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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 1h

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Disturbance-driven variation in soil characteristics, #PlantFunctionalTraits, and biodiversity in #Wetlands

#DisturbanceIntensity | #SoilPhysicochemicalProperties | #Diversity

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Disturbance-driven variation in soil characteristics, plant functional traits, and biodiversity in wetlands

Abstract. Wetlands are ecologically critical ecosystems increasingly impacted by anthropogenic disturbances. Understanding how disturbance shapes plant com

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 5h

💡The diversity & composition & functional adaptations of symbiotic fungi associated with the #Wheats

Results:
1️⃣Dominance
#AlpineAreas (AA) : Eurotiomycetes
Lowland areas (LA) : Tremellomycetes

2️⃣Strategies
AA: endophytic and saprotrophic
LA: pathogenic and parasitic fungi

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Co-occurrence networks of wheat symbiotic fungal communities.

Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 1d

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Potential effects of future #ClimateChange on global Taxus distributions and diversity

#StackedSpeciesDistributionModel | #SpeciesDiversity | #TaxusL | #HabitatSuitability | #RangeShift | #HydrothermalInteraction

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Potential effects of future climate change on global Taxus distributions and diversity

Abstract. Taxus has unique survival adaptability and climate sensitivity, reflecting the evolutionary characteristics of gymnosperms. It is also an indicat

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 1d

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Canopy height and #StandDensity mask nature’s inherent synergy between #ForestStructuralComplexity and diversity

#TreeDiversity | #CanopyHeight | #LiDAR | #Disturbance | #LightCompetition

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Canopy height and stand density mask nature’s inherent synergy between forest structural complexity and diversity

Abstract. Tree species diversity is widely assumed to correlate positively with structural complexity in forests, as differences in crown architecture amon

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 2d

📖 #LitseaCoreanaLevl.Var.Sinensis: Leaf phenotypic & photosynthetic traits & main activity compounds differences among #HeteromorphicLeaves

Results:
1️⃣ Leaf length⬆️→ Leaf shape index⬆️→ Palisade/Spongy⬆️;
2️⃣ Light saturation point⬆️→ Maximum net photosynthetic rate⬆️.

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Litsea coreana Levl. var. sinensis heteromorphic leaves sampling area.

Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 2d

💡Fungal pathogen characteristics & host plant characteristics & #ClimaticConditions ➡️ Disease position

Results:
1️⃣ Disease position was be higher for #BiotrophicPathogens.
2️⃣ Larger host plants had lower mean disease positions.

#ClimateChange

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Results of linear mixed-effects models (LMMs) testing how plant growth types, pathogen lifestyles, and their interaction affected disease position (a-c) in forbs, grasses, and legumes; or how plant growth types, disease types, and their interaction affected disease position (d-f) in forbs, grasses, and legumes.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 3d

🔗 #Topography & grazing exclusion ➡️ vegetation and soil in #TypicalSteppe on the Loess Plateau

Results:
1️⃣ Soil moisture peaked at 3 years of exclusion.
2️⃣ #LivestockExclusion of sunny slope is more beneficial to soil nutrient accumulation.

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Effect of topography and livestock exclusion on soil properties, relationship between soil and vegetation characteristics.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 3d

🔎 The threat of #InvasiveSpecies in the context of global warming

Sample:
1️⃣ Agrilus planipennis
2️⃣ Fraxinus species

Results:
Global warming ➡️ Suitable habitats and niches⬆️ ➡️ Threat of biological invasions⬆️

#AshTrees | #EmeraldAshBorer |

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 4d

Short- and long-term CO2 variations ➡️ Linear #ElectronTransport to assimilation ratio (ETR/A)🟰Effects❓

Samples:
1️⃣ Helianthus annuus
2️⃣ Vigna unguiculata

#ChlorophyllFluorescence | #ClimateChange | #ElevatedCO2 | #Photorespiration | #Photosynthesis

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 4d

💡 Soil functions, plant communities, and functional traits in passively restored #FreshwaterWetlands following agricultural abandonment

Indicators:
1️⃣ Soil organic carbon (TSOC)
2️⃣ Total nitrogen (TSN)
3️⃣ Total phosphorus (TSP)

#EcologicalFunctions

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Relationships between TSOC, TSN and TSP and (a) plant community characteristics and (b) functional traits. TSOC, total organic carbon storage; TSN, total nitrogen storage; TSP, total phosphorus storage; PH, plant height; AGB, aboveground biomass; BGB belowground biomass; TB, total biomass; H’, Shannon-Wiener index; R, Margalef index; E, Pielou index; LA, leaf area; SLA, specific leaf area; SLW, specific leaf weight; LDMC, leaf dry mater content; LCC, leaf carbon content; LNC, leaf nitrogen content; LPC, leaf phosphorus content; SCC, stem carbon content; SNC, stem nitrogen content; SPC, stem phosphorus content; and RSR, root-to-shoot ratio. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 5d

Guotai Zhang et al. screened 161 eligible papers of experimental data across the Tibetan Plateau for #Meta-analysis to assess and validate potential application of plant resource allocation strategies.

