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Detection of fungal infection in Lolium perenne by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy 19 Jul 2013 | 08:19 pm
Aims The goal of the study was to apply Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy followed by chemometrical data treatment for the differentiation of fungi-infected perennial ryegrass (Lolium pe...
Foliar stoichiometry under different mycorrhizal types in relation to temperature and precipitation in grassland 19 Jul 2013 | 08:19 pm
Aims Mycorrhizas play key roles in important ecosystem processes and functions. Carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations and their ratios are very important foliar traits and their ...
Exogenous and endogenous determinants of spatial aggregation patterns in Tibetan Plateau meadow vegetation 19 Jul 2013 | 08:19 pm
Aims We aim to quantify the relative importance of various endogenous and exogenous processes influencing the spatial distribution of the individuals of plant species at different temporal and spatia...
Carbon dioxide exchange and biomass productivity of the herbaceous layer of a managed tropical humid savanna ecosystem in western Kenya 19 Jul 2013 | 08:19 pm
Aims Humid savannas, as a result of high precipitation amounts, are highly productive. They are also hotspots for land use change and potential sources of carbon dioxide (CO2) due to the large soil c...
Variation in the plant-mediated methane transport and its importance for methane emission from intact wetland peat mesocosms 19 Jul 2013 | 08:19 pm
Aims and Methods Vascular plants are known to influence the production, transport and oxidation of methane in wetland soils, but these processes are not well understood. Using plants grown in intact ...
Exotic tree seedlings are much more competitive than natives but show underyielding when growing together 19 Jul 2013 | 08:19 pm
Aims Invasive species continue to be a worldwide threat to ecosystems mainly as a cause for biodiversity loss. Forest ecosystems, for example, are subject to a change in species composition due to th...
Lack of local adaptation of invasive crofton weed (Ageratina adenophora) in different climatic areas of Yunnan Province, China 19 Jul 2013 | 08:19 pm
Aims Crofton weed, with a subtropical origin, has successfully invaded in diverse habitats that belong to different climate zones in Southwest China. We tested whether local adaptation plays an impor...
Seedling light limitation does not increase across a natural productivity gradient 28 Jun 2013 | 06:04 pm
Aims A key idea in plant community ecology is that the identity of the limiting resource shifts from soil nutrients in low productivity sites to light in high productivity sites. This idea, and its i...
Trait plasticity, not values, best corresponds with woodland plant success in novel and manipulated habitats 28 Jun 2013 | 06:04 pm
Aims The clustering of plants with similar leaf traits along environmental gradients may arise from adaptation as well as acclimation to heterogeneous habitat conditions. Determining the forces that ...
Root and leaf functional trait relations in Poaceae species: implications of differing resource-acquisition strategies 28 Jun 2013 | 06:04 pm
Aims Root systems play an essential role in grassland functioning in both acquisition and storage of resources. Nevertheless, root functional traits have not received as much attention as those measu...
