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View article: Cropland repurposing as a tool for water sustainability and just land transition in California: review and best practices
Cropland repurposing as a tool for water sustainability and just land transition in California: review and best practices Open
There is not enough water in California to support current water uses and preserve healthy environments. California aquifers have been chronically depleted over decades, causing household water insecurity, degrading groundwater-dependent e…
View article: Cropland repurposing as a tool for water sustainability and just land transition in California: review and best practices
Cropland repurposing as a tool for water sustainability and just land transition in California: review and best practices Open
There is not enough water in California to support current water uses and preserve healthy environments. California aquifers have been chronically depleted over decades, causing household water insecurity, degrading groundwater-dependent e…
View article: Cropland repurposing as a tool for water sustainability and just land transition in California: review and best practices
Cropland repurposing as a tool for water sustainability and just land transition in California: review and best practices Open
There is not enough water in California to support current water uses and preserve healthy environments. California aquifers have been chronically depleted over decades, causing household water insecurity, degrading groundwater-dependent e…
View article: The State of Biological Research in Forest Canopies: Colombia as a Case Study for Megadiverse Tropical Countries
The State of Biological Research in Forest Canopies: Colombia as a Case Study for Megadiverse Tropical Countries Open
Forests are a critical interface between Earth's terrestrial biomass and the atmosphere that play a pivotal role in biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision. Despite their importance, the study of forest canopies has been…
View article: Cropland repurposing as a tool for water sustainability and just land transition in California: review and best practices
Cropland repurposing as a tool for water sustainability and just land transition in California: review and best practices Open
There is not enough water in California to support current water uses and preserve healthy environments. California aquifers have been chronically depleted over decades, causing household water insecurity, degrading groundwater-dependent e…
View article: Does the legacy of agricultural management determine the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of soils?
Does the legacy of agricultural management determine the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of soils? Open
Efforts to mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration have driven widespread inputs of organic amendments into agricultural soils, such as compost and cover crop residues. These practices rely on the ability of soil microbial com…
View article: Cultivating anti-racism in the classroom and beyond through collaborative learning in the environmental sciences
Cultivating anti-racism in the classroom and beyond through collaborative learning in the environmental sciences Open
Spurred by nationwide protests against anti-Black violence in the summer of 2020, academic departments across the USA saw an uptick in efforts to integrate belonging, diversity, equity, justice, and inclusion initiatives into their program…
View article: Arbuscular mycorrhizal interactions and nutrient supply mediate floral trait variation and pollinator visitation
Arbuscular mycorrhizal interactions and nutrient supply mediate floral trait variation and pollinator visitation Open
Summary Floral traits, including floral display and nutritional rewards from pollen and nectar, drive pollinator visitation. Even within a single plant species, environmental factors can influence the quality and quantity of floral resourc…
View article: Cropland repurposing as a tool for water sustainability and a just socioenvironmental transition in California: Review and Best Practices
Cropland repurposing as a tool for water sustainability and a just socioenvironmental transition in California: Review and Best Practices Open
There is not enough water in California to support current water uses and preserve healthy environments. California aquifers have been systematically depleted over decades, causing household water insecurity, degrading groundwater-dependen…
View article: Sex chromosomes and hormones independently influence healthy brain development but act similarly after cranial radiation
Sex chromosomes and hormones independently influence healthy brain development but act similarly after cranial radiation Open
The course of normal development and response to pathology are strongly influenced by biological sex. For instance, female childhood cancer survivors who have undergone cranial radiation therapy (CRT) tend to display more pronounced cognit…
View article: Arthropods are kin: Operationalizing Indigenous data sovereignty to respectfully utilize genomic data from Indigenous lands
Arthropods are kin: Operationalizing Indigenous data sovereignty to respectfully utilize genomic data from Indigenous lands Open
Indigenous peoples have cultivated biodiverse agroecosystems since time immemorial. The rise of metagenomics and high‐throughput sequencing technologies in biodiversity studies has rapidly expanded the scale of data collection from these l…
View article: Neonicotinoid Sunflower Seed Treatment, While Not Detected in Pollen and Nectar, Still Impacts Wild Bees and Crop Yield
Neonicotinoid Sunflower Seed Treatment, While Not Detected in Pollen and Nectar, Still Impacts Wild Bees and Crop Yield Open
Neonicotinoid seed treatments are commonly used in agricultural production even though their benefit to crop yield and their impact on pollinators, particularly wild bees, remains unclear. Using an on-farm matched pair design in which half…
View article: Direct yield benefits of soil carbon increases in low-carbon soils: A global meta-analysis of cover cropping co-benefits
Direct yield benefits of soil carbon increases in low-carbon soils: A global meta-analysis of cover cropping co-benefits Open
Cropland management practices that restore soil organic carbon (SOC) are increasingly presented as climate solutions that provide the additional benefit of yield enhancement. But how often these benefits align at the farm level — the scale…
View article: What are mycorrhizal traits?
