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A systematic review of leaf and wood traits in the Neotropics: environmental gradients and functionality
Key messageResource-limited environments showed a tendency towards conservative and coupled leaf and wood traits, while displaying an acquisitive and...
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Environmental gradients reveal stress hubs pre-dating plant terrestrialization
Plant terrestrialization brought forth the land plants (embryophytes). Embryophytes account for most of the biomass on land and evolved from...
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Effect of environmental gradients on community structuring of aerial insectivorous bats in a continuous forest in Central Amazon
Biotic and abiotic environmental factors influence the abundance and spatial distribution of species and the structuring of communities along...
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Estuarine fish diversity as indicator of natural environmental gradients
The main goal of the research was the assessment of the relationship between estuarine fish species diversity and some abiotic factors as salinity,...
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Multiple anthropogenic pressures and local environmental gradients in ponds governing the taxonomic and functional diversity of epiphytic macroinvertebrates
Anthropogenic activities alter community composition, diversity and functioning of macroinvertebrate communities in freshwater ecosystems. Especially...
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Fish assemblages in lakes along environmental gradients at the eastern edge of Europe
Fish assemblages and environmental variables were studied in 155 lake and pond sites on the east edge of Europe (Tatarstan Republic). The main aim of...
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Macroinvertebrates reveal environmental gradients: methods and method development in the Ob River basin
The Ob is the seventh longest river in the world and its length (including the largest tributary Irtysh) is 5410 km. The huge size of the Ob River...
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Can we Infer Humidity Gradients across the Ural Mountains during the Late Quaternary using Arvicoline Rodents as an Environmental Proxy?
AbstractThe study aims to answer the question on the possibility of using the data on arvicoline rodent occurrence for revealing large-scale...
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Effect of introduction pathways on the invasion success of non-native plants along environmental gradients
Our understanding on the role of introduction pathways on plant invasions is incomplete because their interaction with other factors remains poorly...
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Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia
BackgroundDry evergreen montane forests of Ethiopia provide economic and ecological services for the community but it is under several threats of...
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Species Richness Gradients
This chapter reviews the conceptual and methodological issues related to latitudinal and elevational gradients of species richness at distinct...
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Coral microbiomes are structured by environmental gradients in deep waters
BackgroundCoral-associated microbiomes vary greatly between colonies and localities with functional consequences on the host. However, the full...
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Unique Southern African Terrestrial and Oceanic Biomes and Their Relation to Steep Environmental Gradients
The southern African subcontinent and its surrounding oceans accommodate globally unique ecoregions, characterized by exceptional biodiversity and...
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The rhizosphere Microbiome of Malus sieversii (Ldb.) Roem. in the geographic and environmental gradients of China's **njiang
Malus sieversii (Ldb.) Roem. is the original species of modern cultivated apple and a key national essential conservation plant in China. In recent...
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Assessing Nutrient Assimilation by Wetland Impoundments Across Environmental Gradients
Wetland impoundments are constructed for recreational and conservational purposes. Here, the water level can be carefully controlled, producing ideal...
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Soil microbial community changes in response to the environmental gradients of urbanization in Guangzhou City
Soil microbes play important roles in many terrestrial ecological processes. Rapid urbanization causes drastic changes in land use and land cover,...
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Intraspecific Functional Variability and Functional Changes Along Environmental Gradients Associated to Mangrove Forest Zonation in West-Central Mexico
Functional diversity and the contribution of functional traits in mangrove ecosystems dynamics in western Mexico remain unknown. In this study, we...
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Rice rhizosphere microbiome is more diverse but less variable along environmental gradients compared to bulk soil
Background and aimsDespite the importance of the rice rhizosphere microbiota for soil functions and crop productivity, little is known about the...
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Diatom response to environmental gradients in the high mountain lakes of the Colombia’s Eastern Range
A survey of 60 high mountain lakes of Colombia’s Eastern Range was performed to evaluate the response of surface-sediment diatoms to environmental...
