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Control Points in Ecosystems: Moving Beyond the Hot Spot Hot Moment Concept by Bernhardt, Emily S., Blaszczak, Joanna R., Ficken, Cari D., Fork, Megan L., Kaiser, Kendra E., Seybold, Erin C.

“…The phrase “hot spots and hot moments” first entered the lexicon in 2003, following the publication of the paper “Biogeochemical hot spots and hot moments at…”
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Unpacking Pandora’s Box: Understanding and Categorising Ecosystem Disservices for Environmental Management and Human Wellbeing by Shackleton, C. M., Ruwanza, S., Sanni, G. K. Sinasson, Bennett, S., De Lacy, P., Modipa, R., Mtati, N., Sachikonye, M., Thondhlana, G.

“…Research into the benefits that ecosystems contribute to human wellbeing has multiplied over the last few years following from the seminal contributions of the…”
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Meta-analysis Reveals Different Competition Effects on Tree Growth Resistance and Resilience to Drought by Castagneri, Daniele, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Hacket-Pain, Andrew, DeRose, R. Justin, Klein, Tamir, Bottero, Alessandra

“…Drought will increasingly threaten forest ecosystems worldwide. Understanding how competition influences tree growth response to drought is essential for…”
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Climate Change Driving Widespread Loss of Coastal Forested Wetlands Throughout the North American Coastal Plain by White, Elliott E., Ury, Emily A., Bernhardt, Emily S., Yang, Xi

“…Coastal forested wetlands support many endemic species, sequester substantial carbon stocks, and have been reduced in extent due to historic drainage and…”
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Linking Landscape Connectivity and Ecosystem Service Provision: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps by Mitchell, Matthew G. E., Bennett, Elena M., Gonzalez, Andrew

“…Human activities are rapidly changing ecosystems, landscapes and ecosystem service provision, yet there remain significant gaps in our understanding of the…”
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Nitrogen Identity Drives Differential Impacts of Nutrients on Coral Bleaching and Mortality by Burkepile, Deron E., Shantz, Andrew A., Adam, Thomas C., Munsterman, Katrina S., Speare, Kelly E., Ladd, Mark C., Rice, Mallory M., Ezzat, Leïla, McIlroy, Shelby, Wong, Jane C. Y., Baker, David M., Brooks, Andrew J., Schmitt, Russell J., Holbrook, Sally J.

“…Nitrogen pollution increases the susceptibility of corals to heat-induced bleaching. However, different forms of nitrogen (nitrate vs. ammonium/urea) may have…”
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The Legacy of a Severe Wildfire on Stream Nitrogen and Carbon in Headwater Catchments by Rhoades, Charles C., Chow, Alex T., Covino, Timothy P., Fegel, Timothy S., Pierson, Derek N., Rhea, Allison E.

“…Large, high-severity wildfires alter the physical and biological conditions that determine how catchments retain and release nutrients and regulate streamwater…”
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Temperature and Moisture Modulate the Contribution of Soil Fauna to Litter Decomposition via Different Pathways by Tan, Bo, Yin, Rui, Zhang, Jian, Xu, Zhenfeng, Liu, Yang, He, Shuqin, Zhang, Li, Li, Han, Wang, Lixia, Liu, Sining, You, Chengming, Peng, Changhui

“…Soil fauna are crucial decomposers in terrestrial ecosystems, but how the role of soil fauna varies among climatic conditions and litter substrates remains…”
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Long-Term Persistence and Fire Resilience of Oak Shrubfields in Dry Conifer Forests of Northern New Mexico by Guiterman, Christopher H., Margolis, Ellis Q., Allen, Craig D., Falk, Donald A., Swetnam, Thomas W.

