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1. Abiotic heterogeneity underlies trait‐based competition and assembly

Author:
Isabela L. Borges; Leila Z. Forsyth; Denon Start; Benjamin Gilbert
Source:
journal of ecology 2019 v.107 no.2 pp. 747-756
ISSN:
0022-0477
Subject:
environmental factors; functional diversity; introduced plants; phenotype; soil properties
Abstract:
... The fitness of individual species depends on their ability to persist and establish at low densities, just as the diversity of ecological communities depends on the establishment and persistence of low‐density, “invader” species. Theory predicts that abiotic conditions and the competitive make‐up of resident communities jointly shape invader fitness, limiting the phenotypic identity of successful ...
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2745.13082

2. Accounting for intraspecific diversity when examining relationships between non-native species and functional diversity

Author:
T. Zhao; S. Villéger; J. Cucherousset
Source:
Oecologia 2019 v.189 no.1 pp. 171-183
ISSN:
0029-8549
Subject:
fish; fish communities; functional diversity; indigenous species; interspecific variation; intraspecific variation; introduced species; lakes
Abstract:
... Quantifying changes in functional diversity, the facet of biodiversity accounting for the biological features of organisms, has been advocated as one of the most integrative ways to unravel how communities are affected by human-induced perturbations. The present study assessed how functional diversity patterns varied among communities that differed in the degree to which non-native species dominat ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00442-018-4311-3

3. Agricultural Risk Factors Influence Microbial Ecology in Honghu Lake

Author:
Maozhen Han; Melissa Dsouza; Chunyu Zhou; Hongjun Li; Junqian Zhang; Chaoyun Chen; Qi Yao; Chaofang Zhong; Hao Zhou; Jack A Gilbert; Zhi Wang; Kang Ning
Source:
Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics 2019 v.17 no.1 pp. 76-90
ISSN:
1672-0229
Subject:
environmental sustainability; eutrophication; fish culture; freshwater lakes; functional diversity; microbial communities; monitoring; nitrate nitrogen; nitrogen dioxide; oxytetracycline; physicochemical properties; pollution; risk factors; sediments; species diversity; variance
Abstract:
... Agricultural activities, including stock-farming, planting industry, and fish aquaculture, can affect the physicochemical and biological characters of freshwater lakes. However, the effects of pollution producing by agricultural activities on microbial ecosystem of lakes remain unclear. Hence, in this work, we selected Honghu Lake as a typical lake that is influenced by agriculture activities. We ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.gpb.2018.04.008
PubMed:
31026580
PubMed Central:
PMC6520916

4. Agronomic management of AMF functional diversity to overcome biotic and abiotic stresses - The role of plant sequence and intact extraradical mycelium

Author:
I. Brito; M.J. Goss; L. Alho; C. Brígido; D. van Tuinen; M.R. Félix; M. Carvalho
Source:
Fungal ecology 2019 v.40 pp. 72-81
ISSN:
1754-5048
Subject:
manganese; functional diversity; mycorrhizae; mycorrhizal fungi; Fusarium; host plants; tillage; cropping systems; abiotic stress; toxicity; mycelium; inoculum; crops
Abstract:
... Intentional use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in cropping systems has been marginal, owing to the high cost and limited biodiversity of commercial inocula, together with the timeliness of colonization to achieve benefits. Additionally, mycorrhiza are considered incompatible with high input cropping systems. Combining results from 4 different experiments resulted in a strategy for the earli ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.funeco.2018.06.001

5. Alternate successional pathway yields alternate pattern of functional diversity

Author:
Philippe St. Martin; Azim U. Mallik
Source:
Journal of vegetation science 2019 v.30 no.3 pp. 461-470
ISSN:
1100-9233
Subject:
Kalmia angustifolia; Picea mariana; dry matter content; forest communities; forests; functional diversity; herbs; leaf area; leaves; national parks; seed weight; shrubs; species diversity; trees; wildfires; Newfoundland and Labrador
Abstract:
... QUESTION: In Eastern Canada, wildfires turn Picea mariana forests into Kalmia angustifolia dominated heath or P. mariana forest depending on burn severity. These alternate end‐points of succession provide an opportunity to test assumptions concerning alternate successional trajectories dominated by distinct plant functional groups. Disturbance effects on functional diversity (FD) have been studied ...
DOI:
10.1111/jvs.12740

6. Amphibian functional diversity is related to high annual precipitation and low precipitation seasonality in the New World

Author:
Leticia Margarita Ochoa‐Ochoa; Nancy R. Mejía‐Domínguez; Julian A. Velasco; Katharine Ann Marske; Carsten Rahbek
Source:
Global ecology and biogeography 2019 v.28 no.9 pp. 1219-1229
ISSN:
1466-822X
Subject:
amphibians; climate change; dry environmental conditions; functional diversity; geographical distribution; life history; models; mountains; rain; species richness; temperature; North America; South America
Abstract:
... AIM: We examined the geographical distribution of functional diversity for American amphibians and tested the relationship between functional diversity and environment. We also explored how the functional evenness of life‐history traits varies across biogeographical regions. LOCATION: Continental Americas. METHODS: We performed a trait classification based on an Eltonian approach and calculated fu ...
DOI:
10.1111/geb.12926

