Ramireddy, Eswarayya Nelissen, Hilde Leuendorf, Jan Erik Van Lijsebettens, Mieke Inzé, Dirk Schmülling, Thomas
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Plant molecular biology
Root-specific expression of a cytokinin-degrading CKX gene in maize roots causes formation of a larger root system leading to higher element content in shoot organs. The size and architecture of the root system is functionally relevant for the access to water and soil nutrients. A great number of mostly unknown genes are involved in regulating root...
Morfopoulos, C Muller, J-F Stavrakou, T Bauwens, M De Smedt, I Friedlingstein, P Prentice, IC Regnier, P
Accurate monitoring of vegetation stress is required for better modelling and forecasting of primary production, in a world where heatwaves and droughts are expected to become increasingly prevalent. Variability in formaldehyde (HCHO) concentrations in the troposphere is dominated by local emissions of short-lived biogenic (BVOC) and pyrogenic vola...
Almazroui, Mansour; Ashfaq, Moetasim; Islam, M Nazrul; Rashid, Irfan Ur; Kamil, Shahzad; Abid, Muhammad Adnan; O'Brien, Enda; Ismail, Muhammad; Reboita, Michelle Simoes; Sorensson, Anna A;
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Bennett, Amy C Dargie, Greta C Cuni-Sanchez, Aida Tshibamba Mukendi, John Hubau, Wannes Mukinzi, Jacques M Phillips, Oliver L Malhi, Yadvinder Sullivan, Martin J P Cooper, Declan L M
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
The responses of tropical forests to environmental change are critical uncertainties in predicting the future impacts of climate change. The positive phase of the 2015-2016 El Niño Southern Oscillation resulted in unprecedented heat and low precipitation in the tropics with substantial impacts on the global carbon cycle. The role of African tropica...
Banegas-Medina, Andy; Montes, Isis-Yelena; Tzoraki, Ourania; Brendonck, Luc; 10969; Pinceel, Tom; 55442; Diaz, Gustavo; Arriagada, Pedro; Arumi, Jose-Luis; Pedreros, Pablo; Figueroa, Ricardo;
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Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) are increasingly studied because of their often-unique aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity, biogeochemical processes and associated ecosystem services. This study is the first to examine the hydrological, physicochemical and taxonomic variability during the dry-wet transition of an intermittent rive...
Luo, Min Meng, Fanhao Sa, Chula Duan, Yongchao Bao, Yuhai Liu, Tie De Maeyer, Philippe
Soil moisture (SM) plays a paramount role in maintaining plant growth. However, the understanding of the influences of SM dynamics on vegetation phenology is still insufficient. This is especially true for the arid and semi-arid regions, where moisture is the main limiting factor for vegetation growth. Therefore, by selecting the typical arid and s...
Kangur, Ott Steppe, Kathy Schreel, Jeroen von der Crone, Jonas Sellin, Arne
It is widely acknowledged that many plant species can keep stomata open during night. We examined how nocturnal stomatal conductance differs among potted saplings of nine temperate tree species from diverse native habitats in wet and dry soil conditions, and how it affects plant predawn water status. Nocturnal stomatal conductance in dry soil condi...
Poeydebat, Charlotte Jactel, Hervé Moreira, Xoaquín Koricheva, Julia Barsoum, Nadia Bauhus, Jürgen Eisenhauer, Nico Ferlian, Olga Francisco, Marta Gottschall, Felix
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Functional ecology
Associational resistance theory predicts that insect herbivory decreases with increasing tree diversity in forest ecosystems. However, the generality of this effect and its underlying mechanisms are still debated, particularly since evidence has accumulated that climate may influence the direction and strength of the relationship between diversity ...
Luambua, Nestor K. Hubau, Wannes Salako, Kolawolé Valère Amani, Christian Bonyoma, Bernard Musepena, Donatien Rousseau, Mélissa Bourland, Nils Nshimba, Hippolyte S.M. Ewango, Corneille
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Most Central African rainforests are characterized by a remarkable abundance of light-demanding canopy species: long-lived pioneers (LLP) and non-pioneer light demanders (NPLD). A popular explanation is that these forests are still recovering from intense slash-and-burn farming activities, which abruptly ended in the 19th century. This "human distu...
Moussa Kourouma, Jean Eze, Emmanuel Negash, Emnet Phiri, Darius Vinya, Royd Girma, Atkilt Zenebe, Amanuel
This study aims at characterizing agricultural drought in Ethiopia and understanding the effects of drought on crop yield. Monthly, seasonal and annual Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) values were calculated using MODIS (MOD13Q1) from the year 2003 to 2017. The relationships between NDVI, VCI, and c...
