The functional communication response (FCR) shares fundamental properties with the mand, with both responses linking the relevant motivating operation and the reinforcer maintaining a response. The FCR differs from the mand in that the communication...
Seedling performance in the early stage is crucial to natural forest restoration, and functional traits have been widely employed in exploring plant adaptation under field conditions. However, the responses and variabilities of leaf traits have not b...
Microorganisms play important roles in phosphorus (P) cycling via their regulation of P uptake and transport, P mineralization and solubilization, and the mediation of P deficiency in forest biomes. However, the dynamics of microbial P functional gen...
Sexual well-being extends beyond the absence of sexual dysfunction and includes relational, emotional, and autonomy-related dimensions. This integrative narrative review synthesised direct evidence concerning Type D personality, attachment, intimacy,...
A decrease in pH can affect the biochemical properties of a sulfate reduction system, but the stress responses to such pH fluctuations and acid-adaptive mechanisms of the microorganisms remain incompletely understood. Here, we compared the sulfate (S...
Global climate change is predicted to alter drought–precipitation patterns, which will likely affect soil microbial communities and their functions, ultimately shifting microbially-mediated biogeochemical cycles. The present study aims to inves...
Soil fungi play a critical role in plant performance and soil nutrient cycling. However, the understanding of soil fungal community composition and functions in response to different nutrients management practices in red soils remains largely unknown...
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Jingpo Lake is the largest mountain barrier lake in China and plays a key role in breeding, power generation, and providing a source of drinking water. Microbes are important participants in the formation of lake resources and energy cycles. However,...
Temporary or stationary wetlands (ponds) are bodies of shallow water that experience periodic droughts and an irregular flood cycle throughout the year. Although these wetlands are widely distributed in the Colombian territory, there have been few st...
Functional assessment approaches were used to identify the responses of fish to environmental change in the San Antonio Bay System (Texas, USA). Using a 26-year coastal fisheries dataset (1993–2018), multivariate analyses revealed relationships...
With the expansion of pure forest planting area and the increase in the number of rotations used, soil activity and plant productivity have significantly reduced. The functional diversity of soil microorganisms plays a vital role in forest health and...
Land-use change is one of the most important driving factors of change in soil microbial diversity. Deforestation for tea plantations has transformed large areas of forestland in hilly areas of Southeast China. However, its impact on the soil fungal...
Understanding how biodiversity loss alters flowering patterns in plant communities is crucial for predicting species coexistence, community dynamics, and ecosystem functioning under global change. Using phenological records from 2017 to 2023 within a...
Ozone is a typical hazardous pollutant in Earth’s lower atmosphere, but the phyllosphere and its microbiome are promising for air pollution remediation. Despite research to explore the efficiency and mechanism of ozone phylloremediation, the re...
Soil bacteria, fungi and nematodes are three of the most abundant groups in the belowground micro-food web, yet how they change together during forest recovery after disturbance remains poorly understood. We examined a temperate forest secondary succ...
This study investigated the response of a bacterial community’s structure and function in the rhizosphere soil of C3 and C4 plants under bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy) ethane (BTBPE) exposure. The bacterial community composition was determined usin...
At present, the soil of Chinese greenhouses is experiencing severe nitrogen input in the form of fertilizer, which will cause damage to the soil environment and restrict crop growth in the long run. The response of potential functions of microorganis...
This study used 16S rDNA high-throughput sequencing and Faprotax functional prediction to analyze the effects of different artificial forests (coniferous forest, conifer–broad-leaved mixed forest, broad-leaved forest) in the Fanggan ecological...
Safety and ecological health are restricted by the high amount of suspended sediment in the Yellow River. To solve the problems of the high sediment content and siltation in the Yellow River, the Xiaolangdi Reservoir (XLDR) has been carrying out wate...
The soil microbial functional community is a better predictor of ecosystem processes under global change. However, the responses of the soil microbial functional community structure to short-term nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) additions remain uncle...
Heavy metal pollution impacts on soil microorganisms are of growing concern. This study employed high-throughput sequencing and qPCR to investigate rhizosphere microbial communities and functional genes responses in ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) under...
Aquatic macroinvertebrates are frequently used to evaluate river system conditions and restoration project performance. A better understanding of macroinvertebrate community responses to multiple stressors is a primary challenge for river science. In...
Phytoplankton and bacterioplankton play a vital role in the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems, and their activity is closely linked to water eutrophication. However, few researchers have considered the temporal and spatial succession of ph...
Shade coffee farms in southwest Ethiopia are known to host high levels of avian biodiversity. However, these farms vary in terms of forest management, which affects their understory, mid-story, crown cover, and canopy closure, and hence their structu...
The innate immune response in Salmo salar, mediated by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), is crucial for defending against pathogens. This study examined DDX41 protein functions as a cytosolic/nuclear sensor for cyclic dinucleotides, RNA, and DNA...