7. Amylose: Acetylation, Optimization, and Characterization

Author:
Hongbo Tang; Shaofeng Fan; Yanping Li; Siqing Dong
Source:
Journal of food science 2019 v.84 no.4 pp. 738-745
ISSN:
0022-1147
Subject:
acetic anhydride; acetylation; amylose; corn starch; crystal structure; drugs; edible films; enthalpy; functional diversity; functional properties; melting; pH; polymers; raw materials; response surface methodology; temperature; texture
Abstract:
... Amylose, as a polymeric carbohydrate, is a very attractive raw material owing to its performances. However, the acetylation of amylose separated from high amylose corn starch (HACS) will be beneficial to further improve its functional characteristics so that acetylated amylose (AA) is able to be well applied for some special situations. In this work, we chiefly discuss the optimization of acetylat ...
DOI:
10.1111/1750-3841.14487

8. Ant and spider species as surrogates for functional community composition of epiphyte-associated invertebrates in a tropical moist forest

Author:
Régis Céréghino; Bruno Corbara; Yann Hénaut; Camille Bonhomme; Arthur Compin; Alain Dejean
Source:
Ecological indicators 2019 v.96 pp. 694-700
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
Araneae; Azteca; Bromeliaceae; aquatic invertebrates; biomass; burrows; collectors; community structure; detritus; environmental indicators; environmental monitoring; epiphytes; food webs; foraging; functional diversity; habitats; leaves; nesting; particulate organic matter; surveys; tropical rain forests
Abstract:
... Epiphytes represent up to 50% of all plant species in rainforests, where they host a substantial amount of invertebrate biomass. Efficient surrogates for epiphyte invertebrate communities could reduce the cost of biomonitoring surveys while preventing destructive sampling of the plants. Here, we focus on the invertebrate communities associated to tank bromeliads. We ask whether the presence of par ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.05.037

9. Ant taxonomic and functional diversity show differential response to plantation age in two contrasting biomes

Author:
Santiago Santoandré; Julieta Filloy; Gustavo A. Zurita; M. Isabel Bellocq
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.437 pp. 304-313
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Formicidae; biocenosis; ecosystems; forestry; functional diversity; grasslands; habitats; humidity; models; pitfall traps; plantations; prediction; pulp; species richness; temperature; tropical forests; vegetation cover; Argentina
Abstract:
... The increasing global demand for lumber and pulp has led to the conversion of natural habitats into monocultures of fast-growing tree plantations. The environmental filtering model proposes that both environmental characteristics of anthropogenic habitats and biotic interactions act as a filter that can be passed through by some species of the regional pool, driving the formation of local assembla ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.021

10. Antennal UDP-glycosyltransferase genes in the coffee white stemborer, Xylotrechus quadripes

Author:
Ning-Na Yin; Yu-Jie Zhao; Jia-Ying Zhu; Nai-Yong Liu
Source:
Journal of Asia-Pacific entomology 2019 v.22 no.4 pp. 1145-1153
ISSN:
1226-8615
Subject:
Xylotrechus; amino acids; antennae; boring insects; evolutionary adaptation; females; functional diversity; introns; males; phylogeny; sequence alignment; signal peptide; smell; tissues; transcriptome; transferases; uridine diphosphate
Abstract:
... The antenna of Xylotrechus quadripes is the principle olfactory organ that is subjected to a large number of endogenous and exogenous compounds. The gene families associated with the detoxification of these compounds are essential for the adaptive evolution of insect defensive strategies. However, knowledge on uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) of X. quadripes is unavailable. He ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aspen.2019.09.004

11. Anthropogenic threats can have cascading homogenizing effects on the phylogenetic and functional diversity of tropical ecosystems

Author:
Daniel S. Park; Onja H. Razafindratsima
Source:
Ecography 2019 v.42 no.1 pp. 148-161
ISSN:
0906-7590
Subject:
animal communities; birds; climate; ecosystems; fauna; flora; functional diversity; geography; homogenization; indigenous species; mammals; phylogeny; plant communities; species diversity; trophic levels; Madagascar
Abstract:
... Determining the mechanisms that underlie species distributions and assemblages is necessary to effectively preserve biodiversity. This cannot be accomplished by examining a single taxonomic group, as communities comprise a plethora of interactions across species and trophic levels. Here, we examine the patterns and relationships among plant, mammal, and bird diversity in Madagascar, a hotspot of b ...
DOI:
10.1111/ecog.03825

12. Application of biodegradable seedling trays in paddy fields: Impacts on the microbial community

Author:
Ke Meng; Wenjie Ren; Ying Teng; Beibei Wang; Yujuan Han; Peter Christie; Yongming Luo
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.656 pp. 750-759
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Alfisols; Chernozems; application rate; bacterial communities; biodegradability; community structure; enzyme activity; functional diversity; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; microbial activity; paddies; paddy soils; phthalates; plastics; rice; seedlings; soil ecosystems; soil quality; somatotropin; trays
Abstract:
... Biodegradable plastics have been widely introduced into agricultural production, but their impacts on the soil ecosystem remain unclear. The present study investigated the impacts of a biodegradable seedling tray (BST) on the microbial communities in paddy soils. A 110-day rice culture experiment was conducted with three different paddy soils developed from black soil (BS, black chernozem soil), c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.438

13. Applying concepts of general resilience to large river ecosystems: A case study from the Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers

Author:
Kristen L. Bouska; Jeffrey N. Houser; Nathan R. De Jager; Molly Van Appledorn; James T. Rogala
Source:
Ecological indicators 2019 v.101 pp. 1094-1110
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
aquatic habitat; case studies; ecosystems; environmental indicators; fish; fish communities; floodplains; functional diversity; invasive species; nutrient content; rivers; water quality; Illinois River; Mississippi River
Abstract:
... Large floodplain-river ecosystems are often highly modified to provide services that society desires, yet these modifications can limit an ecosystem’s ability to adapt to changing conditions. The adaptive capacity of an ecosystem, its general resilience, is a conceptual framework for considering how a system will respond to such changes. We sought to apply aspects of three general resilience princ ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.02.002

