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Ecosystem ecology is the combined study of the physical and biological components of ecosystems. It focuses on how matter and energy flow through both organisms and the abiotic components of the environment.
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A 2-year pure biochar addition enhances soil carbon sequestration and reduces aggregate stability in understory conditions
Achieving at-scale seascape restoration by optimising cross-habitat facilitative processes
- Maria L. Vozzo
- Christina A. Buelow
- Megan I. Saunders
Host species and temperature drive beech and Scots pine phyllosphere microbiota across European forests
Phyllosphere microbiota of beech and Scots pine at European continental scale is influenced by the host species and associated foliar traits, as well as by temperature and nitrogen deposition, according to 16S rRNA gene sequencing analyses on leaf epiphytic microbes.
- Daniela Sangiorgio
- Rossella Guerrieri
Soil fungi remain active and invest in storage compounds during drought independent of future climate conditions
How climate change will impact microbial community growth is unclear. Here, the authors use a field experiment with varying global change factors, finding fungal growth more drought-resistant than microbial growth and overall changes in bacterial growth strategies.
- Alberto Canarini
- Lucia Fuchslueger
- Andreas Richter
High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca
- Jessica L. Rudd
- Ghalia Abel
- Lucy A. Hawkes
Hydrogen peroxide concentration as an indicator of cyanobacterial response to diurnal variation in light intensity
- Takashi Asaeda
- Mizanur Rahman
- Fumiko Imamura
News and Comment
The critical role of coral reef restoration in a changing world
Recent discussions have raised concerns about the long-term effectiveness of coral reef restoration efforts, questioning whether current interventions can effectively address the ongoing loss of reef ecosystems. However, details matter and vary greatly with respect to scale, social context and benefits, and diverse approaches are needed to maintain functional coral reef ecosystems.
- Raquel S. Peixoto
- Christian R. Voolstra
- David J. Suggett
Constructing cities like cultivating our children
Cities support our production and daily life and carry our joys and sorrows. Researcher, resident and traveler Meirong Su expresses her concern about the gradual loss of urban personality during continuous urban construction and proposes that we should care for cities like we care for our children.
Biased reports of species range shifts
- Tegan Armarego-Marriott
Crop diversity benefits increase with nation size
Crop diversity and cropland area stabilize food production as much as irrigation, but larger countries are likely to benefit more. This relationship can guide policy development and nation-specific management strategies in the pursuit of stable food supplies.
- Zhenong Jin
- David Tilman
Minimum turbidity levels for the maintenance of intertidal areas
Estuaries are increasingly threatened not only by rising sea levels but also by human interventions which cause changes in sediment supply. Remote sensing data analysis shows that estuarine intertidal area development is associated with minimum turbidity levels, where areas with larger tidal ranges require higher turbidity for their maintenance.
Ecohydrology amid a rapidly changing world
When the substrate for ecological interactions is the river network, the emerging universality of form is reflected in its function as ecological corridor, with implications.
- Andrea Rinaldo
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