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Journal of Plant Ecology
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Journal of Plant Ecology (JPE) is a bi-monthly, peer-reviewed journal of plant ecology.
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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · Oct 26
📢 The December issue is in progress ! 🎉
📖 Volume 18, Issue 6, December 2025
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🔎 Forest conversion ➡️ #SoilBacterialCommunityCompositionAndDiversity❓

📖 Background:
Tropical #SecondaryForests (SFs) ➡️ #RubberPlantations (RPs)

Results:
SF ➡️ RP, soil pH ⬇️.

#SoilPhysicochemicalProperties

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Study sites (a) and two vegetation types (b, c) (i.e. SFs and RPs).
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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💡 Allocation strategy of mobile carbohydrates of #QinghaiSpruce in the #AlpineTreelineEcotone of the northeastern #TibetanPlateau⛰️

Objects:
1️⃣ Soluble sugar
2️⃣ Starch
3️⃣ #NonstructuralCarbohydrates

#ExtremeDroughtAndColdEnvironments

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A distant view (a), close-up view (b) and conceptual diagram (c) of the Qinghai spruce treeline in the Qilian Mountains.
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Enze Li et al. assessed the potential threat of #EmeraldAshBorer against global #AshTree species (Fraxinus) under multiple future climate scenarios based on the premise of niche conservatism.

#ClimateChange | #SpeciesInvasion

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December 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Yu An et al. examined #SoilFunctions ( #SoilOrganicCarbon, #TotalNitrogen, #TotalPhosphorus), #PlantCommunities, and #FunctionalTraits in #Wetlands #NaturallyRestored after #AgriculturalAbandonment on China’s Sanjiang Plain.

#EcologicalFunctions

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December 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Overestimated Carbon Uptake Stability Due to Inadequate Vegetation Dynamics in Ecosystem Models

#TerrestrialEcosystemModels | #GrossPrimary | #Productivity | #ClimateChange | #CarbonSinks | #EcosystemStability

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Overestimated Carbon Uptake Stability Due to Inadequate Vegetation Dynamics in Ecosystem Models
Abstract. Ecosystem temporal stability (TS) determines its ability to maintain structure, function, and services under external disturbances, playing a cri
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December 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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#NitrogenDeposition Significantly Altered the #ClimaticSensitivity of #VegetationPhenology

#CarbonCycle | #GlobalChange

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Nitrogen Deposition Significantly Altered the Climatic Sensitivity of Vegetation Phenology
Abstract. Nitrogen deposition substantially alters nutrient absorption by plant root systems, which has far-reaching consequences for leaf growth and devel
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December 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Qiaoyu Yan et al. assessed the short-term, instantaneous CO2 response of the linear #ElectronTransport to assimilation ratio in sunflower and cowpea.

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

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December 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Yong Bao et al. investigated soil dissolved organic matter content, spectroscopic characteristics, molecular traits and their potential drivers in the Hengduan Mountains.

#AlpineForest | #Climates | #VegetationTypes | #LitterTraits

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December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Yuguang Ke et al. assessed the effects of the ratio of inorganic nitrogen to organic nitrogen on the temporal stability of plant community productivity in a temperate meadow #Grassland.

#DominantSpecies | #NitrogenDeposition | #NitrogenComposition

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December 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Li-Li Zheng et al. assessed the effects of #SoilNutrientHeterogeneity on plant productivity in natural communities ( #AlpineGrassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau).

#NutrientAvailability | #PatchContrast | #PatchScale | #ResourceHeterogeneity

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December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Nitrogen form governs nutrient retention and plant uptake in #CoralIslandSoils: Evidence from a 15N-tracing experiment

#CoralSandSoils | #FertilizationStrategy | #Soil–plantInteractions | #CoastalEcosystems

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December 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Grassland plant species with slow-growing strategy are more resistant to extreme drought

#EcosystemStability #PlantFunctionalTraits #Resistance #SemiaridGrasslandLeafEconomicSpectrum

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Grassland plant species with slow-growing strategy are more resistant to extreme drought
Abstract. The frequency and intensity of extreme droughts are increasing and are predicted to be more severe in the coming decades. Clarifying the reasons
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December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Fang-Lei Gao et al. explored the effects of the #GroundwaterDepth on the characteristics of #TamarixChinensis shrub communities in the Yellow River Delta.

