The role of palaeoecology in reconciling biodiversity conservation, livelihoods and carbon storage in Madagascar
Published in Frontiers in Conservation Science
Nutrient Availability Does Not Affect Community Assembly in Root-Associated Fungi but Determines Fungal Effects on Plant...
Published in mSystems
Nonmycorrhizal root-colonizing fungi are key determinants of plant growth, driving processes ranging from pathogenesis to stress alleviation. Evidence suggests that they might also facilitate host access to soil nutrients in a mycorrhiza-like manner, but the extent of their direct contribution to plant nutrition is unknown. To study how widespread ...
Local endemism and ecological generalism in the assembly of root-colonizing fungi
Root-colonizing fungi form species-rich assemblages with key functions in principal ecosystem processes, making them prospectively important players in conservation and applied ecology. Harnessing the processes and services they drive requires a better understanding of their patterns of diversity and community structure, and how these link to funct...
Nutrient Availability Does Not Affect Community Assembly in Root-Associated Fungi but Determines Fungal Effects on Plant...
Nonmycorrhizal root-colonizing fungi are key determinants of plant growth, driving processes ranging from pathogenesis to stress alleviation. Evidence suggests that they might also facilitate host access to soil nutrients in a mycorrhiza-like manner, but the extent of their direct contribution to plant nutrition is unknown. To study how widespread ...
Core-Shell Imprinted Particles for Adenovirus Binding.
Published in Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
Virus-imprinted polymers were synthesized via surface imprinting strategies to produce core-shell imprinted particles selective for human adenovirus type 5. High binding affinity of the target virus towards the resulting imprinted layer was confirmed and unspecific binding was reduced in presence of blocking agents, i.e., via bovine serum albumin a...
Barriers to restoration: soil acidity and phosphorus limitation constrain recovery of heathland plant communities after ...
Sod cutting has been used extensively as an effective measure in removing excess N and restoring dwarf shrub dominance in heathlands affected by increased nitrogen deposition. However, recovery of other plant species is often very limited. One barrier is high soil acidity following sod cutting, which results in soil aluminium (Al3+) and ammonium (N...
Increased duration of aquatic resource pulse alters community and ecosystem responses in a subarctic plant community.
Published in Ecology
Allochthonous resource movement across ecosystem boundaries creates episodic linkages between ecosystems. The sensitivity of the community to external resources of varying duration can alter the baseline upon which future pulses of allochthony can act. We explored the terrestrial ecosystem response to pulsed inputs of lake-derived resources with a ...
Duurzaam heidebeheer : hoeveel ruimte is er voor schaapskuddes op de heide?
Herders en heide blijven de gemoederen bezig houden. Dit voorjaar verscheen naar aanleiding van de motie Jacobi het Alterra rapport ‘Wie stuurt de herder?’ Centraal daarin staat de penibele positie van herders: ze worden structureel onderbetaald en er zijn te veel ‘dakloze’ kuddes. Dit is nog wel op te lossen. Ingewikkelder zijn de maatschappelijke...
Herstel kwaliteit van natte heide in het zandlandschap
Het verspreidingsgebied van natte heiden is in omvang min of meer gelijk gebleven sinds de laatste ontginningen. De kwaliteit blijft echter een dalende trend vertonen door de inwerking van stikstofdepositie en verdroging. Tegelijkertijd zijn er veelbelovende resultaten geboekt door nieuwe vormen van herstelbeheer. OBN heeft daarvoor de kennisbasis ...
Van heidebebossing naar heidelandschap : onderzoek naar herstel van de Noordelijke Manderheide (Natura 2000-gebied Sprin...
De Manderheide in Noordoost-Twente is onderdeel van het Natura 2000-gebied Springendal – Dal van de Mosbeek. Dit rapport presenteert een plan voor het herstel van de Manderheide in het kader van het Programma Aanpak Stikstof, met name gericht op habitattype Droge heiden (H4030) in de context van een goed functionerend heidelandschap. Als uitgangspu...
