Regenerative agriculture—a literature review on the practices and mechanisms used to improve soil health

R Khangura, D Ferris, C Wagg, J Bowyer - Sustainability, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Conventional farming practices can lead to soil degradation and a decline in productivity.
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is purported by advocates as a solution to these issues that …

Concepts and applications in functional diversity

S Mammola, CP Carmona, T Guillerme… - Functional …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The use of functional diversity analyses in ecology has grown exponentially over the past
two decades, broadening our understanding of biological diversity and its change across …

Biodegradable and conventional microplastics exhibit distinct microbiome, functionality, and metabolome changes in soil

Y Sun, C Duan, N Cao, C Ding, Y Huang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Environmental concerns with liberal petroleum-based plastic use have led to demand for
sustainable biodegradable alternatives. However, the inadequate end-of-life treatment of …

New Guinea has the world's richest island flora

R Cámara-Leret, DG Frodin, F Adema, C Anderson… - Nature, 2020‏ - nature.com
New Guinea is the world's largest tropical island and has fascinated naturalists for
centuries,. Home to some of the best-preserved ecosystems on the planet and to intact …

A global meta‐analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

A Siefert, C Violle, L Chalmandrier, CH Albert… - Ecology …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have shown that accounting for intraspecific trait variation (ITV) may better
address major questions in community ecology. However, a general picture of the relative …

Situating ecology as a big-data science: Current advances, challenges, and solutions

SS Farley, A Dawson, SJ Goring, JW Williams - BioScience, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Ecology has joined a world of big data. Two complementary frameworks define big data:
data that exceed the analytical capacities of individuals or disciplines or the “Four Vs” axes …

Latitudinal patterns in stabilizing density dependence of forest communities

L Hülsmann, RA Chisholm, L Comita, MD Visser… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
Numerous studies have shown reduced performance in plants that are surrounded by
neighbours of the same species,, a phenomenon known as conspecific negative density …

Traits without borders: integrating functional diversity across scales

CP Carmona, F De Bello, NWH Mason… - Trends in ecology & …, 2016‏ - cell.com
Owing to the conceptual complexity of functional diversity (FD), a multitude of different
methods are available for measuring it, with most being operational at only a small range of …

The emergence and promise of functional biogeography

C Violle, PB Reich, SW Pacala, BJ Enquist… - Proceedings of the …, 2014‏ - pnas.org
Understanding, modeling, and predicting the impact of global change on ecosystem
functioning across biogeographical gradients can benefit from enhanced capacity to …

Climate-driven changes in functional biogeography of Arctic marine fish communities

A Frainer, R Primicerio, S Kortsch, M Aune… - Proceedings of the …, 2017‏ - pnas.org
Climate change triggers poleward shifts in species distribution leading to changes in
biogeography. In the marine environment, fish respond quickly to warming, causing …