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Open AccessPlants’ competition under autotoxicity effect: an evolutionary game
We develop a \(2\times 2\) 2 × 2 ...
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Open AccessProcess based modelling of plants–fungus interactions explains fairy ring types and dynamics
Many mushroom-forming fungi can develop circular colonies affecting the vegetation in a phenomenon named fairy rings. Since the nineteenth century, several hypotheses have been proposed to explain how fairy ri...
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Decomposition of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile Leaf Blade and Rhizome in Terrestrial Conditions: Effect of Temperature and Substrate Fertility
Posidonia oceanica litter debris accumulate in large quantities in coastal areas and pose a serious problem of negative economic impact on tourism activities. Here, we investigated the possibility of managing suc...
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Open AccessDose-dependent positive-to-negative shift of litter effects on seedling growth: a modelling study on 35 plant litter types
Modelling the inter-relationships between litter accumulation and plant–soil feedback is a major challenge to predict natural and agricultural ecosystem dynamics. At increasing levels of undecomposed plant lit...
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Dieback of the cushion plant Silene acaulis at its southern limit of distribution in the Apennines
Here, we quantified the dieback of Silene acaulis subsp. bryoides along a 500 m elevational transect from 1900 to 2400 m a.s.l. in the Sibillini Group (Apennines). We also investigated the role of the 2022 summer...
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Plant Mycobiome in Sustainable Agriculture
It is widely known that interactions between plants and their inhabiting fungi are essential for sustainable and ecological agriculture. Plant mycobiota provide a number of beneficial effects to their host pla...
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Distribution and vegetation of Pinus mugo subsp. mugo dieback patches in Maiella massif (Central Italy)
Forest dieback in the last decade has been reported all over the world and not only causes a significant loss of forest yield but also affects successional trajectories. Here, we investigate the plant communit...
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Soil Aggregation in Relation to Organic Amendment: a Synthesis
Soil aggregation, a key aspect of soil physical health, is a crucial component of agroecosystem sustainability as it affects numerous soil processes and agroecosystem productivity. Application of organic amend...
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Plant metabolomics in biotic and abiotic stress: a critical overview
Abiotic and biotic stresses affect plant physiology and growth. The development of metabolomics, along with other -omics technologies, allowed in depth analysis of the reactive processes characterizing plant s...
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Open AccessClimatic and anthropogenic factors affect Ailanthus altissima invasion in a Mediterranean region
Ailanthus altissima is an aggressive invasive tree worldwide, but the ecological factors that lead to the spread of this species in Mediterranean ecosystems are still unclear. Here we aim to identify such factors...
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Open AccessDecomposition and temperature sensitivity of fine root and leaf litter of 43 mediterranean species
Data on the decomposition of fine roots are scarce for the Mediterranean basin. This work aims to compare chemical traits, decomposition rate, and temperature sensitivity (Q10) for root and leaf litter of 43 Medi...
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Open AccessTopography modulates near-ground microclimate in the Mediterranean Fagus sylvatica treeline
Understanding processes controlling forest dynamics has become particularly important in the context of ongoing climate change, which is altering the ecological fitness and resilience of species worldwide. How...
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Toxicity of cigarette butts and possible recycling solutions—a literature review
Tobacco is a worldwide-consumed product, which in addition to causing public health-related issues is responsible for the most common form of litter in the world—smoked cigarette butts (CBs). A large attention...
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Decomposition of woody debris in Mediterranean ecosystems: the role of wood chemical and anatomical traits
Data about woody debris (WD) decomposition are very scarce for the Mediterranean basin. The specific aim of this work is to explore the relationships between WD traits with the decay rate.
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Contrasting effects of Rhizophagus irregularis versus bacterial and fungal seed endophytes on Trifolium repens plant-soil feedback
Interactions between plants and soil affect plant–plant interactions and community composition by modifying soils conditions in plant-soil feedback, where associated microbes have the most crucial role. Both a...
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Exploring Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter phytochemical diversity to explain its antimicrobial, nematicidal and insecticidal activity
Dittrichia viscosa is a perennial small shrub belonging to the Compositae family (Asteraceae) widespread in the Mediterranean basin. This plant has been extensively used in traditional medicine since the Roman ti...
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Open AccessClimatic and anthropogenic factors explain the variability of Fagus sylvatica treeline elevation in fifteen mountain groups across the Apennines
Fagus sylvatica forms the treeline across the Apennines mountain range, with an average elevation of 1589 m a.s.l. Previous studies evidenced that the current position of the treeline in the Apennines is heavily ...
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Traditional Herbal Remedies Used in women’s Health Care in Italy: a Review
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Predicting nitrogen mineralization from organic amendments: beyond C/N ratio by 13C-CPMAS NMR approach
The processes of nitrogen (N) mineralization from organic amendments (OA) is important to provide mineral forms (NH4+ and NO3−) of N for plants. Assessment of N mineralization is usually done by using the C/N rat...
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Common dandelion: a review of its botanical, phytochemical and pharmacological profiles
Phytoalimurgy is a term that derives from Greek and Latin by combination of the words φυτόν, which meaning plant, and alimenta urgentia, indicating foods available in case of urgency and necessity. Nowadays, the ...