14. Arabidopsis ANAC092 regulates auxin‐mediated root development by binding to the ARF8 and PIN4 promoters

Author:
Dandan Xi; Xu Chen; Yuxia Wang; Ruiling Zhong; Jianmei He; Jiabin Shen; Feng Ming
Source:
Journal of integrative plant biology 2019 v.61 no.9 pp. 1015-1031
ISSN:
1672-9072
Subject:
Arabidopsis; CRISPR-Cas systems; abiotic stress; apical dominance; biosynthesis; chromatin; functional diversity; gene editing; indole acetic acid; leaves; luciferase; mutants; organogenesis; precipitin tests; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; root meristems; stress response; transcription factors; tropisms; yeasts
Abstract:
... Auxin is an important plant hormone that is essential for growth and development due to its effects on organogenesis, morphogenesis, tropisms, and apical dominance. The functional diversity of auxin highlights the importance of its biosynthesis, transport, and associated responses. In this study, we show that a NAC transcription factor, ANAC092 (also named AtNAC2 and ORESARA1), known to positively ...
DOI:
10.1111/jipb.12735

15. Assembly processes of waterbird communities across subsidence wetlands in China: A functional and phylogenetic approach

Author:
Chunlin Li; Yong Zhang; Daode Zha; Sen Yang; Zheng Y. X. Huang; Willem F. de Boer
Source:
Diversity & distributions 2019 v.25 no.7 pp. 1118-1129
ISSN:
1366-9516
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; autumn; coal; functional diversity; habitat connectivity; landscapes; mining; models; phylogeny; species diversity; subsidence; water birds; wetlands; China
Abstract:
... AIM: Although assembly processes have been studied in a wide range of taxa, determining assembly rules remains controversial, particularly in assemblages consisted of species with strong dispersal capacities. Moreover, few studies focused on communities in recently human‐created habitats. We tested two prevailing but opposing hypotheses, environmental filtering and limiting similarity, in waterbir ...
DOI:
10.1111/ddi.12919

16. Assessing community functional attributes during substrate colonization: a field experiment using stream insects

Author:
Silvia V. Milesi; Adriano S. Melo; Sylvain Dolédec
Source:
Hydrobiologia 2019 v.838 no.1 pp. 183-192
ISSN:
0018-8158
Subject:
aquatic insects; body size; field experimentation; functional diversity; habitats; insect communities; insect flight; locomotion; samplers; streams
Abstract:
... Initial colonists of empty habitats tend to differ from those arriving later in terms of species identity and traits. We evaluated the dynamics of the functional attributes in aquatic insect communities during a colonization experiment under natural conditions. We tested whether the late stages of colonization show higher functional richness, diversity and specialization than early successional st ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10750-019-03988-2

17. Assessing ecosystem functioning in forests undergoing restoration

Author:
Milena Fermina Rosenfield; Sandra Cristina Müller
Source:
Restoration ecology 2019 v.27 no.1 pp. 158-167
ISSN:
1061-2971
Subject:
carbon nitrogen ratio; detritivores; ecosystems; functional diversity; natural regeneration; soil; species richness; trees; tropical forests; vegetation structure; Brazil
Abstract:
... Restoration projects may have broad and complex ecological goals that require distinct and integrative measures for evaluating restoration development and success. However, most studies usually evaluate structural and species composition parameters, with less emphasis on ecological processes and functioning. The main objective of this study is to use an integrated approach that considers structura ...
DOI:
10.1111/rec.12828

18. Assessment of environmental gene tags linked with carbohydrate metabolism and chemolithotrophy associated microbial community in River Ganga

Author:
Bhaskar Reddy; Jitendra Pandey; Suresh Kumar Dubey
Source:
Gene 2019 v.704 pp. 31-41
ISSN:
0378-1119
Subject:
Actinobacteria; Bacteroidetes; Calvin cycle; Nitrosococcus; Rhodobacter; Rhodospirillaceae; Thiodictyon; ammonium; biogeochemical cycles; carbon dioxide fixation; cellulose; databases; functional diversity; genes; hydrogen sulfide; metagenomics; microbial communities; microbiome; microorganisms; photoheterotrophs; principal component analysis; ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase; river water; rivers; sediments; starch; sucrose; sulfates; sulfites; sulfur; tricarboxylic acid cycle
Abstract:
... The microbial community mediated biogeochemical cycles play important role in global C-cycle and display a sensitive response to environmental changes. Limited information is available on microbial composition and functional diversity controlling biogeochemical cycles in the riverine environment. The Ganga River water and sediment samples were studied for environmental gene tags with reference to ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.gene.2019.04.004

19. Associations of plant functional diversity with carbon accumulation in a temperate forest ecosystem in the Indian Himalayas

Author:
Monika Rawat; Kusum Arunachalam; Ayyandar Arunachalam; Juha Alatalo; Rajiv Pandey
Source:
Ecological indicators 2019 v.98 pp. 861-868
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
biomass production; carbon; carbon sequestration; carbon sinks; climate; dry matter content; environmental indicators; forest ecosystems; functional diversity; leaf area; leaves; nitrogen content; phosphorus content; soil; temperate forests; tree height; trees; wood density; Himalayan region
Abstract:
... Carbon accumulation is the capacity of the forest to store carbon in trees, litter and soil, together contributing to climate regulation. Plants differ in their potential to capture, store and release carbon. Consequently, it is important to develop a trait-based relationship between plant functional diversity and carbon stocks. Here, we studied seven primary plant traits (tree height, wood densit ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.12.005

