Contrasting range changes of Bergenia (Saxifragaceae) species under future climate change in the Himalaya and Hengduan M...
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Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities
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Trees structure the Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystem, tropical forests. The vast number of tree species presents a formidable challenge to understanding these forests, including their response to environmental change, as very little is known about most tropical tree species. A focus on the common species may circumvent this challenge. Here we inve...
Characteristics of temperate food forestry : a case study in Flanders, Belgium
Within the search for sustainable food production methods, a system that has recently seen a surge in attention is the temperate food forest. Research into the functioning of these complex agroforestry systems is taking off, yet the variety in systems referred to as food forests has not been thoroughly explored. We therefore used site surveys and i...
Long-term grassland diversity-productivity relationship regulated by management regimes in northern China
Grasslands are the most extensively distributed terrestrial ecosystems on Earth, providing a range of ecosystem services that are vital for sustaining human life and critical for sustainable development at the global scale. However, the relationship between the two most important attributes of grassland, plant diversity, and productivity, remains c...
Association between NTRK2 Polymorphisms, Hippocampal Volumes and Treatment Resistance in Major Depressive Disorder.
Published in Genes
Despite the increasing availability of antidepressant drugs, a high rate of patients with major depression (MDD) does not respond to pharmacological treatments. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-tyrosine receptor kinase B (TrkB) signaling is thought to influence antidepressant efficacy and hippocampal volumes, robust predictors of treatment ...
Contrasting range changes of terrestrial orchids under future climate change in China
Climate change has impacted the distribution and abundance of numerous plant and animal species during the last century. Orchidaceae is one of the largest yet most threatened families of flowering plants. However, how the geographical distribution of orchids will respond to climate change is largely unknown. Habenaria and Calanthe are among the lar...
Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness
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1. Biodiversity is an important component of natural ecosystems, with higher species richness often correlating with an increase in ecosystem productivity. Yet, this relationship varies substantially across environments, typically becoming less pronounced at high levels of species richness. However, species richness alone cannot reflect all importa...
Disentangling drivers of litter decomposition in a multi-continent network of tree diversity experiments
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Litter decomposition is a key ecosystem function in forests and varies in response to a range of climatic, edaphic, and local stand characteristics. Disentangling the relative contribution of these factors is challenging, especially along large environmental gradients. In particular, knowledge of the effect of management options, such as tree plant...
Land use intensity controls the diversity-productivity relationship in northern temperate grasslands of China
Introduction: The diversity-productivity relationship is a central issue in maintaining the grassland ecosystem’s multifunctionality and supporting its sustainable management. Currently, the mainstream opinion on the diversity-productivity relationship recognizes that increases in species diversity promote ecosystem productivity. Methods: Here, we ...
Divergent roles of herbivory in eutrophying forests
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Ungulate populations are increasing across Europe with important implications for forest plant communities. Concurrently, atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition continues to eutrophicate forests, threatening many rare, often more nutrient-efficient, plant species. These pressures may critically interact to shape biodiversity as in grassland and tundra...
