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Figure 1 in Dong et al. (2025): "a) The disease incidences of fields amended with different fertilizers in previous cropping cycles and experimental design of field experiment. b) Experimental design of pot experiment. DI: disease incidence of tomato bacterial wilt disease. BF: bio-organic fertilizer, CF: chemical fertilizer"
New publication: Bio-organic #fertilizer amendment helps suppress #tomato bacterial #wiltdisease by improving aggregation and enhancing the pathogen inhibition capacity within micro-aggregates, by @eikokuramae.bsky.social and others. #fertilizeramendment #soilstructure
doi.org/10.1007/s003...
Figure 1 in Li et al. (2025): "Development of rhizoSMASH"
New publication: Predicting #rhizosphere-competence-related catabolic gene clusters in plant-associated #bacteria with rhizoSMASH, by @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social and others. #microbiome #biodiversity
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Figure 1 in Li et al. (2025): "Proposed roadmap for aligning mercury (Hg) mitigation with climate action through the microbe-mediated Hg-microbe-GHG nexus. Modern Hg inputs (light red arrows) continuously deposit into ecosystems and convert to legacy Hg pools via aging (gray dashed arrow)."
New publication: Aligning global #mercury mitigation with climate action. #sustainability #mercurypollution
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Figure 1 in Guan et al. (2025): "The effect of drought on plant growth before, during, and after drought. The shoot length (A), shoot fresh weight (B), and root dry weight (C) at different sampling times after sowing. Control: well-watered plants. Drought: drought stressed plants. (D) PCoA of Bray-Curtis dissimilarities of the bacterial community based on 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. (E) Shannon diversity. Each box plot represents data from five replicates. Each dot represents a sample point. Asterisks in (A–D) indicate a statistically significant difference between the two groups (drought and control), which was derived from the t-test: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001. The horizontal bars within boxes represent medians. The tops and bottoms of boxes represent the 75th and 25th percentiles, respectively. The upper and lower whiskers extend to data no more than 1.5 × the interquartile range from the upper edge and lower edge of the box, respectively."
New publication: NRPS gene dynamics in the #wheat #rhizoplane show increased proportion of viscosin NRPS genes of importance for root colonization during drought. #rootmicrobiome #plantmicrobeinteractions
doi.org/10.1128/msph...
Figure 1 in Rowe et al. (2025): "Scanning electron micrographs of sperm cells from Australian finches. (A) Sperm from the red-browed finch showing the sperm head (acrosome and nucleus), the midpiece, and the anterior portion of the flagellum (which clearly lacks an elongated midpiece). Sperm head morphology of (B) the red-browed finch, (C) lesser red-browed finch, (D) crimson finch, and (E) double-barred finch. Arrows indicate the junction between the acrosome and nucleus."
New publication: Independent evolution of atypical sperm morphology in a passerine bird, by @melissahrowe.bsky.social and others. #biodiversity #passerinebird #spermmorphology
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Figure 1 in Zhou et al. (2025): "Ophraella communa performance on the invasive plant Ambrosia artemisiifolia from nine populations and three regions with 0–9 and 17-year reassociation history with the specialist beetle O. communa (three reassociation groups) in a common garden experiment. (a) Weight of O. communa larvae, (b) pupae, (c) adults and (d) developmental duration of pre-adult stages on leaves of plants originating from A. artemisiifolia populations of the different reassociation groups. The P-value of ra (reassociation) represents the significance of time since reassociation (linear contrast among the three reassociation groups). In panel d, in addition to the linear contrast, two separate contrasts are indicated above the bars: 0 vs. >0 years reassociation (P < 0.001) and 9- vs. 17-year reassociation (P > 0.1). These contrasts are not shown for a–c where deviations from the linear contrast are very small. The error bars are ± SE (the same for the following figures). For each maternal line, 9–20 replicate bioassays were included and at least 100 beetles for each reassociation group, numbers in the bars represent replicates of beetles per reassociation group."
New publication: Genetic variation in #leaf chemistry driven by #herbivory affects #phyllosphere fungal communities in an invasive plant.
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
Figure 7 in Kerstens et al. (2025): "PLT2 activates BOX1 and BOX2 through direct binding to PLT-binding sites."
New publication: Two deeply conserved non-coding sequences control PLETHORA1/2 expression and coordinate embryo and #root development. #geneexpression #noncodingDNA
doi.org/10.1016/j.xp...
Figure 1 in Strokal et al. (2025): "Water quality cross-sectoral linkages for selected water quality constituents. The figure does not aim to be exhaustive, but simply illustrates important cross-sectoral aspects of water quality identified by the large-scale water quality community. Sectors are defined according to the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP; www.isimip.org/). ISIMIP is comprised of multiple sectors that are topic-oriented: e.g. Agriculture, Fisheries (here ‘Fisheries and aquaculture’), Biodiversity, Energy, Lakes, Coastal systems (here ‘Sea’), Health (here ‘Human health’), Water Quality, and Groundwater. Rivers are included in the Water (Global) and Water (Regional) sectors of the ISIMIP platform. WQ-MIP is short for water quality model intercomparisons. Source: examples were collected by the large-scale water quality community during the workshops (SI table A.1 in appendix A)."
