Search Results - "The Journal of ecology"

A closer look at the functions behind ecosystem multifunctionality: A review by Garland, Gina, Banerjee, Samiran, Edlinger, Anna, Miranda Oliveira, Emily, Herzog, Chantal, Wittwer, Raphaël, Philippot, Laurent, Maestre, Fernando T., Heijden, Marcel G. A., Hector, Andrew

“…In recent years there has been an upsurge of studies on ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF), or the ability of ecosystems to simultaneously provide multiple…”
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Unifying the concepts of stability and resilience in ecology by Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Jucker, Tommaso, Svenning, Jens‐Christian

“…Characterizing how ecosystems are responding to rapid environmental change has become a major focus of ecological research. The empirical study of ecological…”
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Plant–soil feedbacks: role of plant functional group and plant traits by Cortois, Roeland, Schröder-Georgi, Thomas, Weigelt, Alexandra, van der Putten, Wim H., De Deyn, Gerlinde B.

“…1. Plant–soil feedback (PSF), plant trait and functional group concepts advanced our understanding of plant community dynamics, but how they are interlinked is…”
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Shifts in plant functional composition following long‐term drought in grasslands by Griffin‐Nolan, Robert J., Blumenthal, Dana M., Collins, Scott L., Farkas, Timothy E., Hoffman, Ava M., Mueller, Kevin E., Ocheltree, Troy W., Smith, Melinda D., Whitney, Kenneth D., Knapp, Alan K., Jones, Holly

“…Plant traits can provide unique insights into plant performance at the community scale. Functional composition, defined by both functional diversity and…”
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Facilitation and biodiversity–ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming by Brooker, Rob W., George, Tim S., Homulle, Zohralyn, Karley, Alison J., Newton, Adrian C., Pakeman, Robin J., Schöb, Christian, Wright, Alexandra

“…We review the need for increasing agricultural sustainability, how this can in part be delivered by positive biodiversity–ecosystem function (BEF) effects, the…”
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Drought legacies are short, prevail in dry conifer forests and depend on growth variability by Gazol, Antonio, Camarero, Jesús Julio, Sánchez‐Salguero, Raul, Vicente‐Serrano, Sergio M., Serra‐Maluquer, Xavier, Gutiérrez, Emilia, Luis, Martín, Sangüesa‐Barreda, Gabriel, Novak, Klemen, Rozas, Vicente, Tíscar, Pedro A., Linares, Juan C., Martínez del Castillo, Edurne, Ribas, Montse, García‐González, Ignacio, Silla, Fernando, Camisón, Álvaro, Génova, Mar, Olano, José M., Hereş, Ana‐Maria, Curiel Yuste, Jorge, Longares, Luis A., Hevia, Andrea, Tomas‐Burguera, Miquel, Galván, Juan Diego, Battipaglia, Giovanna

“…The negative impacts of drought on forest growth and productivity last for several years generating legacies, although the factors that determine why such…”
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The role of microphytobenthos in soft‐sediment ecological networks and their contribution to the delivery of multiple ecosystem services by Hope, Julie A., Paterson, David M., Thrush, Simon F., Van Alstyne, Kathy

“…Sediment dwelling, microscopic primary producers, that occupy sediments in the photic zone, are commonly referred to as microphytobenthos (MPB). The MPB are…”
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Effects of crown architecture and stand structure on light absorption in mixed and monospecific Fagus sylvatica and Pinus sylvestris forests along a productivity and climate gradient through Europe by Forrester, David Ian, Ammer, Christian, Annighöfer, Peter J., Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, Coll, Lluis, del Río, Miren, Drössler, Lars, Heym, Michael, Hurt, Václav, Löf, Magnus, den Ouden, Jan, Pach, Maciej, Pereira, Mário Gonzalez, Plaga, Benjamin N. E., Ponette, Quentin, Skrzyszewski, Jerzy, Sterba, Hubert, Svoboda, Miroslav, Zlatanov, Tzvetan M., Pretzsch, Hans

“…1. When tree-species mixtures are more productive than monocultures, higher light absorption is often suggested as a cause. However, few studies have…”
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compadre Plant Matrix Database: an open online repository for plant demography by Salguero‐Gómez, Roberto, Jones, Owen R, Archer, C. Ruth, Buckley, Yvonne M, Che‐Castaldo, Judy, Caswell, Hal, Hodgson, David, Scheuerlein, Alexander, Conde, Dalia A, Brinks, Erik, Buhr, Hendrik, Farack, Claudia, Gottschalk, Fränce, Hartmann, Alexander, Henning, Anne, Hoppe, Gabriel, Römer, Gesa, Runge, Jens, Ruoff, Tara, Wille, Julia, Zeh, Stefan, Davison, Raziel, Vieregg, Dirk, Baudisch, Annette, Altwegg, Res, Colchero, Fernando, Dong, Ming, Kroon, Hans, Lebreton, Jean‐Dominique, Metcalf, Charlotte J. E, Neel, Maile M, Parker, Ingrid M, Takada, Takenori, Valverde, Teresa, Vélez‐Espino, Luis A, Wardle, Glenda M, Franco, Miguel, Vaupel, James W, Rees, Mark

