchers found that AMF hyphae can forage over long distances, prefer straight passages, and show branching induction when encountering obstacles. They also observed bi-directional transport of cellular content inside the hyphae and strategic allocation of biomass within the mycelium. Additionally, the AMF hyphae modified the pore-spaces in the chips by clogging them with irregularly shaped spores. These findings have important implications for understanding the impact of AMF on water retention in soils.