#AlpineGrassland | #Grazing | #Warming

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 5d

Chaoqun Chen et al. explored the mechanisms of plant-associated microbes in regulating plant drought adaptation.

#Exopolysaccharides | #VolatileOrganicCompounds | #1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylicAcid | #SyntheticMicrobialCommunities

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 6d

Juan Huang et al. investigated species-specific leaf trait ( #PlantationTree species) plasticity under #NitrogenDdeposition.

#IntrinsicWaterUseEfficiency(iWUE) | #Defense | #CarbonBalance | #SouthChina

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 6d

Forest types & elevation ➡️ #SoilDissolvedOrganicMatter (DOM) dynamics

Results:
#LitterTraits and soil properties are the predominant regulators of soil DOM mechanism along elevational gradient

#AlpineForest | #Climates | #VegetationTypes

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Seasonal variations in Van Krevelen diagrams of different biochemical compound categories of soil-dissolved organic matter (DOM; defined in Supplementary Table S3) along an elevational gradient.

Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 7d

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Direct Effects of #FireSeverity on Soil Microbial Diversity and Network Assembly in a Transitional Climate Forest

#Post_fire | #SoilMicroorganism | #CommunityDiversity | #MicrobialNetworkComplexity

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Direct Effects of Fire Severity on Soil Microbial Diversity and Network Assembly in a Transitional Climate Forest

Abstract. Forest fires are key ecological disturbances that influence vegetation dynamics and soil microbial processes central to carbon and nutrient cycli

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 7d

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Typhoon-induced litter on lawns and soil surfaces exhibit divergent decomposition patterns

#TropicalCyclones | #UrbanForest | #EnvironmentalHeterogeneity | #GreenLitter | #LitterDecomposition | #SoilFauna

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Typhoon-induced litter on lawns and soil surfaces exhibit divergent decomposition patterns

Abstract. Typhoon-generated green litter is commonly deposited on lawns and soil surfaces in urban forest ecosystems, where differences in microenvironment

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 8d

📖 Different inorganic to organic nitrogen ratios (IN:ON) ➡️ Ecosystem stability 🟰 Effects❓

Results:
1️⃣ IN:ON ratio showed no significant effect on community stability.
2️⃣ IN decreased species richness more than ON.

#Grassland | #NitrogenDeposition | #NitrogenComposition

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Relationships between the stability of plant community ANPP and mean species richness (a), species asynchrony (b), population stability (c) and dominant species stability (d) across control (Cont) and N addition treatments with different IN:ON ratios.

Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 8d

📢 The October issue has been published !
🔗 Volume 18, Issue 5, October 2025
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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 9d

#GroundwaterDepth ➡️ Characteristics of #TamarixChinensis shrub communities 🟰 Effects

Results:
1️⃣ Groundwater depth⬆️, soil moisture and salinity ⬇️;
2️⃣ 1.62 m depth, Diversity indicators of community [max];
3️⃣ Groundwater depth ➡️ #SoilSalinity ➡️ #PlantDiversity.

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Structural equation model showing the direct and indirect effects of groundwater depth on the soil moisture, soil salinity, growth of Tamarix chinensis and the plant community diversity (a); direct, indirect and total effects of groundwater depth and soil salinity on the growth of T. chinensis and community diversity (b).

Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 9d

#SoilNutrientHeterogeneity ➡️ plant productivity in natural communities 🟰 Effects❓

Samples:
grasses, other graminoids, legumes, forbs

Results:
An increase in soil nutrient heterogeneity is unlikely to affect plant aboveground biomass in the grassland.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 10d

Lei Wang et al. explored whether #SoilWaterAvailability alters the impact of #Plant-soilFeedback (PSF) on #InvasivePlant growth and #FoliarHerbivory.

#GrowthTraits | #NutrientUptake

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 10d

Minghui Wu et al.explored how soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and its stabilizing mechanism vary along #AltitudinalGradients of western Yulong Mountain in Southwest China.

#HeavyFraction | #Mineral-associatedOrganicCarbon | #SoilAggregates

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 11d

Chengjie Gao et al. explored the impact mechanism of slope position on tree growth and #AllometricGrowth.

#CalocedrusMacrolepis | #MicrobialCommunities | #SlopePosition | #SoilMicrobialFunctionalGroups

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 11d

Chao Mao et al. conducted a meta-analysis, using 755 paired data points from field observations worldwide to explore the effects of #Warming and #AlteredPrecipitation on soil N transformation rates and to assess possible drivers of these effects.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 12d

Hui Gao et al. explored the responses of soil environment and microbial communities to desert steppe degradation and Caragana korshinskii reseeding.

#DesertSteppeDegradation | #LegumeReseeding | #SoilMicrobialDiversity

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