20. Atlantic forest and leaf traits: an overview

Author:
Angela Pierre Vitória; Luciana F. Alves; Louis S. Santiago
Source:
Trees 2019 v.33 no.6 pp. 1535-1547
ISSN:
0931-1890
Subject:
Araucaria; aboveground biomass; altitude; biocenosis; carboxylation; chlorophyll; climate change; coastal plains; deciduous forests; developmental stages; ecosystems; functional diversity; leaf characteristics; leaves; longevity; nutrients; photochemistry; photosynthesis; rain forests; ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase; specific leaf area; trees; tropical forests
Abstract:
... KEY MESSAGE: Leaf traits in Atlantic forest are modulated by environmental filters and biotic interactions. More information about leaf traits and nutrient are needed. Categorizing tree species according to their relationships with ecosystem processes in the Atlantic forest (AF) biome is fundamental to better understand their functionality in this high biodiversity hotspot. For categorizing vegeta ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00468-019-01864-z

21. Autumn drought drives functional diversity of benthic diatom assemblages of continental intermittent streams

Author:
Viktória B-Béres; Béla Tóthmérész; István Bácsi; Gábor Borics; András Abonyi; Kálmán Tapolczai; Frederic Rimet; Ágnes Bouchez; Gábor Várbíró; Péter Török
Source:
Advances in water resources 2019 pp. -
ISSN:
0309-1708
Subject:
Bacillariophyceae; algae; autumn; basins; climate change; drought; ephemeral streams; functional diversity; lotic systems
Abstract:
... Climate change is predicted to increase drought occurrence and severity in small continental watercourses. Here, we studied the structure and the functional diversity of benthic diatom assemblages in lowland intermittent and permanent watercourses of the Carpathian basin. We assumed that the community structure of intermittent and permanent watercourses would be markedly different, and the functio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.02.010

22. Bacterial community structure and functional diversity in subsurface seawater from the western coastal ecosystem of the Arabian Sea, India

Author:
Raghawendra Kumar; Avinash Mishra; Bhavanath Jha
Source:
Gene 2019 v.701 pp. 55-64
ISSN:
0378-1119
Subject:
Firmicutes; bacteria; bacterial communities; biochemical oxygen demand; biochemical pathways; coastal ecosystems; coasts; color; community structure; correspondence analysis; dissolved oxygen; functional diversity; gamma-Proteobacteria; habitats; inorganic carbon; oxygen; pH; phylogeny; principal component analysis; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; salinity; seawater; temperature; total dissolved solids; total organic carbon; Arabian Sea; India
Abstract:
... The present study revealed the spatial variability of bacteria in relation to physicochemical variations at four different locations (Diu - DIU, Veraval - VER, Porbandar - POR and Okha - OKH) along the Gujarat coast (Arabian Sea, India). The natural habitat was analyzed for temperature, salinity, pH, total dissolved solids, total organic content, total inorganic content, biological oxygen demand, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.gene.2019.02.099

23. The Balancing Act of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Enabling Functional Diversity while Minimizing Promiscuity

Author:
Mauricio Macossay-Castillo; Giulio Marvelli; Mainak Guharoy; Aashish Jain; Daisuke Kihara; Peter Tompa; Shoshana J. Wodak
Source:
Journal of molecular biology 2019 v.431 no.8 pp. 1650-1670
ISSN:
0022-2836
Subject:
Saccharomyces cerevisiae; amino acid sequences; amino acids; binding capacity; cluster analysis; entropy; functional diversity; gene ontology; genes; protein-protein interactions; proteins; yeasts
Abstract:
... Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) or regions (IDRs) perform diverse cellular functions, but are also prone to forming promiscuous and potentially deleterious interactions. We investigate the extent to which the properties of, and content in, IDRs have adapted to enable functional diversity while limiting interference from promiscuous interactions in the crowded cellular environment. Informa ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jmb.2019.03.008
PubMed:
30878482
PubMed Central:
PMC6453724

24. Bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) Functional Traits in Relation to Sampling Methodology in a Restored Tallgrass Prairie

Author:
Kenneth W. McCravy; Ray K. Geroff; Jason Gibbs
Source:
Florida entomologist 2019 v.102 no.1 pp. 134-140
ISSN:
1938-5102
Subject:
Anthophila; Apoidea; Malaise traps; bees; body length; ecological function; functional diversity; habitat destruction; nesting; sampling; tallgrass prairies
Abstract:
... Analysis of functional trait composition can provide insights into effects of habitat alteration on ecological functioning of particular taxa. However, assessments of functional trait composition may be affected by the sampling methodology used. We assessed functional trait composition of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) collected using 4 sampling methods (elevated bowl traps, ground-level ...
DOI:
10.1653/024.102.0122

25. Beta diversity of stream fish communities along anthropogenic environmental gradients at multiple spatial scales

Author:
Renato B. Dala-Corte; Luciano F. Sgarbi; Fernando G. Becker; Adriano S. Melo
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2019 v.191 no.5 pp. 288
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
algorithms; anthropogenic activities; environmental assessment; environmental factors; environmental impact; fish; fish communities; functional diversity; land use; species diversity; streams; watersheds
Abstract:
... Despite the importance of assessing beta diversity to understand the effects of human modifications on biological communities, there are almost no studies that properly addressed how beta diversity varies along anthropogenic gradients. We developed an algorithm to calculate beta diversity among a set of sites included in a moving window along any given environmental gradient. This allowed us to as ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-019-7448-6

