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View article: Adaptation of microbial communities’ life strategies in urban areas along a management intensity gradient
Adaptation of microbial communities’ life strategies in urban areas along a management intensity gradient Open
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View article: Ecosystem Services provided by streams to adjacent agricultural terrestrial ecosystems
Ecosystem Services provided by streams to adjacent agricultural terrestrial ecosystems Open
Streams are traditionally viewed as receptacles rather than sources of energy with regard to nutrient and energy cycles. For a long time, terrestrial-aquatic interactions have focused on studying the impact of terrestrial ecosystems on aqu…
View article: Linking Plant Diversity and Urban Uses at the City-Block Scale to Inform Urban Planning
Linking Plant Diversity and Urban Uses at the City-Block Scale to Inform Urban Planning Open
A challenge for urban ecology is to reduce biotic homogenisation by promoting plant diversity from local to city scales. As ecological and social components constantly interact in cities, an urban landscape characterisation reflecting soci…
View article: Functional diagnosis of industrial soils: from a cognitive model to in situ implementation
Functional diagnosis of industrial soils: from a cognitive model to in situ implementation Open
Industrial activities, such as thermal power plants, induce soil degradation on large areas (e.g. soil sealing, contamination related to fuel, coal and ash deposits, soil compaction). After the cessation of activities, landowners of such s…
View article: Considering Urban Social Functions at Fine Spatial Resolution to Understand the Distribution of Invasive Plant Species in Cities
Considering Urban Social Functions at Fine Spatial Resolution to Understand the Distribution of Invasive Plant Species in Cities Open
ContextCities are high sources of plant invasions. To understand mechanisms of introduction and dispersion of invasive alien species (IAS) in city, we need a thoroughly description of the social and structural components of urban landscape…
View article: Human–River Encounter Sites: Looking for Harmony between Humans and Nature in Cities
Human–River Encounter Sites: Looking for Harmony between Humans and Nature in Cities Open
Human welfare depends on the health of nature. Decades of ill-conceived management practices caused a decline in the quality of human life, as well as in biological and cultural diversity. Simultaneously, they increased social and ecologic…
View article: Studies of NH <sub>4</sub> <sup>+</sup> and NO <sub>3</sub> <sup>−</sup> uptake ability of subalpine plants and resource‐use strategy identified by their functional traits
Studies of NH <sub>4</sub> <sup>+</sup> and NO <sub>3</sub> <sup>−</sup> uptake ability of subalpine plants and resource‐use strategy identified by their functional traits Open
The leaf economics spectrum (LES) is based on a suite of leaf traits related to plant functioning and ranges from resource‐conservative to resource‐acquisitive strategies. However, the relationships with root traits, and the associated bel…
View article: Studies of NH4+ and NO3- uptake ability of subalpine plants and resource-use strategy identified by their functional traits
Studies of NH4+ and NO3- uptake ability of subalpine plants and resource-use strategy identified by their functional traits Open
Data for the preprint "Studies of NH4+ and NO3- uptake ability of subalpine plants and resource-use strategy identified by their functional traits.”, by Legay N. , Grassein F., Arnoldi C., Segura R., Laîné P., Lavorel S., Clément J.C.
View article: Studies of NH4+ and NO3- uptake ability of subalpine plants and resource-use strategy identified by their functional traits
Studies of NH4+ and NO3- uptake ability of subalpine plants and resource-use strategy identified by their functional traits Open
Data for the preprint "Studies of NH4+ and NO3- uptake ability of subalpine plants and resource-use strategy identified by their functional traits.”, by Legay N. , Grassein F., Arnoldi C., Segura R., Laîné P., Lavorel S., Clément J.C.
View article: Using proxies of microbial community‐weighted means traits to explain the cascading effect of management intensity, soil and plant traits on ecosystem resilience in mountain grasslands
Using proxies of microbial community‐weighted means traits to explain the cascading effect of management intensity, soil and plant traits on ecosystem resilience in mountain grasslands Open
Trait‐based approaches provide a framework to understand the role of functional biodiversity on ecosystem functioning under global change. While plant traits have been reported as potential drivers of soil microbial community composition a…
View article: Environmental and biotic drivers of soil microbial β‐diversity across spatial and phylogenetic scales
Environmental and biotic drivers of soil microbial β‐diversity across spatial and phylogenetic scales Open
Soil microbial communities play a key role in ecosystem functioning but still little is known about the processes that determine their turnover (β‐diversity) along ecological gradients. Here, we characterize soil microbial β‐diversity at t…
View article: Three cytosolic glutamine synthetase isoforms localized in different-order veins act together for N remobilization and seed filling in Arabidopsis
Three cytosolic glutamine synthetase isoforms localized in different-order veins act together for N remobilization and seed filling in Arabidopsis Open
Glutamine synthetase (GS) is central for ammonium assimilation and consists of cytosolic (GS1) and chloroplastic (GS2) isoenzymes. During plant ageing, GS2 protein decreases due to chloroplast degradation, and GS1 activity increases to sup…
View article: Crop traits drive soil carbon sequestration under organic farming
Crop traits drive soil carbon sequestration under organic farming Open
Organic farming (OF) enhances top soil organic carbon ( SOC ) stocks in croplands compared with conventional farming (CF), which can contribute to sequester C. As farming system differences in the amount of C inputs to soil (e.g. fertiliza…
View article: Influence of plant traits, soil microbial properties, and abiotic parameters on nitrogen turnover of grassland ecosystems
Influence of plant traits, soil microbial properties, and abiotic parameters on nitrogen turnover of grassland ecosystems Open
Although it is known that multiple interactions among plant functional traits, microbial properties, and abiotic soil parameters influence the nutrient turnover, the relative contribution of each of these groups of variables is poorly unde…
View article: Spatial scale and intraspecific trait variability mediate assembly rules in alpine grasslands
Spatial scale and intraspecific trait variability mediate assembly rules in alpine grasslands Open
Summary Assembly of grassland communities has long been scrutinized through the lens of functional diversity. Studies generally point to an overwhelming influence of climate on observed patterns of functional diversity, despite experimenta…