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Nutrient availability is a key driver of terrestrial ecosystem functioning and food web structure. In central Amazonian forests, phosphorus (P) and cations (Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ , K + ) are significant constraints for plants, potentially constraining the propagation of nutrients across trophic levels. Because predator life-history traits can be strongly linked to nutrient demands, these limitations may affect predators across trophic...
Phosphorus and base cations drive contrasting root dynamics in a central Amazon forestNARA Subscribed
Background and aims In highly weathered soils of central Amazonia, where nutrients such as phosphorus (P) and base cations are scarce, fertilization experiments have demonstrated above- and belowground effects on total net primary productivity (NPP). This study examined how fine root stocks and turnover responded to added nutrients over a two-year period. We predicted that adding a limiting nutrient would decrease fine root st...
Mineral Association and Microbial Processing Jointly Prolong Carbon Turnover in Coastal WetlandsNARA Subscribed
Coastal margins are critical sites for carbon (C) sequestration, yet the mechanisms stabilizing preaged, allochthonous C (externally‐derived biospheric C) in these environments remain poorly understood. Specifically, the interplay between mineral association and microbial processing represents a significant knowledge gap. Here, we investigated C sequestration mechanisms in Chinese mangrove and saltmarsh soils by analyzing tops...
The free‐air CO 2 enrichment (FACE) site at the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) is situated in a long‐established mature, temperate oak‐dominated forest. Over the past 8 years, these tree species have been exposed to elevated CO 2 (eCO 2 target: 150 ppm above ambient). The observed eCO 2 fertilization effect is significant in the mature oak trees, with sustained increases in photosynthesis and stem dry matter p...
Tropical forests play a significant role in global carbon sequestration. However, our understanding of how tropical tree species adjust to climate warming remains limited to studies on seedlings grown in pots and highly controlled growth conditions. To reduce this knowledge gap, we used a field experiment with 5‐year‐old juvenile trees of 12 naturally co‐occurring dominant tropical Andean montane and lowland species growing in...
Defining an ageing-related pathology, disease or syndrome: International Consensus StatementNARA Subscribed
Around the world, individuals are living longer, but an increased average lifespan does not always equate to an increased health span. With advancing age, the increased prevalence of ageing-related diseases can have a significant impact on health status, functional capacity and quality of life. It is therefore vital to develop comprehensive classification and staging systems for ageing-related pathologies, diseases and syndrom...
Heterotrophic soil microorganisms are responsible for ~50% of the carbon dioxide released by respiration from the terrestrial biosphere each year. The respiratory response of soil microbial communities to warming, and the control mechanisms, remains uncertain, yet is critical to understanding the future land carbon (C)‐climate feedback. Individuals of nine species of fungi decomposing wood were exposed to 90 days of cooling to...
Elevated CO 2 interacts with nutrient inputs to restructure plant communities in phosphorus‐limited grasslandsNARA Subscribed
Globally pervasive increases in atmospheric CO 2 and nitrogen (N) deposition could have substantial effects on plant communities, either directly or mediated by their interactions with soil nutrient limitation. While the direct consequences of N enrichment on plant communities are well documented, potential interactions with rising CO 2 and globally widespread phosphorus (P) limitation remain poorly understood. We investigated...
Current genome sequencing technologies have made it possible to generate highly contiguous genome assemblies for non-model animal species. Despite advances in genome assembly methods, there is still room for improvement in the delineation of specific gene features in the genomes. Here we present genome visualization and annotation tools to support seven livestock species (bovine, chicken, goat, horse, pig, sheep, and water buf...
Apparent thermal acclimation of soil heterotrophic respiration mainly mediated by substrate availabilityNARA Subscribed
Multiple lines of existing evidence suggest that increasing CO 2 emission from soils in response to rising temperature could accelerate global warming. However, in experimental studies, the initial positive response of soil heterotrophic respiration ( R H ) to warming often weakens over time (referred to apparent thermal acclimation). If the decreased R H is driven by thermal adaptation of soil microbial community, the potenti...
Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole‐nesting passerinesNARA Subscribed
Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness‐related traits is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. Temporal fluctuations of these environmental drivers are often synchronized at large spatial scales. Yet, whether synchronous environmental conditions can generate spatial synchrony in fitness‐related trait values (i.e., correlated temporal trait fluctuations across populations) is poorly und...