26. Beyond guilds: the promise of continuous traits for mammalian functional diversity

Author:
Brooks A Kohli; Rebecca J Rowe
Source:
Journal of mammalogy 2019 v.100 no.2 pp. 285-298
ISSN:
1545-1542
Subject:
allometry; basins; biogeography; ecoregions; functional diversity; habitats; kidneys; natural history; phylogeny; small mammals; temperature; urine
Abstract:
... Studies on mammalian community ecology and biogeography are increasingly using functional diversity to advance our understanding of how diversity is maintained and how it varies across space and over time. Functional diversity quantifies the range and prevalence of species traits in an assemblage and provides a means of linking patterns of diversity to the ecological processes that generate them. ...
DOI:
10.1093/jmammal/gyz054

27. Bioaugmentation of soil with Enterobacter cloacae AKS7 enhances soil nitrogen content and boosts soil microbial functional-diversity

Author:
Poulomi Chakraborty; Ranojit Kumar Sarker; Rupsa Roy; Abhrajyoti Ghosh; Debasish Maiti; Prosun Tribedi
Source:
3 Biotech 2019 v.9 no.7 pp. 253
ISSN:
2190-572X
Subject:
Enterobacter cloacae; acetylene reduction; bioaugmentation; biofertilizers; biomass; carbon; culture media; functional diversity; mineral fertilizers; nitrogen; nitrogen content; nitrogen fixation; nitrogen-fixing bacteria; soil; soil ecology; sustainable agriculture
Abstract:
... Biofertilizer happens to be a promising alternative of chemical fertilizer in the establishment of sustainable agricultural practices. Following this observation, several nitrogen-fixing bacteria were isolated from the soil in which an isolate (AKS7) was selected for further studies as AKS7 showed considerable competence in growth on nitrogen-free growth medium. Acetylene reduction assay confirmed ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13205-019-1791-8
PubMed:
31192078
PubMed Central:
PMC6555835

28. Biodiversity Drives Micropollutant Biotransformation in Freshwater Phytoplankton Assemblages

Author:
Michael A. Stravs; Francesco Pomati; Juliane Hollender
Source:
Environmental science & technology 2019 v.53 no.8 pp. 4265-4273
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
aquatic ecosystems; aquatic environment; biochemical pathways; biotransformation; chemical pollutants; freshwater; functional diversity; laboratory experimentation; mass spectrometry; phytoplankton; pollution load; remediation; species richness
Abstract:
... Biotransformation of chemical pollutants is an ecological process requiring multifunctionality (multiple metabolic pathways) and, potentially, high biodiversity. Phytoplankton communities are highly diverse functionally and taxonomically and co-occur with complex mixtures of organic pollutants in aquatic environments. Here, we investigated how phytoplankton species richness (SR) and class richness ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.est.8b07018

29. Biodiversity and distribution of meiofauna in the Gioia, Petrace and Dohrn Canyons (Tyrrhenian Sea)

Author:
Cristina Gambi; Laura Carugati; Marco Lo Martire; Roberto Danovaro
Source:
Progress in oceanography 2019 v.171 pp. 162-174
ISSN:
0079-6611
Subject:
Nematoda; benthic organisms; biomass; canyons; fauna; food availability; food quality; functional diversity; habitats; models; species diversity; topography; Tyrrhenian Sea
Abstract:
... Habitat heterogeneity is a major structuring agent of benthic assemblages promoting high turnover in species composition and ultimately contributing to overall higher diversity. Submarine canyons, a pervasive feature of the continental margins worldwide, increase habitat heterogeneity at multiple spatial scales. In the present study, we test the hypothesis that different topographic structures or/ ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.pocean.2018.12.016

30. Biodiversity conservation in urban parks: a study of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Rio de Janeiro City

Author:
Marcus Nascimento Santos; Jacques H. C. Delabie; Jarbas M. Queiroz
Source:
Urban ecosystems 2019 v.22 no.5 pp. 927-942
ISSN:
1083-8155
Subject:
Monomorium floricola; Paratrechina longicornis; Pheidole megacephala; Tetramorium; biodiversity conservation; canopy; community structure; environmental factors; forests; functional diversity; habitats; introduced species; plants (botany); public parks; sardines; soil compaction; urban areas; urban parks; Brazil
Abstract:
... Urban green recreational spaces may provide habitat for animals and plants. We investigated the importance of urban public parks in the city of Rio de Janeiro with regard to the conservation of ant species by comparing both the structure of the ground-dwelling ant community between urban parks and continuous forests and the influence of environmental factors on possible differences. Fifteen urban ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11252-019-00872-8

31. Biodiversity in tropical plantations is influenced by surrounding native vegetation but not yield: A case study with dung beetles in Amazonia

Author:
Wallace Beiroz; Jos Barlow; Eleanor M. Slade; Cézar Borges; Julio Louzada; Emma J. Sayer
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.444 pp. 107-114
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
functional diversity; plantations; sand fraction; canopy; forests; Eucalyptus; community structure; dung beetles; landscapes; entropy; timber production; indigenous species; soil texture; case studies; insect communities; conservation buffers; Amazonia
Abstract:
... Human-modified forests, including plantations and managed forest, will be a major component of tropical landscapes in the near future. To conserve biodiversity across modified tropical landscapes we must first understand what influences diversity in planted areas. We studied dung beetle communities in Eucalyptus plantations to assess the influence of local (canopy openness and soil texture) and la ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.04.036

32. Biodiversity response to forest structure and management: Comparing species richness, conservation relevant species and functional diversity as metrics in forest conservation

