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Plant height as an indicator for alpine carbon sequestration and ecosystem response to warming
Growing evidence indicates that plant community structure and traits have changed under climate warming, especially in cold or high-elevation...
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Metabolic balance in the euphotic layer of Lake Sagami, Japan
In all ecosystems, metabolism is an essential process that controls the biogeochemical carbon cycle through the fixation and mineralization of...
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Conservation tillage as an economic and ecological farming option for Summer Maize in the oasis region of Northwest China
AimsBalancing yield and soil CO 2 emissions in crop** systems has become a focus of agricultural research. To explore effective ways to achieve the...
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Toward a Standardized Method for Quantifying Ecosystem Hot Spots and Hot Moments
Ecosystem “hot spots” and “hot moments”—respectively, places and times of disproportionately high biogeochemical activity—are an important and often...
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Soil Carbon Sequestration: Facts and Challenges (Analytical Review)
AbstractThe study is focused on assessing the carbon sequestration depending on the methods of soil enrichment with organic materials. The level of...
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Ecosystem metabolism in sub-Antarctic streams and rivers impacted by non-native beaver
Beavers can modify the hydrology, morphology, chemistry, and biology of ecosystems, though we have limited understanding of how beaver activity...
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The role of net ecosystem productivity and of inventories in climate change research: the need for “net ecosystem productivity with harvest”, NEPH
BackgroundThere is an urgent need for quantifying the terrestrial carbon sink in the context of global carbon emissions. However, neither the flux...
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Short-term effects of pre-commercial thinning on carbon cycling in fertile birch (Betula sp.) stands in hemiboreal Estonia
Pre-commercial thinning (PCT) is a common silvicultural practice for directing the development of the young stand in Nordic and Baltic countries....
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Dynamics of Forest Ecosystem vs Ecosystem Services
In forest production, supporting services represent the structure and functioning of the ecosystem, linking biological diversity and production of...
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Intermittent irrigation as a solution for reduced emissions and increased yields in ratoon rice systems
Background and aimsSustainable rice production is crucial for addressing food security and mitigating climate change. Optimizing irrigation...
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Turbidity Structures the Controls of Ecosystem Metabolism and Associated Metabolic Process Domains Along a 75-km Segment of a Semiarid Stream
Stream ecosystem metabolism contributes to global carbon cycling, yet predicting metabolism across ecosystems remains elusive. Even within stream...
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Leaving disturbance legacies conserves boreal conifers and maximizes net CO2 absorption under climate change and more frequent and larger windthrow regimes
ContextForest management practices that conserve biodiversity and maximize carbon sequestration under climate change are needed. Although...
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On the Relationship Between Aquatic CO2 Concentration and Ecosystem Fluxes in Some of the World’s Key Wetland Types
To understand patterns in CO 2 partial pressure (P CO2 ) over time in wetlands’ surface water and porewater, we examined the relationship between P CO2 ...
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Bridging map** and simulation modelling in the ecosystem service assessments of boreal forests: effects of bioenergy production on carbon dynamics
BackgroundIncreasing the use of forest harvest residues for bioenergy production reduces greenhouse emissions from the use of fossil fuels. However,...
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Modelling the impacts of cover crop management strategies on the water use, carbon exchange and yield of olive orchards
Cover crops have long been proposed as an alternative soil management for minimizing erosion rates in olive stands while providing additional...
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Net Primary Production, Biochemical Composition and Economics of Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) Cultivation in Saline and Non-saline Soils of South-Western Punjab, India
Sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum ) is cultivated across the globe with substantial variability in cane productivity and biochemical quality...
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Hydrologic Setting Dictates the Sensitivity of Ecosystem Metabolism to Climate Variability in Lakes
Global change is influencing production and respiration in ecosystems across the globe. Lakes in particular are changing in response to climatic...
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Evidence for widespread thermal optimality of ecosystem respiration
Ecosystem respiration (ER) is among the largest carbon fluxes between the biosphere and the atmosphere. Understanding the temperature response of ER...
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Deterioration of the Littoral–Benthic Ecosystem Following Recent Expansion of Signal Crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in the World’s Clearest Large Lake
Some biological invasions can result in algae blooms in the nearshore of clear lakes. We studied if an invasive crayfish ( Pacifastacus leniusculus )...
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Integrated soil improvement and economic benefits evaluation of vegetable—rice production systems for paddy fields in subtropical China
PurposeThe original intention of farmers adopting the vegetable-rice production system is to improve economic benefits and land use efficiency....
