Zhang, Yaoyao Zhao, Xuechun Wang, Lingjun Wang, Zhaoyi Shuai, Honggang Wang, Yuefeng Jin, Baocheng Chen, Chao
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Tree base sprouting is the main reproduction and expansion mode of Rhododendron plants. By leveraging the plot survey method, the species composition, community renewal, and species diversity in three Rhododendron shrub communities in control, and before and after clearcutting (CK, D3yr, and D6yr, respectively) were studied. Moreover, the dissimila...
Lu, Shuaizhi Zhang, Dou Wang, Le Dong, Lei Liu, Changcheng Hou, Dongjie Chen, Guoping Qiao, Xianguo Wang, Yuyouting Guo, Ke
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Understanding the mechanisms underlying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function (BEF) is critical for the implementation of productive and resilient ecosystem management. However, the differences in BEF relationships along altitudinal gradients between forests and shrublands are poorly understood, impeding the ability to manage...
Lv, Guangyi He, Mengting Wang, Chengjie Wang, Zhanyi
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Background Desert steppe, as an ecotone between desert and grassland, has few species and is sensitive to climate change. Climate change alters species diversity and the stability of functional groups, which may positively or negatively affect community stability. However, the response of plant community stability in the desert steppe to experiment...
Shilereyo, Monica T. Magige, Flora J. Ogutu, Joseph O. Røskaft, Eivin
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Frontiers in Conservation Science
Land use, habitat suitability, and seasonality can fundamentally shape small-mammal abundance, species richness, diversity, evenness, and composition. However, how these characteristics of small mammals are determined by land use, habitat type, and rainfall seasonality is still poorly understood for most ecosystems. We analyze how land use (protect...
Peng, Yu Xin, Jiaxun Peng, Nanyi
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Species distribution, spatial distance, and neighboring interact6ions are among the most important drivers of global variation in plant species diversity. However, the effects of climate change on the relationship between spatial interactions and species diversity remain unknown. Here, we applied 12 machine learning models to assess the responses o...
Zhao, Xin-Feng Li, Bo-Hui Shu, Wen-Sheng Hao, Yi-Qi
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Molecular ecology
The extremely high species diversity of soil bacterial community has fascinated and puzzled community ecologists. Although theory predicts that fluctuations in environments can facilitate diversity maintenance, the effects of fluctuating temperature on species diversity have rarely been investigated in species-rich microbial communities. Here, we e...
Jiang, Ri-Hong Liang, Si-Qi Wu, Fei Tang, Li-Ming Qin, Bo Chen, Ying-Ying Huang, Yao-Heng Li, Kai-Xiang Zhang, Xian-Chun
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Germplasm resources are the source of herbal medicine production. The cultivation of superior germplasm resources helps to resolve the conflict between long-term population persistence and growing market demand by consistently producing materials with high quality. The fern species Cibotium barometz is the original plant of cibotii rhizoma (“Gouji”...
Galobart, Cristina Ballesteros, Enric Golo, Raül Cebrian, Emma
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Frontiers in Marine Science
Active restoration actions are becoming increasingly common for the recovery of degraded ecosystems. However, establishing when an ecosystem is fully restored is rarely achieved, since the recovery of entire communities needs long-term trajectories. The lack of evidence of success is even more severe in marine ecosystems, especially in the context ...
Guan, Huanhuan Zhang, Shangyun Huangpu, Yifei Yan, Han Niklas, Karl J Mipam, Tserang Donko Sun, Shucun
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Biology
Livestock grazing is an important tool used in grassland land management practices. Studies have substantially addressed the effect of grazing on plant species diversity, revealing that moderate grazing increases plant species diversity. However, few studies have dealt with the relationship between grazing and arthropod species diversity, which rem...
Tie, Lu Lang, Zhao Deng, Li Junqiang, Zhao
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Open Life Sciences
