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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 14h

Juan Huang et al. investigated species-specific leaf trait ( #PlantationTree species) plasticity under #NitrogenDdeposition.

#IntrinsicWaterUseEfficiency(iWUE) | #Defense | #CarbonBalance | #SouthChina

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 14h

Forest types & elevation ➡️ #SoilDissolvedOrganicMatter (DOM) dynamics

Results:
#LitterTraits and soil properties are the predominant regulators of soil DOM mechanism along elevational gradient

#AlpineForest | #Climates | #VegetationTypes

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Seasonal variations in Van Krevelen diagrams of different biochemical compound categories of soil-dissolved organic matter (DOM; defined in Supplementary Table S3) along an elevational gradient.

Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 1d

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Direct Effects of #FireSeverity on Soil Microbial Diversity and Network Assembly in a Transitional Climate Forest

#Post_fire | #SoilMicroorganism | #CommunityDiversity | #MicrobialNetworkComplexity

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Direct Effects of Fire Severity on Soil Microbial Diversity and Network Assembly in a Transitional Climate Forest

Abstract. Forest fires are key ecological disturbances that influence vegetation dynamics and soil microbial processes central to carbon and nutrient cycli

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 1d

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Typhoon-induced litter on lawns and soil surfaces exhibit divergent decomposition patterns

#TropicalCyclones | #UrbanForest | #EnvironmentalHeterogeneity | #GreenLitter | #LitterDecomposition | #SoilFauna

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Typhoon-induced litter on lawns and soil surfaces exhibit divergent decomposition patterns

Abstract. Typhoon-generated green litter is commonly deposited on lawns and soil surfaces in urban forest ecosystems, where differences in microenvironment

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 2d

📖 Different inorganic to organic nitrogen ratios (IN:ON) ➡️ Ecosystem stability 🟰 Effects❓

Results:
1️⃣ IN:ON ratio showed no significant effect on community stability.
2️⃣ IN decreased species richness more than ON.

#Grassland | #NitrogenDeposition | #NitrogenComposition

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Relationships between the stability of plant community ANPP and mean species richness (a), species asynchrony (b), population stability (c) and dominant species stability (d) across control (Cont) and N addition treatments with different IN:ON ratios.

Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 2d

📢 The October issue has been published !
🔗 Volume 18, Issue 5, October 2025
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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 3d

#GroundwaterDepth ➡️ Characteristics of #TamarixChinensis shrub communities 🟰 Effects

Results:
1️⃣ Groundwater depth⬆️, soil moisture and salinity ⬇️;
2️⃣ 1.62 m depth, Diversity indicators of community [max];
3️⃣ Groundwater depth ➡️ #SoilSalinity ➡️ #PlantDiversity.

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Structural equation model showing the direct and indirect effects of groundwater depth on the soil moisture, soil salinity, growth of Tamarix chinensis and the plant community diversity (a); direct, indirect and total effects of groundwater depth and soil salinity on the growth of T. chinensis and community diversity (b).

Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 3d

#SoilNutrientHeterogeneity ➡️ plant productivity in natural communities 🟰 Effects❓

Samples:
grasses, other graminoids, legumes, forbs

Results:
An increase in soil nutrient heterogeneity is unlikely to affect plant aboveground biomass in the grassland.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 4d

Lei Wang et al. explored whether #SoilWaterAvailability alters the impact of #Plant-soilFeedback (PSF) on #InvasivePlant growth and #FoliarHerbivory.

#GrowthTraits | #NutrientUptake

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 4d

Minghui Wu et al.explored how soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and its stabilizing mechanism vary along #AltitudinalGradients of western Yulong Mountain in Southwest China.

#HeavyFraction | #Mineral-associatedOrganicCarbon | #SoilAggregates

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 5d

Chengjie Gao et al. explored the impact mechanism of slope position on tree growth and #AllometricGrowth.