“…Extensive high-severity fires are creating large shrubfields in many dry conifer forests of the interior western USA, raising concerns about forest-to-shrub…”
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Soil Phosphorus Bioavailability and Recycling Increased with Stand Age in Chinese Fir Plantations by Wu, Huili, Xiang, Wenhua, Chen, Liang, Ouyang, Shuai, Xiao, Wenfa, Li, Shenggong, Forrester, David I., Lei, Pifeng, Zeng, Yelin, Deng, Xiangwen, Zeng, Lixiong, Kuzyakov, Yakov

“…Phosphorus (P) is a limiting nutrient for plant growth in most forest ecosystems. In response to P deficiency, plants alter root exudates (organic acids,…”
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The Importance of Aquatic Carbon Fluxes in Net Ecosystem Carbon Budgets: A Catchment-Scale Review by Webb, Jackie R., Santos, Isaac R., Maher, Damien T., Finlay, Kerri

“…The growing importance of resolving ecosystem carbon budgets has resulted in more studies integrating terrestrial and aquatic carbon fluxes. Although recent…”
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Climate Warming-Related Growth Decline Affects Fagus sylvatica, But Not Other Broad-Leaved Tree Species in Central European Mixed Forests by Zimmermann, Jorma, Hauck, Markus, Dulamsuren, Choimaa, Leuschner, Christoph

“…Climate warming is predicted to extend the duration and enhance the severity of summer droughts in Central Europe, which may pose a serious risk to forest…”
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Towards an Improved Conceptualization of Riparian Zones in Boreal Forest Headwaters by Ledesma, José L. J., Futter, Martyn N., Blackburn, M., Lidman, Fredrik, Grabs, Thomas, Sponseller, Ryan A., Laudon, Hjalmar, Bishop, Kevin H., Köhler, Stephan J.

“…The boreal ecoregion supports about one-third of the world’s forest. Over 90% of boreal forest streams are found in headwaters, where terrestrial–aquatic…”
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No Longer a Paradox: The Interaction Between Physical Transport and Biological Processes Explains the Spatial Distribution of Surface Water Methane Within and Across Lakes by DelSontro, Tonya, del Giorgio, Paul A., Prairie, Yves T.

“…Lakes play an important role in the global carbon cycle, emitting significant amounts of the carbonic greenhouse gases, CO₂ and methane (CH₄). Nearly all lake…”
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Fire Recurrence and Time Since Last Fire Interact to Determine the Supply of Multiple Ecosystem Services by Mediterranean Forests by Moghli, Aymen, Santana, Victor M., Baeza, M. Jaime, Pastor, Estrella, Soliveres, Santiago

“…Wildfires shape the composition and functioning of Mediterranean ecosystems, but we do not know how these ecosystems respond to both the higher fire recurrence…”
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Common Species Stability and Species Asynchrony Rather than Richness Determine Ecosystem Stability Under Nitrogen Enrichment by Ma, Fangfang, Zhang, Fangyue, Quan, Quan, Song, Bing, Wang, Jinsong, Zhou, Qingping, Niu, Shuli

“…Global nitrogen (N) deposition generally reduces ecosystem stability. However, less is known about the responses of ecosystem stability and its driving…”
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Spatially Explicit Modeling in Ecology: A Review by DeAngelis, Donald L., Yurek, Simeon

“…The use of spatially explicit models (SEMs) in ecology has grown enormously in the past two decades. One major advancement has been that fine-scale details of…”
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Increased Water Use Efficiency in China and Its Drivers During 2000–2016 by Zhao, Fubo, Wu, Yiping, Ma, Shuai, Lei, Xiaohui, Liao, Weihong

“…Water use efficiency (WUE), the carbon uptake per unit of water consumption, is a critical indicator of the coupling between water and carbon cycles in…”
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Abrupt Climate-Independent Fire Regime Changes by Pausas, Juli G, Keeley, Jon E

“…Wildfires have played a determining role in distribution, composition and structure of many ecosystems worldwide and climatic changes are widely considered to…”
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A Framework for Understanding Variation in Pelagic Gross Primary Production of Lake Ecosystems by Kelly, Patrick T., Solomon, Christopher T., Zwart, Jacob A., Jones, Stuart E.

“…Light and nutrient availability are key physiological constraints for primary production. Widespread environmental changes are causing variability in loads of…”
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