New publication: Advancing #waterquality model intercomparisons under global change: perspectives from the new ISIMIP water quality sector. #sustainablewateruse #climatechange
doi.org/10.1088/3033...
Graphical abstract Wubs (2025).
New publication: Benchmarking #soil multifunctionality. #soilhealth #soilfunctions
doi.org/10.5194/soil...
Figure 1 in Bruijning et al. (2025): "Conceptual overview of our experiments and modelling framework to study competitive interactions."
New publication: Linking Individual Performance to Density-Dependent Population Dynamics to Understand Temperature-Mediated Genotype #Coexistence. #climatechange #densitydependence
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Graphical abstract Peng et al. (2025).
New publication: Non-uniform responses of small #fragilarioid taxa to #environmentalchanges in global #mountainlakes during the last century. #climatechange #climatewarming #anthropocene
doi.org/10.1016/j.gl...
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New publication: Simulated bacterial infection induces different changes in #DNAmethylation between introduced and native #housesparrows, by @melissahrowe.bsky.social and others. #passerdomesticus #stressresponse #epigenetics
doi.org/10.1002/jav....
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New publication: Combined effects of CO2 and nitrogen on the #stoichiometry of toxin synthesis in a harmful #cyanobacterium. #climatechange #eutrophication
doi.org/10.1016/j.ha...
Graphical abstract Sarango Flores et al. (2025).
New publication: #Microbiome-Mediated Resistance of Wild Tomato to the #InvasiveInsect Prodiplosis longifila, by
@vivianecordovez.bsky.social @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social
and others. #biodiversity #rhizosphere
Figure 1 in Vahter et al. (2025): "Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal biomass and richness are strongly connected, declining in tandem with intensive management. (a) Relationships between AM fungal richness and neutral lipid fatty acid (NLFA)-derived biomass estimate. (b) Relationships between site management intensity and AM fungal richness. (c) Relationships between site management intensity and AM fungal biomass estimate in the NLFA fraction. (d) Relationships between site management intensity and AM fungal biomass estimate in the phospholipid fatty acid fraction. Semipartial R2 values are given for each panel. In each panel, the black line indicates the trendline with a grey band showing the 95% confidence interval."
New publication: Agricultural disturbance reduces arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and biomass by excluding specialist species. #agriculture #fungi #fungalniche #diversity #biodiversity
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Figure 1 in Rosamond et al. (2025): "Overview of the pathway proposed in this paper. Changes in the host microbiome can drive changes in host quality (arrow A), which in turn can impact biodiversity–disease relationships (arrow B); this pathway can be influenced by host-extrinsic (here, anthropogenic) factors (arrow C). (A) Changes to host microbiome composition can either increase or decrease any of the four components of host quality (parasite exposure, establishment, growth, and infectivity). These increases or decreases can be moderated, either directly or indirectly, by various host-associated factors (dashed box). (B) Changes in host quality can subsequently affect biodiversity–disease relationships in numerous hypothetical ways. A figure from Rohr et al. (2020) illustrates potential relationships between biodiversity and disease. (C) Extrinsic factors can influence host microbiomes, triggering cascading effects that ultimately influence biodiversity–disease relationships (i.e., via A and B). The structure and sequence of this pathway, depicted through boxes and arrows, are mirrored in the main sections of the accompanying text."
New publication: Host–#Microbiome Interactions as Moderators of Host Quality and #Biodiversity–#Disease Relationships, by @melissahrowe.bsky.social and others.
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Figure 1 in Linssen et al. (2025): "Spring migrations and tracking data of five Arctic-breeding waterfowl species."
New publication: Scope for #waterfowl to speed up migration to a warming Arctic. #climatechange #avianmigration
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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New publication: Assignment of wintering #BarnacleGeese to breeding populations using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms. #brantaleucopsis #population #biodiversity
doi.org/10.1007/s103...
De 11e editie van de #Bodemdierendagen gaat van start. Van vrijdag 26 september tot en met woensdag 8 oktober is er weer volop aandacht voor het #bodemleven in het hele land. Lees verder over nieuwe dieren, gedichten en strijdende steden en doe zelf mee: nioo.knaw.nl/nl/nieuws/11...
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Ben je op zoek naar een afwisselende technische functie? Het Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie (NIOO-KNAW) zoekt een nieuwe medewerker Technische Dienst. Lees verder en reageer uiterlijk 10 oktober op de #vacature: nioo.knaw.nl/nl/vacatures...
