Search Results - "Functional ecology"

A plant perspective on nitrogen cycling in the rhizosphere by Moreau, Delphine, Bardgett, Richard D., Finlay, Roger D., Jones, David L., Philippot, Laurent, Power, Sally

“…Nitrogen is the major nutrient limiting plant growth in terrestrial ecosystems, and the transformation of inert nitrogen to forms that can be assimilated by…”
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Coral reef ecosystem services in the Anthropocene by Woodhead, Anna J., Hicks, Christina C., Norström, Albert V., Williams, Gareth J., Graham, Nicholas A. J., Fox, Charles

“…Coral reefs underpin a range of ecosystem goods and services that contribute to the well‐being of millions of people. However, tropical coral reefs in the…”
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Community assembly, coexistence and the environmental filtering metaphor by Kraft, Nathan J. B., Adler, Peter B., Godoy, Oscar, James, Emily C., Fuller, Steve, Levine, Jonathan M.

“…Summary One of the most pervasive concepts in the study of community assembly is the metaphor of the environmental filter, which refers to abiotic factors that…”
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The meaning of the term ‘function’ in ecology: A coral reef perspective by Bellwood, David R., Streit, Robert P., Brandl, Simon J., Tebbett, Sterling B., Graham, Nicholas

“…The inherent complexity of high‐diversity systems can make them particularly difficult to understand. The relatively recent introduction of functional…”
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A global method for calculating plant CSR ecological strategies applied across biomes world-wide by Pierce, Simon, Negreiros, Daniel, Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Kattge, Jens, Díaz, Sandra, Kleyer, Michael, Shipley, Bill, Wright, Stuart Joseph, Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Onipchenko, Vladimir G., van Bodegom, Peter M., Frenette-Dussault, Cedric, Weiher, Evan, Pinho, Bruno X., Cornelissen, Johannes H. C., Grime, John Philip, Thompson, Ken, Hunt, Roderick, Wilson, Peter J., Buffa, Gabriella, Nyakunga, Oliver C., Reich, Peter B., Caccianiga, Marco, Mangili, Federico, Ceriani, Roberta M., Luzzaro, Alessandra, Brusa, Guido, Siefert, Andrew, Barbosa, Newton P. U., Chapin, Francis Stuart, Cornwell, William K., Fang, Jingyun, Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Garnier, Eric, Le Stradic, Soizig, Peñuelas, Josep, Melo, Felipe P. L., Slaviero, Antonio, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tampucci, Duccio

“…Summary Competitor, stress‐tolerator, ruderal (CSR) theory is a prominent plant functional strategy scheme previously applied to local floras. Globally, the…”
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Concepts and applications in functional diversity by Mammola, Stefano, Carmona, Carlos P., Guillerme, Thomas, Cardoso, Pedro

“…The use of functional diversity analyses in ecology has grown exponentially over the past two decades, broadening our understanding of biological diversity and…”
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Beyond species loss: the extinction of ecological interactions in a changing world by Valiente-Banuet, Alfonso, Aizen, Marcelo A., Alcántara, Julio M., Arroyo, Juan, Cocucci, Andrea, Galetti, Mauro, García, María B., García, Daniel, Gómez, José M., Jordano, Pedro, Medel, Rodrigo, Navarro, Luis, Obeso, José R., Oviedo, Ramona, Ramírez, Nelson, Rey, Pedro J., Traveset, Anna, Verdú, Miguel, Zamora, Regino

“…Summary The effects of the present biodiversity crisis have been largely focused on the loss of species. However, a missed component of biodiversity loss that…”
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Global distribution, formation and fate of mineral‐associated soil organic matter under a changing climate: A trait‐based perspective by Sokol, Noah W., Whalen, Emily D., Jilling, Andrea, Kallenbach, Cynthia, Pett‐Ridge, Jennifer, Georgiou, Katerina

“…Soil organic matter (SOM) is the largest actively cycling reservoir of terrestrial carbon (C), and the majority of SOM in Earth's mineral soils (~65%) is…”
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Where, when and how plant—soil feedback matters in a changing world by van der Putten, Wim H., Bradford, Mark A., Brinkman, E. Pernilla, van de Voorde, Tess F. J., Veen, G. F.

“…Summary It is increasingly acknowledged that plant–soil feedbacks may play an important role in driving the composition of plant communities and functioning of…”
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Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits by Moretti, Marco, Dias, André T. C., de Bello, Francesco, Altermatt, Florian, Chown, Steven L., Azcárate, Francisco M., Bell, James R., Fournier, Bertrand, Hedde, Mickaël, Hortal, Joaquín, Ibanez, Sébastien, Öckinger, Erik, Sousa, José Paulo, Ellers, Jacintha, Berg, Matty P.

