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Yuguang Ke et al. assessed the effects of the ratio of inorganic nitrogen to organic nitrogen on the temporal stability of plant community productivity in a temperate meadow #Grassland.

#DominantSpecies | #NitrogenDeposition | #NitrogenComposition

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December 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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Li-Li Zheng et al. assessed the effects of #SoilNutrientHeterogeneity on plant productivity in natural communities ( #AlpineGrassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau).

#NutrientAvailability | #PatchContrast | #PatchScale | #ResourceHeterogeneity

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December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Nitrogen form governs nutrient retention and plant uptake in #CoralIslandSoils: Evidence from a 15N-tracing experiment

#CoralSandSoils | #FertilizationStrategy | #Soil–plantInteractions | #CoastalEcosystems

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December 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Grassland plant species with slow-growing strategy are more resistant to extreme drought

#EcosystemStability #PlantFunctionalTraits #Resistance #SemiaridGrasslandLeafEconomicSpectrum

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Grassland plant species with slow-growing strategy are more resistant to extreme drought

Abstract. The frequency and intensity of extreme droughts are increasing and are predicted to be more severe in the coming decades. Clarifying the reasons

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December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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Fang-Lei Gao et al. explored the effects of the #GroundwaterDepth on the characteristics of #TamarixChinensis shrub communities in the Yellow River Delta.

#SoilSalinity | #PlantDiversity | #CoastalTidalFlats

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November 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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Zhilong Zhao et al. explored how intraspecific differentiation and phenotypic plasticity promote the process of #InvasivePlant (Xanthium italicum) invasion of habitats.

#BiologicalInvasion | #CommonGarden | #NitrogenAddition | #PlasticityResponse

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November 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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Yuxin Huang et al. explored global patterns and driving factors of non-leaf litter carbon quality across #PlantFunctionalTypes and environments.

#TotalCarbon | #Lignocellulose | #GeographicalFeature | #Climate | #SoilProperties | #Decomposition

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November 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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Chongyu Yan et al. explored biophysical controls on the interannual variation in #CarbonFluxes of a natural oak forest.

#EddyCovariance | #EnvironmentFactors | #Phenology | #InterannualVariability

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November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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The drivers and microbial mechanisms underlying seasonal variations in denitrification across #Elevations

Place: #AlpineForestMountainEcosystems

Results:
1️⃣Denitrification:
①Altitude⬆️, Denitrification⬇️
②Wet season > Dry season
2️⃣Dominant genus: Bradyrhizobium

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Classes of the dominant nirS genes (a) and genera of the dominant nirK (b) and nosZ (c) genes.

November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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⭐ The relationships between alpine grasslands plants🌳 and their rhizobacteria🦠

Plants:
Poa Linn & Stipa Linn

#CoreRhizobacteria:
1️⃣P. Linn: r-strategists➡️prioritizes rapid resource acquisition
2️⃣S. Linn: K-strategists➡️stress tolerance

#DominantGrass | #FunctionalPredictions

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Conceptual figure showing the life-history strategies of grasses and core rhizobacteria. In networks, blue links represents positive and red links represents negative.

November 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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Yushu Zhang examined the influences of #TillageDisturbance and #NutrientEnrichment on #PlantCommunities, #SoilMicrobialCommunities, and #CarbonMineralization.

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November 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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Lifeng Zhou et al. examined how herbivory-mediated ( #HerbivorousInsects: Ophraella communa) changes in plant chemistry ( #AmbrosiaArtemisiifolia) affect #PhyllosphereFungalCommunity.

#SpeciesDiversity | #Plant-insect-microbeInteractions

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November 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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💻 Unraveling vital rates in the seedling-to-sapling transition via #PlantTraitNetworks in a subtropical forest

Results:
1️⃣Seedlings➡️Saplings: 17–81 years;
2️⃣Transition time⬆️, #NetworkCentralization⬇️;

#DemographicProgressModel | #PassageTime |

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Seedling-to-sapling passage time and 5-year survival of 26 focal species.

November 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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Waste ➡️ Soil nutrients & plant growth

Plant species:
1️⃣Gossypium hirsutum
2️⃣Glycine max
3️⃣Solanum nigrum
4️⃣Medicago sativa

Microbe: #Phosphorus-solubilizingBacteria

Waste: coal gangue＋straw

#AgriculturalWaste | #IndustrialWaste | #SoilPhosphorus | #SoilSilicon

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November 26, 2025 at 6:10 AM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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🔎 The changes of #CommunityInvasibility (CI) along #LatitudinalGradient and its key driving factors

Results:
1️⃣latitude⬆️, CI⬆️
2️⃣Climate ➡️ native species diversity ➡️ CI

#DiversityResistance | #EnvironmentalFiltering | #InvasionEcology

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Field survey sites in southeastern China (a) and the phylogenetic tree of all investigated species (b).

November 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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#Shrubland carbon storage in northern China ➡️ Climate & plant community & soil traits

Results:
1️⃣Plant community #Richness➡️ Vegetation #CarbonDensity (CD)
2️⃣Shrub #Diversity➡️ Litter CD
3️⃣Total annual sunshine & soil #TotalPhosphorusContent➡️ Soil CD

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Variation partitioning in ecosystem carbon density.

November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Legume-Mediated Soil Legacy Effects Strengthen Plant #Diversity_ProductivityRelationships

#Plant_soilFeedback | #SpeciesDiversity | #SoilNutrients | #MixedCropping | #SoilMicrobialDiversity

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November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Trade-offs between water use efficiency and hydraulic conductivity across 52 woody species distributed in three forests along a precipitation gradient

#Adaptation | #CarbonAssimilation

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November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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Lloyd W Morrison et al. described five key metrics of #ObserverError (i.e. imprecision between observers), how they are calculated, and how they can be reported and interpreted.

#CoverEstimation | #DoubleSampling | #NonsamplingError

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Pseudo-turnover values from various habitat types.

November 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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📖 A cartographic milestone: the release of the first 1:500 000 grassland vegetation map of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau⛰️

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November 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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Different #Mowing intensities ➡️ #MowingTolerance & The mechanism of #GrowthAndReproductiveTraits

Objects: #ElymusSpecies

Results:
Mowing stage & Forage species ➡️ Adaptive changes in growth and reproductive traits ➡️ Tolerance mechanisms

#Qinghai–TibetanPlateau

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Effects of different mowing treatment on the reproductive traits of five Elymus species during the jointing, booting, and flowering stages.

November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM

Journal of Plant Ecology

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[ #Grazing management (GM)] Plant & Soil microbial communities ➡️ Ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF)

Results:
1️⃣GM⬆️, plant diversity & EMF⬇️;
2️⃣Heavy GM altered the abundance of some plants and #MicrobialCommunities;

#Biodiversity | #EcosystemFunction | #Grassland

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