Author:
Chiara Lelli; Hans Henrik Bruun; Alessandro Chiarucci; Davide Donati; Fabrizio Frascaroli; Örjan Fritz; Irina Goldberg; Juri Nascimbene; Anders P. Tøttrup; Carsten Rahbek; Jacob Heilmann-Clausen
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.432 pp. 707-717
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Bryophyta; Fagus; breeding; community structure; databases; environmental factors; epiphytes; forest conservation; functional diversity; fungi; habitats; lichens; old-growth forests; planning; species richness; vascular plants
Abstract:
... We investigated the consistency between richness and trait-based diversity metrics in capturing the effects of management-related habitat factors on biodiversity. The choice of biodiversity metrics can substantially affect the evaluation of conservation tools. However, the relative sensitivity of different metrics is not well investigated, especially in a multi-taxon framework.European beech fores ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.057

33. Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships of overstorey versus understorey trees in an old-growth temperate forest

Author:
Wei Xu; Weixue Luo; Chunyu Zhang; Xiuhai Zhao; Klaus von Gadow; Zhonghui Zhang
Source:
Annals of forest science 2019 v.76 no.3 pp. 64
ISSN:
1286-4560
Subject:
aboveground biomass; biomass production; canopy; carbon; data collection; ecological footprint; ecosystems; functional diversity; leaf area; leaves; linear models; mixed forests; old-growth forests; overstory; phylogeny; prediction; species richness; structural equation modeling; temperate forests; trees; understory; woody plants
Abstract:
... KEY MESSAGE : The results of this study, based on a large dataset with mapped tree locations, suggest that the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) is different between the over- and understorey in the investigated forest community. Neither the functional nor the phylogenetic diversity showed a significant advantage in predicting aboveground biomass and biomass product ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13595-019-0845-8

34. Biogenic habitat shifts under long-term ocean acidification show nonlinear community responses and unbalanced functions of associated invertebrates

Author:
M. Milazzo; C. Alessi; F. Quattrocchi; R. Chemello; R. D'Agostaro; J. Gil; A.M. Vaccaro; S. Mirto; M. Gristina; F. Badalamenti
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.667 pp. 41-48
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Amphipoda; benthic organisms; canopy; carbon dioxide; carbon dioxide enrichment; carnivores; corals; functional diversity; greenhouse gas emissions; habitats; herbivores; littoral zone; macroalgae; marine ecosystems; molluscs; ocean acidification; pH; prediction; reefs; suspension feeding; Italy; Sicily
Abstract:
... Experiments have shown that increasing dissolved CO2 concentrations (i.e. Ocean Acidification, OA) in marine ecosystems may act as nutrient for primary producers (e.g. fleshy algae) or a stressor for calcifying species (e.g., coralline algae, corals, molluscs). For the first time, rapid habitat dominance shifts and altered competitive replacement from a reef-forming to a non-reef-forming biogenic ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.391

35. Bioinformatics tools to assess metagenomic data for applied microbiology

Author:
Otávio G. G. Almeida; Elaine C. P. De Martinis
Source:
Applied microbiology and biotechnology 2019 v.103 no.1 pp. 69-82
ISSN:
0175-7598
Subject:
DNA; bioinformatics; chemistry; computer software; data collection; ecosystems; functional diversity; genome assembly; metagenomics; microbial ecology; microbiology; prices; species diversity
Abstract:
... The reduction of the price of DNA sequencing has resulted in the emergence of large data sets to handle and analyze, especially in microbial ecosystems, which are characterized by high taxonomic and functional diversities. To assess the properties of these complex ecosystems, a conceptual background of the application of NGS technology and bioinformatics analysis to metagenomics is required. Accor ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00253-018-9464-9

36. Bird diversity in Chinese urban parks was more associated with natural factors than anthropogenic factors

Author:
Jun Liu; Haotian Bai; Huiyao Ma; Gang Feng
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2019 v.43 pp. 126358
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
Aythya; altitude; biodiversity conservation; birds; climate; endangered species; functional diversity; normalized difference vegetation index; phylogeny; population density; temperature; urban areas; urban parks; vulnerable species; China
Abstract:
... Urban parks are important for biodiversity conservation in urban ecosystems. Many natural and anthropogenic factors are associated with bird diversity in urban parks. However, so far no studies have compared the relative roles of these factors in shaping bird taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity in urban parks in whole China. In this study, we linked anthropogenic variables (NDVI, popu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2019.06.001

37. Both semi-natural and ruderal habitats matter for supporting insect functional diversity in an abandoned quarry in the city of Kraków (S Poland)

Author:
Konrad Kalarus; Wiktor Halecki; Tomasz Skalski
Source:
Urban ecosystems 2019 v.22 no.5 pp. 943-953
ISSN:
1083-8155
Subject:
Coleoptera; Hemiptera; anthropogenic activities; biodiversity conservation; functional diversity; grasslands; habitats; landscapes; nutrient content; parasitoids; predatory insects; quarries; solar radiation; species richness; urban areas; Poland
Abstract:
... Urban areas are beginning to be recognized as having potential for biodiversity conservation because of the relatively high richness of some taxa. However, little is known about what functional groups of organisms constitute this richness. We investigated biodiversity patterns in an abandoned quarry using the Rapid Biodiversity Assessment method based on insect groups according to their trophic gu ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11252-019-00869-3

38. Can tidal events influence monitoring surveys using periphytic ciliates based on biological trait analysis in marine ecosystems?