“…Summary Trait‐based approaches are increasingly being used to test mechanisms underlying species assemblages and biotic interactions across a wide range of…”
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Advancing the mechanistic understanding of the priming effect on soil organic matter mineralisation by Bernard, Laetitia, Basile‐Doelsch, Isabelle, Derrien, Delphine, Fanin, Nicolas, Fontaine, Sébastien, Guenet, Bertrand, Karimi, Battle, Marsden, Claire, Maron, Pierre‐Alain

“…The priming effect (PE) is a key mechanism contributing to the carbon balance of the soil ecosystem. Almost 100 years of research since its discovery in 1926…”
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variability of stomatal sensitivity to leaf water potential across tree species indicates a continuum between isohydric and anisohydric behaviours by Klein, Tamir, Niu, Shuli

“…The relationship between stomatal conductance (gₛ) and leaf water potential (Ψₗ) is key to the understanding of plant function under changing climate. The…”
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Nitrogen loading enhances phosphorus limitation in terrestrial ecosystems with implications for soil carbon cycling by Luo, Min, Moorhead, Daryl L., Ochoa‐Hueso, Raúl, Mueller, Carsten W., Ying, Samantha C., Chen, Ji

“…Increased human‐derived nitrogen (N) loading in terrestrial ecosystems has caused widespread ecosystem‐level phosphorus (P) limitation. In response, plants and…”
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Deconstructing the microbial necromass continuum to inform soil carbon sequestration by Buckeridge, Kate M., Creamer, Courtney, Whitaker, Jeanette

“…Microbial necromass is a large, dynamic and persistent component of soil organic carbon, the dominant terrestrial carbon pool. Quantification of necromass…”
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Soil enzymes in response to climate warming: Mechanisms and feedbacks by Fanin, Nicolas, Mooshammer, Maria, Sauvadet, Marie, Meng, Cheng, Alvarez, Gaël, Bernard, Laëtitia, Bertrand, Isabelle, Blagodatskaya, Evgenia, Bon, Lucie, Fontaine, Sébastien, Niu, Shuli, Lashermes, Gwenaelle, Maxwell, Tania L., Weintraub, Michael N., Wingate, Lisa, Moorhead, Daryl, Nottingham, Andrew T.

“…Soil enzymes are central to ecosystem processes because they mediate numerous reactions that are essential in biogeochemical cycles. However, how soil enzyme…”
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Towards an ecology of soil microplastics by Helmberger, Maxwell S., Tiemann, Lisa K., Grieshop, Matthew J., Morriën, Elly

“…Microplastic pollution is a topic of increasing concern for the world's oceans, freshwaters and, most recently, soils. Microplastics have been found in soils…”
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Phylogenetic patterns are not proxies of community assembly mechanisms (they are far better) by Gerhold, Pille, Cahill, James F., Winter, Marten, Bartish, Igor V., Prinzing, Andreas

“…Summary The subdiscipline of ‘community phylogenetics’ is rapidly growing and influencing thinking regarding community assembly. In particular, phylogenetic…”
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Root trait responses to drought are more heterogeneous than leaf trait responses by Lozano, Yudi M., Aguilar‐Trigueros, Carlos A., Flaig, Isabel C., Rillig, Matthias C., Weiser, Martin

“…Drought can strongly modify plant diversity and ecosystem processes. As droughts are expected to intensify in the future, it is important to better understand…”
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Tropicalisation of temperate reefs: Implications for ecosystem functions and management actions by Vergés, Adriana, McCosker, Erin, Mayer‐Pinto, Mariana, Coleman, Melinda A., Wernberg, Thomas, Ainsworth, Tracy, Steinberg, Peter D., Williams, Gareth

“…Temperate reefs from around the world are becoming tropicalised, as warm‐water species shift their distribution towards the poles in response to warming. This…”
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C:N:P stoichiometry in China’s forests: From organs to ecosystems by Zhang, Jiahui, Zhao, Ning, Liu, Congcong, Yang, Hao, Li, Meiling, Yu, Guirui, Wilcox, Kevin, Yu, Qiang, He, Nianpeng

“…Ecological stoichiometry connects different levels of biology, from the gene to the globe, by scaling up elemental ratios (e.g. carbon [C], nitrogen [N] and…”
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