Plantation forests productivity is severely limited by the seasonal drought and fertilization practices in South China. Soil nutrient and water availability influence soil fungal community, functional group diversity and the variation of plant produc...
Quercus variabilis is one of the primary species for plantation regeneration across China’s warm-temperate and subtropical zones. However, its long-term monoculture leads to ecosystem instability. Soil fungi are essential for nutrient cycling a...
As a typical heavy metal pollutant, cadmium (Cd) poses significant threats to ecosystems and human health. Giant duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza), a small aquatic plant characterized by rapid growth and efficient heavy metal accumulation, holds great p...
Mixing and matching N2-fixing leguminous species is a crucial strategy to enhance quality and efficiency in sustainable forestry. Tree leaves and rhizosphere are primary sites for matter and energy exchange, functioning as key assimilation organs tha...
The spatiotemporal succession of microbial community structure influences sediment nitrogen (N) release. To compare the N release and microbial response between a large-scale wetland and its connecting rivers, sediment samples were collected across t...
The effect of afforestation in infertile mountainous areas is closely related to the soil ecological environment. Soil enzyme activities and the structure and functions of microbial communities are core indicators reflecting soil quality. Clarifying...
It is well known that crop monoculture can induce negative effects on soil ecosystems and crop productivity. However, little is known about how vegetable monoculture affects the soil nematode community structure and its relationship with vegetable yi...
Reductive soil disinfestation (RSD) is an effective approach for controlling horticultural plant diseases by improving soil properties. However, its effects on microbial communities and their functional characteristics across soil depths remain poorl...
Small mammals are common in farmland, where their communities are affected by agricultural management. However, so far, no clear patterns have emerged, its effect varying in accordance with the ecological context, spatial scale, and geographic area....
Of all the environmental elements that influence the biological communities of rivers, water flow characteristics are undoubtedly the most important. Unfortunately, natural hydrological characteristics are increasingly threatened by human activities,...
Although grazing is a key driver of nitrogen cycling in alpine meadow soils, a systematic understanding of how different grazing intensities shape the structure and functional potential of soil nitrogen-cycling microbial communities remains lacking....
Climate and plant community composition (PCC) modulate the structure and function of microbial communities. In order to characterize how the functional traits of bacteria are affected, important plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria of grassland soil...
Great efforts have been made to improve the soil and water conservation capacity by restoring plant communities in different climatic and land-use types. However, how to select suitable species from local species pools that not only adapt to differen...
Understanding the ecological adaptability of Pennisetum giganteum (JUJUNCAO) and its long-term effects on rhizosphere microecology is critical for vegetation restoration in fragile ecosystems. In this study, we investigated the soil physicochemical p...
Microbial community composition and diversity of agricultural soils primarily depend on management practices. The application of compost on agricultural fields is known to increase soil fertility, which can also help to enhance agricultural productiv...
A community functional structure may respond to environmental changes such as nitrogen (N) enrichment by altering intraspecific and interspecific trait variations. However, the relative contributions of both components in determining the community re...
Prompt dependency is a common concern for individuals with developmental disabilities, particularly autism spectrum disorder. Previous research has shown that different interventions can be used to decrease prompt dependency. The purpose of the prese...
Community ecology has experienced a major transition, from a focus on patterns in taxonomic composition, to revealing the processes underlying community assembly through the analysis of species functional traits. The power of the functional trait app...
Increasing biodiversity in highly diverse plant communities can jointly increase ecosystem function and ecosystem vulnerability. This paradox requires further attention. This study analyzed the functional response of plant communities to above- and b...
Despite recent advances, we still do not understand how chronic nutrient enrichment impacts coastal plant community structure and function. We aimed to clarify such impacts by testing for differences in ecosystem productivity and multiple community m...
Riparian predatory arthropods represent one of the main trophic links between lotic and terrestrial ecosystems along riverine landscapes. The use of the trait-based approach promises to enhance our understanding of how these predatory communities int...
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Research of bacterial communities and metabolism potential of paddy soils contaminated by antimony (Sb) and arsenic (As) are vital to acquire understanding for their bioremediation. Here, the relative abundance of Sb and As metabolism genes, the dive...
Bacterial leaf blight (BLB) is a destructive disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo). It has been proven that BLB adversely influences the growth and production of rice, resulting in substantial losses in yield. Nanoparticle–antim...
Paddy soils are important contributors to agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, particularly methane, and soil amendments may regulate methane production by altering soil physicochemical properties and microbial methane cycling. However, the effects...
We describe the long-term (1981–2008) dynamics of several physico-chemical and biological variables and how their changes may have influenced zooplankton structure in Lake Maggiore (Italy). Data was available for the 1981–1992 and 1995&nd...
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