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Elevated CO 2 Increases the Canopy Temperature of Mature Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)NARA Subscribed
The canopy thermal response of natural forests to elevated CO 2 (eCO 2 ) is an understudied biophysical feedback in the global climate system. We investigated the effects of eCO 2 (150 μmol mol −1 above ambient) on canopy temperature ( T can ) dynamics of mature (> 175 years) Quercus robur (oak) at the Birmingham Institute for Forest Research Free Air CO 2 Enrichment (BIFoR‐FACE) facility in Staffordshire, England, during the...
Induction of water repellency by leaves of contrasting Australian native species: effects of composition and heatingNARA Subscribed
Aims This study identifies the contribution of leaf matter from individual plant species on water repellency with a focus on the composition of organic compounds and the role of heat in releasing these compounds to soil. Methods Leaf powder from four plant species ( Banksia menziesii , Eucalyptus marginata , Allocasuarina fraseriana , Xanthorrhoea preissii ) was mixed with acid-washed sand (AWS) under a range of temperatures a...
Common, low-frequency, rare, and ultra-rare coding variants contribute to COVID-19 severityNARA Subscribed
The combined impact of common and rare exonic variants in COVID-19 host genetics is currently insufficiently understood. Here, common and rare variants from whole-exome sequencing data of about 4000 SARS-CoV-2-positive individuals were used to define an interpretable machine-learning model for predicting COVID-19 severity. First, variants were converted into separate sets of Boolean features, depending on the absence or the pr...
Key message Arabidopsis pollen transcriptome analysis revealed new intergenic transcripts of unknown function, many of which are long non-coding RNAs, that may function in pollen-specific processes, including the heat stress response. Abstract The male gametophyte is the most heat sensitive of all plant tissues. In recent years, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as important components of cellular regulatory networks...
Characteristics of free air carbon dioxide enrichment of a northern temperate mature forestNARA Subscribed
In 2017, the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) began to conduct Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE) within a mature broadleaf deciduous forest situated in the United Kingdom. BIFoR FACE employs large‐scale infrastructure, in the form of lattice towers, forming ‘arrays’ which encircle a forest plot of ~30 m diameter. BIFoR FACE consists of three treatment arrays to elevate local CO 2 concentrations (e[CO 2 ]...
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