Author:
Xiaoxiao Zhong; Guangjian Xu; Gi-Sik Min; Sanghee Kim; Henglong Xu
Source:
Marine pollution bulletin 2019 v.142 pp. 452-456
ISSN:
0025-326X
Subject:
Ciliophora; biological assessment; coastal water; foams; functional diversity; marine ecosystems; monitoring; multivariate analysis; polyurethanes; surveys; tides; water pollution
Abstract:
... To identify the influence of tidal events on community functioning of periphytic ciliates for monitoring program and community research using biological trait analysis, a 3-month baseline survey was conducted in Korean coastal waters using the polyurethane foam enveloped slide system (PFES) and conventional slide system (CS). Although the periphytic ciliate communities had similar biological trait ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.04.005

39. Canada goldenrod invasion affect taxonomic and functional diversity of plant communities in heterogeneous landscapes in urban ecosystems in East China

Author:
Congyan Wang; Bingde Wu; Kun Jiang; Jiawei Zhou; Daolin Du
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2019 v.38 pp. 145-156
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
Solidago canadensis; ecosystems; entropy; functional diversity; habitats; land use; landscapes; plant taxonomy; species diversity; traffic; China
Abstract:
... Invasive pant species (invaders hereafter) have notable effects on the structure and functions of native ecosystems. Plant functional diversity plays a more important role than plant taxonomic diversity in driving ecosystem processes. Moreover, landscape heterogeneity in urban ecosystems may lead to a significant variation in the invasion process. Thus, it is important to evaluate the effects of i ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2018.12.006

40. Carabid functional diversity is enhanced by conventional flowering fields, organic winter cereals and edge habitats

Author:
Christoph Gayer; Gábor L. Lövei; Tibor Magura; Martin Dieterich; Péter Batáry
Source:
Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2019 v.284 pp. 106579
ISSN:
0167-8809
Subject:
Camelina; Carabidae; Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta; agri-environmental policy; agricultural land; biodiversity conservation; body size; carnivores; edge effects; flight; flowering; functional diversity; funding; intercropping; landscapes; lentils; organic production; pitfall traps; spring; winter; winter wheat; Europe
Abstract:
... The continued decline in farmland biodiversity in Europe despite substantial funding for agri-environment schemes (AES) has prompted calls for more effective biodiversity conservation measures. The current AES regime allows for both holistic measures, such as organic farming, that broadly target the agricultural environment and biodiversity-specific measures, such as flowering fields, but little i ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agee.2019.106579

41. Carbon forms, nutrients and water velocity filter hydrophyte and riverbank species differently: A trait‐based study

Author:
Balázs A. Lukács; Anna E‐Vojtkó; Tibor Erős; Attila Molnár V.; Sándor Szabó; Lars Götzenberger
Source:
Journal of vegetation science 2019 v.30 no.3 pp. 471-484
ISSN:
1100-9233
Subject:
aquatic ecosystems; carbon; dry matter content; environmental factors; functional diversity; leaf area; leaves; macrophytes; nutrients; pH; plant communities; regression analysis; riparian areas; rivers; seed morphology; seed weight; streams; terrestrial ecosystems; watersheds; Danube River; Hungary
Abstract:
... QUESTIONS: The majority of theories of trait‐based plant community assembly have been developed and tested predominantly in terrestrial ecosystems. Studies investigating the functional trait composition of aquatic plant communities and their relation to environmental determinants remain scarce. Macrophytes are essential components of aquatic ecosystems, and a more detailed knowledge of their trait ...
DOI:
10.1111/jvs.12738

42. Changes in infaunal assemblage structure influence nutrient fluxes in sediment enriched by mussel biodeposition

Author:
Élise Lacoste; Andréa M. Weise; Marie-France Lavoie; Philippe Archambault; Christopher W. McKindsey
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.692 pp. 39-48
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
bacteria; benthic ecosystems; benthic organisms; benthic zone; biogeochemical cycles; community structure; ecological footprint; ecological function; environmental factors; fauna; functional diversity; metabolism; models; mollusc culture; mussels; nitrification; nitrogen; organic matter; oxidation; phosphorus; redox potential; sediment-water interface; sediments; solutes; sulfides
Abstract:
... Although many studies have described the influence of bivalve aquaculture on the benthic environment, effects on benthic functional diversity are poorly known, as are links with ecosystem processes. We investigated the response of a benthic ecosystem in terms of taxonomic and functional diversity (infauna >500 μm), biogeochemical indicators (organic matter content, redox potential, sulfides level, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.235

43. Characterization and expression profiling of odorant-binding proteins in Anoplophora glabripennis Motsch

Author:
Jingzhen Wang; Peng Gao; Youqing Luo; Jing Tao
Source:
Gene 2019 v.693 pp. 25-36
ISSN:
0378-1119
Subject:
Anoplophora glabripennis; antennae; females; functional diversity; gene expression; genes; hosts; hydrophobicity; insects; legs; males; odorant receptors; oviposition sites; palps; phylogeny; plant-insect relations; sex pheromones; smell; taste; transcriptomics; trees
Abstract:
... In insects, olfaction plays a critical role in locating hosts, recognizing mates, and selecting oviposition sites. The Asian long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis Motschulsky) feeds on 43 species of trees in 15 families, but its chemosensory mechanisms are poorly understood. Herein, genes encoding 61 odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) were identified from the published genome and our previous ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.gene.2018.12.075

44. Characterization of rhizosphere bacterial community and berry quality of Hutai No.8 (Vitis vinifera L.) with different ages, and their relations

