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Between two trees: Environmental effects of I. micheliana and A. latifolia on leaf litter ants in a coffee agroecosystem
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023-02)
Shade trees provide important ecological services that support productivity in coffee agroforestry systems. Processes such as biological nitrogen fixation play a key role in this. Less is known, however, about potential ...
Mycorrhizal fungal and tree root functional traits: Strategies for integration and future directions
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023-02)
Plant functional traits offer ecologists quantifiable characteristics that may be used to determine the underlying mechanisms and drivers of processes at scales ranging from individual plants to entire ecosystems. While ...
A road map for in vivo evolution experiments with blood-borne parasitic microbes
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2022-11)
Laboratory experiments in which blood-borne parasitic microbes evolve in their animal hosts offer an opportunity to study parasite evolution and adaptation in real time and under natural settings. The main challenge of ...
Exploring the secondary mineral products generated by microbial iron respiration in Archean ocean simulations
(ElsevierWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2022-11)
Marine chemical sedimentary deposits known as Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) archive Archean ocean chemistry and, potentially, signs of ancient microbial life. BIFs contain a diversity of iron- and silica-rich minerals in ...
Predictors and consequences of gestation length in wild chimpanzees
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022-11)
ObjectivesEnergetics are widely recognized to influence timing of birth in humans and other eutherian mammals, yet considerable variation exists in the relationship between energetic constraints and gestation length. In ...
Tree growth periodicity in the ever-wet tropical forest of the Americas
(Santa fé de BogotáWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2023-04)
The occurrence of annual growth rings in tropical trees—the result of the seasonal activity of vascular cambium—has been explained by seasonal water deficit or flooding periods. However, little is known about the drivers ...
Bringing light onto the Raunkiæran shortfall: A comprehensive review of traits used in functional animal ecology
(Oxford University PressWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2023-04)
Trait-based approaches elucidate the mechanisms underlying biodiversity response to, or effects on, the environment. Nevertheless, the Raunkiæran shortfall—the dearth of knowledge on species traits and their functionality—presents ...
Fungal community composition and genetic potential regulate fine root decay in northern temperate forests
(Academic PressWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2023-04)
Understanding how genetic differences among soil microorganisms regulate spatial patterns in litter decay remains a persistent challenge in ecology. Despite fine root litter accounting for ~50% of total litter production ...
Diversifying and perennializing plants in agroecosystems alters retention of new C and N from crop residues
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023-03)
Managing soils to retain new plant inputs is key to moving toward a sustainable and regenerative agriculture. Management practices, like diversifying and perennializing agroecosystems, may affect the decomposer organisms ...