Journal of Plant Ecology

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Nitrogen form governs nutrient retention and plant uptake in #CoralIslandSoils: Evidence from a 15N-tracing experiment

#CoralSandSoils | #FertilizationStrategy | #Soil–plantInteractions | #CoastalEcosystems

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Grassland plant species with slow-growing strategy are more resistant to extreme drought Abstract. The frequency and intensity of extreme droughts are increasing and are predicted to be more severe in the coming decades. Clarifying the reasons

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Grassland plant species with slow-growing strategy are more resistant to extreme drought

#EcosystemStability #PlantFunctionalTraits #Resistance #SemiaridGrasslandLeafEconomicSpectrum

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Fang-Lei Gao et al. explored the effects of the #GroundwaterDepth on the characteristics of #TamarixChinensis shrub communities in the Yellow River Delta.

#SoilSalinity | #PlantDiversity | #CoastalTidalFlats

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Zhilong Zhao et al. explored how intraspecific differentiation and phenotypic plasticity promote the process of #InvasivePlant (Xanthium italicum) invasion of habitats.

#BiologicalInvasion | #CommonGarden | #NitrogenAddition | #PlasticityResponse

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Yuxin Huang et al. explored global patterns and driving factors of non-leaf litter carbon quality across #PlantFunctionalTypes and environments.

#TotalCarbon | #Lignocellulose | #GeographicalFeature | #Climate | #SoilProperties | #Decomposition

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Chongyu Yan et al. explored biophysical controls on the interannual variation in #CarbonFluxes of a natural oak forest.

#EddyCovariance | #EnvironmentFactors | #Phenology | #InterannualVariability

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Classes of the dominant nirS genes (a) and genera of the dominant nirK (b) and nosZ (c) genes.

The drivers and microbial mechanisms underlying seasonal variations in denitrification across #Elevations

Place: #AlpineForestMountainEcosystems

Results:
1️⃣Denitrification:
①Altitude⬆️, Denitrification⬇️
②Wet season > Dry season
2️⃣Dominant genus: Bradyrhizobium

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Conceptual figure showing the life-history strategies of grasses and core rhizobacteria. In networks, blue links represents positive and red links represents negative.

⭐ The relationships between alpine grasslands plants🌳 and their rhizobacteria🦠

Plants:
Poa Linn & Stipa Linn

#CoreRhizobacteria:
1️⃣P. Linn: r-strategists➡️prioritizes rapid resource acquisition
2️⃣S. Linn: K-strategists➡️stress tolerance

#DominantGrass | #FunctionalPredictions

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Yushu Zhang examined the influences of #TillageDisturbance and #NutrientEnrichment on #PlantCommunities, #SoilMicrobialCommunities, and #CarbonMineralization.

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Lifeng Zhou et al. examined how herbivory-mediated ( #HerbivorousInsects: Ophraella communa) changes in plant chemistry ( #AmbrosiaArtemisiifolia) affect #PhyllosphereFungalCommunity.

#SpeciesDiversity | #Plant-insect-microbeInteractions

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Seedling-to-sapling passage time and 5-year survival of 26 focal species.

💻 Unraveling vital rates in the seedling-to-sapling transition via #PlantTraitNetworks in a subtropical forest

Results:
1️⃣Seedlings➡️Saplings: 17–81 years;
2️⃣Transition time⬆️, #NetworkCentralization⬇️;

#DemographicProgressModel | #PassageTime |

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Waste ➡️ Soil nutrients & plant growth

Plant species:
1️⃣Gossypium hirsutum
2️⃣Glycine max
3️⃣Solanum nigrum
4️⃣Medicago sativa

Microbe: #Phosphorus-solubilizingBacteria

Waste: coal gangue＋straw

#AgriculturalWaste | #IndustrialWaste | #SoilPhosphorus | #SoilSilicon

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Field survey sites in southeastern China (a) and the phylogenetic tree of all investigated species (b).

🔎 The changes of #CommunityInvasibility (CI) along #LatitudinalGradient and its key driving factors

Results:
1️⃣latitude⬆️, CI⬆️
2️⃣Climate ➡️ native species diversity ➡️ CI

#DiversityResistance | #EnvironmentalFiltering | #InvasionEcology

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Variation partitioning in ecosystem carbon density.

#Shrubland carbon storage in northern China ➡️ Climate & plant community & soil traits

Results:
1️⃣Plant community #Richness➡️ Vegetation #CarbonDensity (CD)
2️⃣Shrub #Diversity➡️ Litter CD
3️⃣Total annual sunshine & soil #TotalPhosphorusContent➡️ Soil CD

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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Legume-Mediated Soil Legacy Effects Strengthen Plant #Diversity_ProductivityRelationships

#Plant_soilFeedback | #SpeciesDiversity | #SoilNutrients | #MixedCropping | #SoilMicrobialDiversity

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Trade-offs between water use efficiency and hydraulic conductivity across 52 woody species distributed in three forests along a precipitation gradient

#Adaptation | #CarbonAssimilation

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Pseudo-turnover values from various habitat types.