Author:
Wei Ji; Kai Han; Yinghui Cai; Yuanyuan Mu; Liang Zhao; Min Zhang; Chao Hou; Meiying Gao; Qifeng Zhao
Source:
Journal of the science of food and agriculture 2019 v.99 no.10 pp. 4532-4539
ISSN:
0022-5142
Subject:
Vitis vinifera; bacterial communities; biochemical pathways; carbon; color; community structure; flavor; fruits; functional diversity; grapes; principal component analysis; rhizosphere; soil bacteria; species richness; total soluble solids
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Rhizosphere soil microbial communities play an important role in grapevine growth. However, the relationship of the rhizosphere soil bacterial community and berry quality of Hutai No.8 grape with different tree‐ages is unclear. In this work, the Biolog‐ECO technique was used to explore the functional diversity of the rhizosphere soil bacterial communities of Hutai No.8 grape with five ...
DOI:
10.1002/jsfa.9690

45. Cladoceran (Crustacea) Niches, Sex, and Sun Bathing—A Long-Term Record of Tundra Lake (Lapland) Functioning and Paleo-Optics

Author:
Liisa Nevalainen; E. Henriikka Kivilä; Marttiina V. Rantala; Tomi P. Luoto
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.10 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
Cladocera; absorbance; aquatic communities; benthic ecosystems; carbon; fossils; functional diversity; global cooling; global warming; lakes; latitude; niches; organic matter; refuge habitats; sediments; sexual reproduction; stable isotopes; tundra; Finland; Lapland
Abstract:
... Under fundamental ecosystem changes in high latitude lakes, a functional paleolimnological approach may increase holistic understanding of lake responses and resilience to climate warming. A ~2000-year sediment record from Lake Loažžejávri in the tundra of northern Finnish Lapland was examined for fossil Cladocera assemblages to examine long-term environmental controls on aquatic communitie ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11102008

46. Climate and site-specific factors shape chironomid taxonomic and functional diversity patterns in northern Patagonia

Author:
Luciana Motta; Julieta Massaferro
Source:
Hydrobiologia 2019 v.839 no.1 pp. 131-143
ISSN:
0018-8158
Subject:
Chironomidae; climate; ecological function; functional diversity; lakes; regression analysis; species diversity; vegetation cover; water temperature; Argentina
Abstract:
... Functional richness patterns of lake chironomid assemblages have been increasingly studied in the Northern Hemisphere, but so far there are no studies in Southern Hemisphere lakes. Present-day chironomid assemblages were studied from 40 lakes in NW Patagonia to investigate functional and taxonomic diversity and its relationships with the environment. Using multiple regression analysis involving cl ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10750-019-04001-6

47. Climate and tillage system drive weed communities’ functional diversity in a Mediterranean cereal-legume rotation

Author:
R. Alarcón Víllora; E. Hernández Plaza; L. Navarrete; M.J. Sánchez; A.M. Sánchez
Source:
Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2019 v.283 pp. 106574
ISSN:
0167-8809
Subject:
annuals; climatic factors; field experimentation; frost; functional diversity; leaf area; longevity; minimum tillage; no-tillage; pericarp; plant height; seed weight; seedling emergence; seeds; soil quality; spatial distribution; temperature; weed control; weeds
Abstract:
... The first step to develop an environmentally sound weed management is to know how weed communities respond to environmental drivers. Among these, climate and management practices are probably the more determinant factors for annual plants community assembly. In this framework, a trait based approach may be useful to assess weed community responses and the processes behind them. Here, we focused on ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agee.2019.106574

48. Climate change may have minor impact on zooplankton functional diversity in the Mediterranean Sea

Author:
Fabio Benedetti; Sakina‐Dorothée Ayata; Jean‐Olivier Irisson; Fanny Adloff; François Guilhaumon
Source:
Diversity & distributions 2019 v.25 no.4 pp. 568-581
ISSN:
1366-9516
Subject:
Copepoda; basins; climate change; ecological function; functional diversity; geographical distribution; habitats; models; species richness; zooplankton; Mediterranean Sea
Abstract:
... AIM: To assess the impact of climate change on the functional diversity of marine zooplankton communities. LOCATION: The Mediterranean Sea. METHODS: We used the functional traits and geographic distributions of 106 copepod species to estimate the zooplankton functional diversity of Mediterranean surface assemblages for the 1965–1994 and 2069–2098 periods. Multiple environmental niche models were t ...
DOI:
10.1111/ddi.12857

49. Climate change will drive mammal species loss and biotic homogenization in the Cerrado Biodiversity Hotspot

Author:
José Hidasi-Neto; Daiany Caroline Joner; Fernando Resende; Lara de Macedo Monteiro; Frederico Valtuille Faleiro; Rafael Dias Loyola; Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso
Source:
Perspectives in ecology and conservation 2019 v.17 no.2 pp. 57-63
ISSN:
2530-0644
Subject:
cerrado; climate; climate change; ecosystems; extinction; functional diversity; models; niches; phylogeny; species richness
Abstract:
... Anthropogenic climate change has been shown to be one of the most pervasive threats to biodiversity. However, few studies have considered its effects on whole communities. Here, using ecological niche models (ENM) and projected future climate scenarios, we analyzed how these environmental changes could promote reductions in the alpha and beta taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversities of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.pecon.2019.02.001

50. Climatic stress drives plant functional diversity in the Alborz Mountains, Iran

Author:
Halime Moradi; Jens Oldeland
Source:
Ecological research 2019 v.34 no.1 pp. 171-181
ISSN:
0912-3814
Subject:
altitude; entropy; functional diversity; leaves; life history; plant height; research; species diversity; vegetation; Iran
Abstract:
... Climate and environmental heterogeneity are currently discussed as the most important drivers of plant diversity along altitudinal gradients. Compared to functional diversity, taxonomic diversity has received much more attention in research on altitudinal gradients, although functional diversity may provide more information on the ecological mechanisms shaping plant diversity. We assessed the impo ...
DOI:
10.1111/1440-1703.1015