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Regulatory effects of #BiologicalSoilCrusts on #AbovegroundBiomass accumulation of ephemeral plants in Temperate Desert
#ErodiumOxyrrhynchum | #LeafFunctionalTraits | #PhyllosphereMicroorganisms | #PlantLife_history
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Yangping Guo et al. explored the latitudinal variation in #LeafFunctionalTraits of an invasive salt-marsh plant ( #Spartinaalterniflora ) and its relationship with #Growth performance.
#AdaptiveMechanism | #CommonGarden | #LatitudinalGradient
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Effects of precipitation changes on the aboveground biomass carbon (a), aboveground biomass nitrogen (c) and stable carbon isotope (e) of Stipa breviflora.
Yuan-Yuan Cui et al. explored the response of Stipa breviflora’s succession strategy to changes in precipitation within the community.
#ClimateChange | #KeystoneSpecies | #SpeciesSuccession | #LeafFunctionalTraits | #DesertSteppe
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Diagram showing the seedling transplanting experiment. (a) Location of the study area (Sygera Mountains).
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Facilitation drives tree seedling survival at alpine treelines
#Qinghai-TibetanPlateau | #TransplantExperiment | #LeafFunctionalTraits | #SolarRadiation
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
Relationships between leaf functional traits and environmental variables (MAT, MAP, soil salinity and soil water content are significant in the RDA) for Spartina alterniflora in the geographical survey.
💡 #LatitudinalVariation in #LeafFunctionalTraits of #SpartinaAlterniflora and its relationship with #GrowthPerformance.
Results:
1️⃣ #GeographicalVariation ➡️ climate & sedimentary variables;
2️⃣ #GeneticDifferentiation & #PhenotypicPlasticity➡️ leaf traits
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...