What are mycorrhizal traits? Open
Traits are inherent properties of organisms, but how are they defined for organismal networks such as mycorrhizal symbioses? Mycorrhizal symbioses are complex and diverse belowground symbioses between plants and fungi that have proved chal…
View article: Pesticide exposure of wild bees and honey bees foraging from field border flowers in intensively managed agriculture areas
Pesticide exposure of wild bees and honey bees foraging from field border flowers in intensively managed agriculture areas Open
Bees are critical for food crop pollination, yet their populations are declining as agricultural practices intensify. Pollinator-attractive field border plantings (e.g. hedgerows and forb strips) can increase bee diversity and abundance in…
View article: Protection from radiation-induced neuroanatomical deficits by CCL2-deficiency is dependent on sex
Protection from radiation-induced neuroanatomical deficits by CCL2-deficiency is dependent on sex Open
This project investigated the impact of Ccl2 genotype status (+/+, +/-, -/-) on the brain structure changes induced by cranial radiation. Mn-enhanced MR images were acquired at P14, P23, P42, P63 and P98. Radiation (7-Gy) was delivered on …
View article: Protection from radiation-induced neuroanatomical deficits by CCL2-deficiency is dependent on sex
Protection from radiation-induced neuroanatomical deficits by CCL2-deficiency is dependent on sex Open
This project investigated the impact of Ccl2 genotype status (+/+, +/-, -/-) on the brain structure changes induced by cranial radiation. Mn-enhanced MR images were acquired at P14, P23, P42, P63 and P98. Radiation (7-Gy) was delivered on …
View article: Water Stress and Disruption of Mycorrhizae Induce Parallel Shifts in Phyllosphere Microbiome Composition
Water Stress and Disruption of Mycorrhizae Induce Parallel Shifts in Phyllosphere Microbiome Composition Open
Water and nutrient limitation are key stressors that affect plant health and ecosystem function. These environmental factors impact both soil- and root-associated microbial communities, and systemically alter plant physiology, but it is le…
View article: Narrow and Brittle or Broad and Nimble? Comparing Adaptive Capacity in Simplifying and Diversifying Farming Systems
Narrow and Brittle or Broad and Nimble? Comparing Adaptive Capacity in Simplifying and Diversifying Farming Systems Open
Humanity faces a triple threat of climate change, biodiversity loss, and global food insecurity. In response, increasing the general adaptive capacity of farming systems is essential. We identify two divergent strategies for building adapt…
View article: Crop diversity enriches arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in an intensive agricultural landscape
Crop diversity enriches arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in an intensive agricultural landscape Open
Summary Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are keystone symbionts of agricultural soils but agricultural intensification has negatively impacted AMF communities. Increasing crop diversity could ameliorate some of these impacts by positivel…
View article: Ecosystem Impacts and Productive Capacity of a Multi-Species Pastured Livestock System
Ecosystem Impacts and Productive Capacity of a Multi-Species Pastured Livestock System Open
Regenerative agriculture is a newly codified approach to agriculture that emphasizes reducing reliance on exogeneous inputs, as well as restoring and enhancing ecosystem services such as soil carbon (C) sequestration. These regenerative ag…
View article: On-Farm Diversification in an Agriculturally-Dominated Landscape Positively Influences Specialist Pollinators
On-Farm Diversification in an Agriculturally-Dominated Landscape Positively Influences Specialist Pollinators Open
Agricultural practices can either contribute to pollinator decline or provide opportunities to support pollinator communities. At the landscape-scale, agriculture can have negative impacts on pollinators, especially pollinators that specia…