“…Schedules of survival, growth and reproduction are key life‐history traits. Data on how these traits vary among species and populations are fundamental to our…”
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Species interactions increase the temporal stability of community productivity in Pinus sylvestris—Fagus sylvatica mixtures across Europe by del Río, Miren, Pretzsch, Hans, Ruíz-Peinado, Ricardo, Ampoorter, Evy, Annighöfer, Peter, Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Coll, Lluís, Drössler, Lars, Fabrika, Marek, Forrester, David I., Heym, Michael, Hurt, Václav, Kurylyak, Viktor, Löf, Magnus, Lombardi, Fabio, Madrickiene, Ekaterina, Matović, Bratislav, Mohren, Frits, Motta, Renzo, den Ouden, Jan, Pach, Maciej, Ponette, Quentin, Schütze, Gerhard, Skrzyszewski, Jerzy, Sramek, Vit, Sterba, Hubert, Stojanović, Dejan, Svoboda, Miroslav, Zlatanov, Tzvetan M., Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés

“…1. There is increasing evidence that species diversity enhances the temporal stability (TS) of community productivity in different ecosystems, although its…”
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Fast invasives fastly become faster: Invasive plants align largely with the fast side of the plant economics spectrum by Montesinos, Daniel

“…Invasive plants generally align with the fast side of the plant's trait economics spectrum, characterized by fast nutrient acquisition, growth and…”
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Regeneration: an overlooked aspect of trait-based plant community assembly models by Larson, Julie E., Funk, Jennifer L.

“…1. Despite the disproportionate influence that propagule production, dispersal, seed-to-seedling recruitment and vegetative reproduction can have on plant…”
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Local‐scale climatic refugia offer sanctuary for a habitat‐forming species during a marine heatwave by Verdura, Jana, Santamaría, Jorge, Ballesteros, Enric, Smale, Dan A., Cefalì, Maria Elena, Golo, Raül, Caralt, Sònia, Vergés, Alba, Cebrian, Emma, Van Alstyne, Kathy

“…Gradual climate change and discrete extreme climatic events have driven shifts in the structure of populations and the distribution of species in many marine…”
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Invasive plant species are locally adapted just as frequently and at least as strongly as native plant species by Oduor, Ayub M.O, Roosa Leimu, Mark van Kleunen

“…Concerns over the ecological impacts of invasive alien plant species have generated great research interest in understanding the mechanisms that underlie the…”
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Life after recovery: Increased resolution of forest resilience assessment sheds new light on post‐drought compensatory growth and recovery dynamics by Ovenden, Thomas S., Perks, Mike P., Clarke, Toni‐Kim, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Jump, Alistair S.

“…Understanding the impacts of extreme drought on forest productivity requires a comprehensive assessment of tree and forest resilience. However, current…”
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Quantifying nectar production by flowering plants in urban and rural landscapes by Tew, Nicholas E., Memmott, Jane, Vaughan, Ian P., Bird, Stephanie, Stone, Graham N., Potts, Simon G., Baldock, Katherine C. R., Bartomeus, Ignasi

“…Floral resources (nectar and pollen) provide food for insect pollinators but have declined in the countryside due to land use change. Given widespread…”
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Litter decomposition and nutrient release from monospecific and mixed litters: Comparisons of litter quality, fauna and decomposition site effects by Yang, Kai, Zhu, Jiaojun, Zhang, Weiwei, Zhang, Qian, Lu, Deliang, Zhang, Yakun, Zheng, Xiao, Xu, Shuang, Wang, G. Geoff

“…Litter decomposition and nutrient release are key processes for soil C and nutrient cycling. However, the relative importance of the effects of litter quality,…”
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Critical transitions in disturbance‐driven ecosystems: identifying Windows of Opportunity for recovery by Balke, Thorsten, Herman, Peter M. J, Bouma, Tjeerd J, Nilsson, Christer

“…Vegetation recovery in disturbance‐driven ecosystems is difficult to predict. We demonstrate a concept to analyse time series for short‐term variability in…”
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Plant species richness and functional groups have different effects on soil water content in a decade‐long grassland experiment by Fischer, Christine, Leimer, Sophia, Roscher, Christiane, Ravenek, Janneke, de Kroon, Hans, Kreutziger, Yvonne, Baade, Jussi, Beßler, Holger, Eisenhauer, Nico, Weigelt, Alexandra, Mommer, Liesje, Lange, Markus, Gleixner, Gerd, Wilcke, Wolfgang, Schröder, Boris, Hildebrandt, Anke, Bardgett, Richard

“…The temporal and spatial dynamics of soil water are closely interlinked with terrestrial ecosystems functioning. The interaction between plant community…”
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Long‐term empirical evidence, early warning signals and multiple drivers of regime shifts in a lake ecosystem by Su, Haojie, Wang, Rong, Feng, Yuhao, Li, Yanling, Li, Yun, Chen, Jun, Xu, Chi, Wang, Shaopeng, Fang, Jingyun, Xie, Ping

“…Catastrophic regime shifts in various ecosystems are increasing with the intensification of anthropogenic pressures. Understanding and predicting critical…”
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