#CalocedrusMacrolepis | #MicrobialCommunities | #SlopePosition | #SoilMicrobialFunctionalGroups

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 5d

Chao Mao et al. conducted a meta-analysis, using 755 paired data points from field observations worldwide to explore the effects of #Warming and #AlteredPrecipitation on soil N transformation rates and to assess possible drivers of these effects.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 6d

Hui Gao et al. explored the responses of soil environment and microbial communities to desert steppe degradation and Caragana korshinskii reseeding.

#DesertSteppeDegradation | #LegumeReseeding | #SoilMicrobialDiversity

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 6d

Qian Li et al. used #Tree-ringWidth and #TreeRingOxygenIsotopes to investigate how #SpeciesAnd #ElevationsAffect the responses of two dominant conifer species (Picea crassifolia and Pinus tabuliformis) to climate change.

#ClimateEffect

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 7d

Xiaoyi Wang et al. examined the effects of warming, #NitrogenAddition, precipitation reduction and their interaction on plant #ReproductivePhenology in 2017 and 2021 in a Tibetan #AlpineMeadow.

#ClimateChange | #PollinationMode

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 7d

Jian-Guo Ma et al. explored the dissimilar soil nitrogen transformation features of #DominantForage after #IntensiveGrazing on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

#NitrogenUptake | #N2OEmission | #Nitrifier | #UrinePatch

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 8d

Kunyu Peng et al. explored the regional growth response and #Resilience of #PinusTabuliformis to climate change in the north-south transition zone, central China by constructing tree ring chronologies for different regions.

#FuniuMountains

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 8d

Yang Wang et al. quantified the #HistoricalEnvironmentalChanges of #AtmosphericNitrogenDeposition in northern mountainous areas of China through #Moss.

#StableNitrogenIsotope #Biomonitoring

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Fractional contributions of (a) c-NH3 (mainly from coal combustion (Cc), vehicle exhausts (Ve) and biomass burning (Bb)) and v-NH3 (mainly from fertilizer application (Fa) and wastes (Wa)) emission sources to atmospheric NHx deposition, (b) f-NOx (mainly from coal combustion (Cc) and vehicle exhausts (Ve)) and nf-NOx (mainly from biomass burning (Bb) and microbial N cycles (Mc)) emission sources to atmospheric NOy deposition at Mengshan in 2012, 2018 and 2022. Mean ± SD is shown.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 9d

Method: Metrics for quantifying and comparing observer error across vegetation studies
1️⃣ #Pseudo-turnover;
2️⃣ #ObserverBias in species richness;
3️⃣ underestimation of true species richness;
4️⃣ #CoverAgreement;
5️⃣ observer bias in #CoverEstimation.

#DoubleSampling

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Pseudo-turnover values from various habitat types.

Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 9d

Yanyan Zhang et al. examined the species relationships in #QuercusVariabilis #TemperateSecondaryForests across the three different #Elevation ranges using the niche and the Hegyi competition method.

#IntraspecificAssociation

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 10d

Chun-Feng Gu et al. investigated how the effect of #TaxonomicDiversity on aboveground biomass is related to shifts in the roles of #FunctionalDiversity and #FunctionalDominance of five functional traits.

#Diversity–biomassRelationship

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 10d

Yangyang Liu et al. explored compared the #PhylogeneticRelatedness and its environmental correlation of the #Terrestrial and #Aquatic species.

#Deviation | #EnvironmentalVariables | #China

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 11d

Xiao-Hui Zhou et al. explore the effects of experimental warming on offspring #SolidagoCanadensis from its native and invaded range, as well as the legacy effect of warming on three insect species, and three pathogens.

#ClimateChange

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 11d

Renfei Chen et al. explored the transient variation of #StemMassFraction in crop plants.

#BiomassAllocation | #TransientDynamics | #Competition | #Ontogeny

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 12d

Yanlong Li et al. examined shift in #SpeciesDiversity, plant density, and community structure in both #SoilSeedBanks and aboveground vegetation in grasslands grazed by three livestock species under #AdaptiveGrazing management.

#Semi-aridSteppe

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Plant density (a), species richness (b), and relative density (c) of grasslands subject to grazing by three livestock species in steppe grassland. NG: no-grazing. Different lowercase represent significant differences at P < 0.05, same below.