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How can #biodiversity be safeguarded effectively in the long term? This is the core question of the 8th European Congress for #Conservation Biology (ECCB). The congress will be held in Leiden, from 6 until 10 July 2026. Read more about the event: nioo.knaw.nl/en/events/eu...
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Figure 2 in Chen et al. (2025): "Co-occurrence networks of relationships among soil nematode genera under (a and b) control and irrigation treatment (i.e., across degradation levels and nitrogen fertilization treatments, n = 30), and (c and d) control and nitrogen fertilization (i.e., across degradation levels and irrigation treatments, n = 30), and (e–g) in the lightly degraded, moderately degraded and severely degraded grasslands (i.e., across irrigation treatments and nitrogen fertilization treatments, n = 20). Nodes represent different nematode genera, and red, yellow, green and blue nodes represent bacterivores, fungivores, plant parasites and omnivores-predators, respectively. Red lines represent positive correlations between genera, while blue lines represent the negative correlations, and the thickness of the connecting line represents the strength of the correlation effect. Node size is positively correlated with node degree."
New publication: #Grassland degradation status modulates the relative contribution of soil #nematode diversity and community structure to #ecosystemfunctioning under #nitrogen #fertilization and #irrigation management.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
Figure 1 in de Vries et al. (2025): "Locations of the main study colonies for the three subpopulations (a), development of the barnacle goose Russia/Germany and Netherlands flyway population and North Sea and Baltic Sea subpopulations (b) based on population counts, and an overview of the density in ringing effort in the three subpopulations (c). The Barents Sea subpopulation is represented here in red, the Baltic Sea subpopulation in yellow, while the North Sea subpopulation is represented in blue. Data on population sizes were collected from van der Jeugd et al. (2009), Koffijberg et al. (2020), Isaksen (2020), Nagy et al. (2021) and Jensen et al. (2022). Since flyway and subpopulation counts are unavailable after 2006 and incomplete for the Baltic Sea after 2002, these have been supplemented with sizes estimated in an integrated population model, indicated by diamond-shaped dots (Baveco et al., 2020; Jensen et al., 2022)."
New publication: Long-distance dispersal is asymmetrical with respect to age, sex and breeding latitude in a long-lived monogamous bird. #barnaclegoose #avianmigration #flywaypopulation #longdistancedispersal
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
We are looking for a postdoc for to use historical plant distribution data to investigate effects of urbanisation on plant species. Do you have a PhD in plant ecology, strong data handling and analysis skills, and a curious mindset? Respond by 26 September: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
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Kunnen #trekvogels zich aanpassen aan #klimaatverandering?
Uit onderzoek blijkt dat ze in staat hun reis te verkorten door minder te rusten tijdens de reis of korter opvetten voorafgaand aan vertrek. Maar die strategie werkt waarschijnlijk alleen tijdelijk.
Lees meer: nioo.knaw.nl/nl/nieuws/tr...
Figure 1 in van der Zanden et al. (2025): "Images of one of the paired food forest and grassland sites as an example of the study systems"
New publication: The impact of decomposer size classes and #litter quality on litter decomposition in #foodforests, by @ciskaveen.bsky.social and others. #agroforestry #litterquality #decomposition #nutrientcycling
doi.org/10.1007/s104...
New publication: Expansion of aerobic #methanotrophy to the phylum of #Actinomycetota and its environmental implications. #biodiversity #mycobacteria #methane
doi.org/10.1128/aem....
Figure 7 in Franco-Cisterna et al. (2025): "Sediment trap material from the Attenborough shallow lakes. (a) Copepod carcasses from Coneries Pond. (b) Snail shell from Tween Pond."
New publication: Carbon sedimentation in shallow floodplain lakes. #carboncycling #shallowfloodplainlakes #carbondeposition
doi.org/10.1002/lno....
Figure 3 in van den Bergh et al (2025): "Relative abundance of the methanotrophic community at the species level (A), heatmap of most abundant methanotrophic species (B), Shannon alpha diversity (C), and PCoA beta diversity (D) based on pmoA ASV’s of agricultural soils (0–15 cm depth) of visited field sites (Vre—Vredepeel; Val—Valthermond; Lel—Lelystad; Mel—Melle; Wag—Wageningen; Zür—Zürich), varying in organic treatment (Oa—Organic-amended; Un—Unamended) and agricultural practice (NT—No-tillage; Til—Tillage). Significant differences on the alpha diversity within a location are indicated with an asterisk (paired t-test; *p ≤ .05; **p ≤ .01; ***p ≤ .001), and overall treatment effects on the alpha and beta diversity are given (one-way ANOVA and PERMANOVA, respectively)."
New publication: Improved #methanemitigation potential and modulated #methanecycling microbial communities in arable soil by compost addition. #greenhousegas
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
