Overcoming biotic homogenization in ecological restoration

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 37(9), С. 777 - 788

Опубликована: Июнь 1, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Application of Functional Traits in Modelling Productivity and Resilience Under Climate Change

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

The changing climatic trends have increased global temperatures and drought risk, thus accelerating catastrophes that threaten food, nutrition, environmental security. Functional traits, inherent characteristics of organisms influencing their interactions with the environment, are indispensable tools in understanding predicting ecosystem responses to climate fluctuations. chapter explores integration functional traits into various modelling approaches, including species distribution models (SDMs) trait-based community assembly models, showcasing power anticipate shifts distributions compositions under change. It also highlights how underpin essential processes resilience assessments, emphasizing role sustaining productivity adaptability. Practical applications agriculture, forestry, aquatic systems, invasive management, restoration ecology underscore real-world relevance. acknowledges challenges data collection charts future research directions, ultimately critical importance navigating complex posed by change ecological systems.

Язык: Английский

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Microbial biodiversity and plant functional trait interactions in multifunctional ecosystems

Applied Soil Ecology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 201, С. 105515 - 105515

Опубликована: Июль 2, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Four reasons why functional traits are not being used in restoration practice

Restoration Ecology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 31(3)

Опубликована: Сен. 12, 2022

Restoration ecologists devote considerable time and resources to understanding the role of functional traits in community assembly ecosystem functioning. However, while show promise supporting restoration practice some circumstances, are not often explicitly considered by practitioners. Here we highlight four reasons that preventing use restoration, ranging from different targets frameworks practical considerations around species selection, databases, plant stock availability, measurement approaches. We provide actions can be taken researchers, practitioners, producers, policy makers better incorporate how complement existing practices achieve both traditional/taxonomic targets. hope guide critical partnerships, missing research, immediate leverage value at all stages process.

Язык: Английский

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Trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services in Inland River Basins under the influence of ecological water transfer project: A case study on the Tarim River basin

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 908, С. 168248 - 168248

Опубликована: Ноя. 1, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Plant Strategies

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Июль 27, 2023

Abstract Plants have evolved a remarkable array of adaptive solutions to the existential problem survival and reproduction in world where disturbances can be deadly, resources are scarce, competition is cutthroat. inherited phenotypic traits that increased their chance success, these indicators strategies for establishment survival. A plant strategy thought as “how species sustains population” (Westoby, 1998, p. 214) because all successful must positive demographic outcomes habitats which they adapted. This book aims articulate coherent framework studying unifies demography with functional ecology advance prediction ecology. Central this traits: heritable morphological, physiological, phenological attributes plants influence therefore drive fitness differences among species.

Язык: Английский

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Ecological restoration and rewilding: two approaches with complementary goals?

Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 99(3), С. 820 - 836

Опубликована: Фев. 12, 2024

As we enter the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) and address urgent need to protect restore ecosystems their ecological functions at large scales, rewilding has been brought into limelight. Interest in this discipline is thus increasing, with a number of conceptual scientific papers published recent years. Increasing enthusiasm led discussions debates community about differences between restoration rewilding. The main goal review compare clarify position each field. Our results show that despite some (e.g. top-down versus bottom-up functional taxonomic approaches) notably distinct goals - recovery defined historically determined target ecosystem natural processes often no endpoint have common scope: following anthropogenic degradation. expanded progress However, it unclear whether there paradigm shift moving towards or vice versa. We underline complementarity time space To conclude, argue reconciliation these two fields nature conservation ensure could create synergy achieve scope.

Язык: Английский

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Harnessing ecological theory to enhance ecosystem restoration

Current Biology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 34(9), С. R418 - R434

Опубликована: Май 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Rewilding soil and litter invertebrates and fungi increases decomposition rates and alters detritivore communities

Ecology and Evolution, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(3)

Опубликована: Март 1, 2024

Abstract Habitat degradation and associated reductions in ecosystem functions can be reversed by reintroducing or ‘rewilding’ keystone species. Rewilding projects have historically targeted restoration of processes such as grazing regimes top‐down predation effects. Few focus on restoring decomposition efficiency, despite the pivotal role plays global carbon sequestration nutrient cycling. Here, we tested whether rewilding entire communities detritivorous invertebrates fungi improve litter efficiency restore detritivore during ecological restoration. was conducted transplanting leaf soil, including invertebrate fungal from species‐rich remnant sites into species‐poor, geographically isolated, revegetated farmland a temperate woodland region southeastern Australia. We compared under following treatments: (conservation area source transplant), rewilded revegetation (revegetated site with transplant) control site, no transplant). In one ‘before’ three ‘after’ sampling periods, measured abundance diversity fungi. quantified effect detritivores rate using piecewise Structural Equation Modelling. Decomposition significantly faster than both areas largely driven greater detritivores. Similarly, exceeded level communities, whereas there little difference between sites. contrast, did not increase saprotrophic relative abundance/diversity strong relationship diversity. Our findings suggest relatively simple act soil functional alter community composition. methods may prove important across range contexts where other failed to pre‐degradation levels.

Язык: Английский

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Simplification of woody plant trait networks among communities along a climatic aridity gradient

Journal of Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 26, 2025

Abstract Plant ecological strategies are shaped by numerous functional traits and their trade‐offs. Trait network analysis enables testing hypotheses for the shifting of trait correlation architecture across communities differing in climate productivity. We built plant networks (PTNs) 118 species within six an aridity gradient, from forest to semi‐desert California Floristic Province, based on 34 leaf wood traits, representing hydraulic photosynthetic function, structure, economics size. developed association PTN parameters with ecosystem properties, theory adaptation low resource/stressful environments versus higher resource availability greater potential niche differentiation. Thus, we hypothesized that community PTNs, connectivity (i.e., degree intercorrelated) complexity number modules, integration among modules) would be lower adapted arid climates water availability, similarly trends expected phylogenetic diversity, richness Further, given vary strongly most centrally connected PTNs those least across‐species variation. Across more wetter climates, varied less interconnected complex, richness, but was independent diversity Within variation were interconnected. Synthesis . The responsiveness highlights how a wide range contributes physiological varies communities. Communities show phenotypic integration, consistent lesser Our study extends usefulness as approach quantify tradeoffs multiple providing tools clarify environmental patterns associations influence distributions, assembly, resilience response change.

Язык: Английский

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