Lloyd W Morrison et al. described five key metrics of #ObserverError (i.e. imprecision between observers), how they are calculated, and how they can be reported and interpreted.

#CoverEstimation | #DoubleSampling | #NonsamplingError

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📖 A cartographic milestone: the release of the first 1:500 000 grassland vegetation map of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau⛰️

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Effects of different mowing treatment on the reproductive traits of five Elymus species during the jointing, booting, and flowering stages.

Different #Mowing intensities ➡️ #MowingTolerance & The mechanism of #GrowthAndReproductiveTraits

Objects: #ElymusSpecies

Results:
Mowing stage & Forage species ➡️ Adaptive changes in growth and reproductive traits ➡️ Tolerance mechanisms

#Qinghai–TibetanPlateau

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Correlations of plant and microbial diversity and community composition with ecosystem multifunctionality under different grazing intensities across three grassland types.

[ #Grazing management (GM)] Plant & Soil microbial communities ➡️ Ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF)

Results:
1️⃣GM⬆️, plant diversity & EMF⬇️;
2️⃣Heavy GM altered the abundance of some plants and #MicrobialCommunities;

#Biodiversity | #EcosystemFunction | #Grassland

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Lower spatial turnover of rare fungal taxa dominantly shaped by stochastic processes in grassland soils Abstract. The spatial pattern and community assembly processes of soil microbial taxa are critical for understanding biodiversity formation and maintenance

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Lower #SpatialTurnover of #RareFungalTaxa dominantly shaped by stochastic processes in grassland soils

#AbundantFungalTaxa | #DistanceDecay | #CommunityAssembly

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Root exudates increase microbial biomass but decrease diversity and richness: a meta-analysis Abstract. While plant root exudates play a crucial role in regulating soil microbial communities, their complex composition, low concentration and degradab

【🎉Latest accepted article】
#RootExudates increase #MicrobialBiomass but decrease #Diversity and #Richness: a #Meta_analysis

#MicrobialStructure

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Leaf non-structural carbohydrates dominantly drive background insect herbivory of temperate tree species in Northeastern China Abstract. Herbivorous insects shape plant growth and community assembly, while conversely, plant traits, especially leaf traits, profoundly affect herbivor

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Leaf non-structural carbohydrates dominantly drive background insect herbivory of temperate tree species in Northeastern China

#DamagedLeafArea | #QuantitativeEvaluation | #StructuralTraits | #SecondaryMetabolites

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Planting density modulates soil organic carbon sources by regulating plant lignin and microbial necromass C in temperate forests Abstract. Although planting density is known to affect plant‒soil interactions, its specific influence on the sources of soil organic carbon (SOC) in fores

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Planting density modulates #SoilOrganicCarbon sources by regulating plant lignin and #MicrobialNecromass C in temperate forests

#StandDensity | #LigninPhenols | #MicrobialCommunityComposition

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Effects of single and multiple global change factors (GCFs) on (a) species richness, (b) Shannon-Wiener diversity index, (c) Simpson's diversity index, and (d) Evenness in the Songnen grassland in northeastern China.

Jianyong Wang et al. conducted experiments on the Songnen grassland, testing the combined effects of #MultipleGlobalChangeFactors on #GrasslandEcosystems.

Results:
Grasslands may stability⬇️ and degrade⬆️ in response to multiple co-occurring GCFs.

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The conceptual framework tracing the influence of plant functional traits on ecosystem carbon cycle.

💡Ecological theory matters when linking plant functional traits and ecosystem carbon cycles

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Divergent scaling relationship between nitrogen and phosphorus of different shrub plant functional groups under different light and soil nutrient conditions Abstract. The nitrogen (N) vs. phosphorus (P) scaling exponent, indicating the allocation strategies of the two nutrients, plays an important role in predi

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Divergent #ScalingRelationship between nitrogen and phosphorus of different shrub #PlantFunctionalGroups under different light and #SoilNutrientConditions

#Leaves | #LeafHabit | #LightCondition | #Twigs

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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Climate- #LUCC Synergy Drives Soil Respiration Dynamics in China: A Biome-Specific #MachineLearning Approach

#ClimateTrends | #CarbonCycle | #EcologicalRestoration

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Parallel patterns of microbial carbon and nitrogen use efficiency in response to nitrogen addition across soil depths in a Castanopsis faberi forest Abstract. Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) are key parameters that determine the fate of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N)

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Parallel patterns of microbial carbon and nitrogen use efficiency in response to nitrogen addition across #SoilDepths in a Castanopsis faberi forest

#NitrogenDeposition | #MicrobialGrowth

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Elevation gradient modulates the effects of herbaceous encroachment on the long-term growth trends and climate sensitivity of Rhododendron aureum in alpine tundra Abstract. As global warming drives plant upward migration, the alpine tundra of Changbai Mountain is experiencing encroachment by Deyeuxia angustifolia (Ko

【🎉Latest accepted article】
#Elevation gradient modulates the effects of herbaceous encroachment on the long-term growth trends and #ClimateSensitivity of Rhododendron aureum in alpine tun

#ClimateChange | #DwarfEvergreenShrubs

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