A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

GT Freschet, L Pagès, CM Iversen, LH Comas… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

Intraspecific trait variation in plants: a renewed focus on its role in ecological processes

AC Westerband, JL Funk, KE Barton - Annals of botany, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Investigating the causes and consequences of intraspecific trait variation (ITV)
in plants is not novel, as it has long been recognized that such variation shapes biotic and …

[HTML][HTML] 植物生态化学计量特征及其主要假说

田地, 严正兵, 方精云 - 植物生态学报, 2021 - plant-ecology.com
摘要植物生态化学计量学是生态化学计量学的重要分支, 主要研究植物器官元素含量的计量特征
, 以及它们与环境因子, 生态系统功能之间的关系. 19 世纪, 化学家们通过室内实验 …

Global human-made mass exceeds all living biomass

E Elhacham, L Ben-Uri, J Grozovski, YM Bar-On, R Milo - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Humanity has become a dominant force in shaping the face of Earth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
An emerging question is how the overall material output of human activities compares to the …

[HTML][HTML] Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation

JS Joswig, C Wirth, MC Schuman, J Kattge… - Nature ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are
thus widely used in global models of vegetation dynamics and land–climate feedbacks. Still …

Species better track climate warming in the oceans than on land

J Lenoir, R Bertrand, L Comte, L Bourgeaud… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
There is mounting evidence of species redistribution as climate warms. Yet, our knowledge
of the coupling between species range shifts and isotherm shifts remains limited. Here, we …

The Community Land Model version 5: Description of new features, benchmarking, and impact of forcing uncertainty

DM Lawrence, RA Fisher, CD Koven… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Community Land Model (CLM) is the land component of the Community Earth
System Model (CESM) and is used in several global and regional modeling systems. In this …

GISS‐E2. 1: Configurations and climatology

M Kelley, GA Schmidt, LS Nazarenko… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes the GISS‐E2. 1 contribution to the Coupled Model Intercomparison
Project, Phase 6 (CMIP6). This model version differs from the predecessor model (GISS‐E2) …

Microplastics can change soil properties and affect plant performance

AA de Souza Machado, CW Lau, W Kloas… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Microplastics can affect biophysical properties of the soil. However, little is known about the
cascade of events in fundamental levels of terrestrial ecosystems, ie, starting with the …

UKESM1: Description and evaluation of the UK Earth System Model

AA Sellar, CG Jones, JP Mulcahy… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We document the development of the first version of the UK Earth System Model UKESM1.
The model represents a major advance on its predecessor HadGEM2‐ES, with …