#SoilSalinity | #PlantDiversity | #CoastalTidalFlats

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November 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Zhilong Zhao et al. explored how intraspecific differentiation and phenotypic plasticity promote the process of #InvasivePlant (Xanthium italicum) invasion of habitats.

#BiologicalInvasion | #CommonGarden | #NitrogenAddition | #PlasticityResponse

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November 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Yuxin Huang et al. explored global patterns and driving factors of non-leaf litter carbon quality across #PlantFunctionalTypes and environments.

#TotalCarbon | #Lignocellulose | #GeographicalFeature | #Climate | #SoilProperties | #Decomposition

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November 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Chongyu Yan et al. explored biophysical controls on the interannual variation in #CarbonFluxes of a natural oak forest.

#EddyCovariance | #EnvironmentFactors | #Phenology | #InterannualVariability

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November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The drivers and microbial mechanisms underlying seasonal variations in denitrification across #Elevations

Place: #AlpineForestMountainEcosystems

Results:
1️⃣Denitrification:
①Altitude⬆️, Denitrification⬇️
②Wet season > Dry season
2️⃣Dominant genus: Bradyrhizobium

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Classes of the dominant nirS genes (a) and genera of the dominant nirK (b) and nosZ (c) genes.
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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⭐ The relationships between alpine grasslands plants🌳 and their rhizobacteria🦠

Plants:
Poa Linn & Stipa Linn

#CoreRhizobacteria:
1️⃣P. Linn: r-strategists➡️prioritizes rapid resource acquisition
2️⃣S. Linn: K-strategists➡️stress tolerance

#DominantGrass | #FunctionalPredictions

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Conceptual figure showing the life-history strategies of grasses and core rhizobacteria. In networks, blue links represents positive and red links represents negative.
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Yushu Zhang examined the influences of #TillageDisturbance and #NutrientEnrichment on #PlantCommunities, #SoilMicrobialCommunities, and #CarbonMineralization.

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November 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Lifeng Zhou et al. examined how herbivory-mediated ( #HerbivorousInsects: Ophraella communa) changes in plant chemistry ( #AmbrosiaArtemisiifolia) affect #PhyllosphereFungalCommunity.

#SpeciesDiversity | #Plant-insect-microbeInteractions

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November 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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💻 Unraveling vital rates in the seedling-to-sapling transition via #PlantTraitNetworks in a subtropical forest

Results:
1️⃣Seedlings➡️Saplings: 17–81 years;
2️⃣Transition time⬆️, #NetworkCentralization⬇️;

#DemographicProgressModel | #PassageTime |

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Seedling-to-sapling passage time and 5-year survival of 26 focal species.
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Waste ➡️ Soil nutrients & plant growth

Plant species:
1️⃣Gossypium hirsutum
2️⃣Glycine max
3️⃣Solanum nigrum
4️⃣Medicago sativa

Microbe: #Phosphorus-solubilizingBacteria

Waste: coal gangue＋straw

#AgriculturalWaste | #IndustrialWaste | #SoilPhosphorus | #SoilSilicon

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November 26, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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🔎 The changes of #CommunityInvasibility (CI) along #LatitudinalGradient and its key driving factors

Results:
1️⃣latitude⬆️, CI⬆️
2️⃣Climate ➡️ native species diversity ➡️ CI

#DiversityResistance | #EnvironmentalFiltering | #InvasionEcology

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Field survey sites in southeastern China (a) and the phylogenetic tree of all investigated species (b).
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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#Shrubland carbon storage in northern China ➡️ Climate & plant community & soil traits

Results:
1️⃣Plant community #Richness➡️ Vegetation #CarbonDensity (CD)
2️⃣Shrub #Diversity➡️ Litter CD
3️⃣Total annual sunshine & soil #TotalPhosphorusContent➡️ Soil CD

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Variation partitioning in ecosystem carbon density.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Legume-Mediated Soil Legacy Effects Strengthen Plant #Diversity_ProductivityRelationships

#Plant_soilFeedback | #SpeciesDiversity | #SoilNutrients | #MixedCropping | #SoilMicrobialDiversity

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November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM