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Herbivory leaves a soil-borne defensive legacy that recruits parasitoids
Results To determine whether aboveground herbivory influences parasitoid attraction through plant-soil feedbacks, we established a two-phase experimental system (Figure 1A). During the conditioning phase, cowpea plants were either left uninfested (Control) or subjected to insect herbivory (Herbivory). In the subsequent feedback phase, soil conditioned by these treatments was used to grow new, uninfested cowpea plants, and behavioral responses of parasitoid N. formosa were assessed.
Spatial heterogeneity of ecological and socioeconomic factors associated with relative carbon deficits in cities in China
Abstract Urbanization reshapes terrestrial carbon (C) storage by converting vegetated surfaces to impervious cover and altering biophysical and socioeconomic dynamics. We quantified the changes between 2000 and 2020 in the relative C deficit (RCD), the difference in C density between rural and urban zones, to isolate urbanization’s C storage shortfalls across 225 cities in mainland China. Nationally, declines in vegetation index and greenspace ratio strongly co-varied with higher RCD.
Application of an IEW-CRITIC-CoCoSo method based on interval-valued T-spherical fuzzy for optimizing process parameters of 3D printed recycled polypropylene composites | Scientific Reports
Abstract With the rapid development of sustainable materials and additive manufacturing technologies, glass fiber-reinforced recycled polypropylene (GF/RPP) has shown enormous potential for application in fused deposition modeling (FDM). However, the mechanical performance of GF/RPP parts is significantly affected by the FDM process parameters, and multi-objective parameter optimization remains a critical challenge.
Reduced phosphorus bioavailability in rice paddies intensified by elevated CO2-driven warming - Nature Geoscience
Abstract Rising atmospheric CO2 reduces soil phosphorus (P) availability in paddy soils by promoting soil organic P accumulation and crop harvest removal. Atmospheric CO2 and temperatures are increasing simultaneously, yet their interaction with the soil P cycle remains unresolved. Here we report a decade-long free-air CO2 enrichment experiment integrated with in situ warming (+2 °C) in a typical paddy–upland rotation system.
Thermal acclimation of Pinus massoniana to warming depends on water conditions and climate of origin
CONFLICT OF INTEREST The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT The data generated or analyzed in this study are included in this article and its supplementary information files. Other materials that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Accelerated soil phosphorus cycling upon abrupt permafrost thaw - Nature Climate Change
Abstract Permafrost thaw can stimulate soil carbon release, triggering a positive carbon–climate feedback, which may be mediated by changes in soil phosphorus (P) availability. However, the response of soil P cycling to permafrost thaw and the potential biotic and abiotic mechanisms involved are largely unknown.
Leaf economic strategies drive global variation in phosphorus stimulation of terrestrial plant production - Nature Communications
Abstract Plant biomass and its allocation are fundamental for understanding biospheric matter production. However, the impacts of atmospheric phosphorus (P) deposition on species-specific biomass and its allocation in global terrestrial plants remain unclear. By synthesizing 5548 observations of plant biomass and its allocation related to P addition worldwide, we find that P addition increases plant biomass by an average of 35% globally.
Leaf Photosynthetic and Respiratory Thermal Acclimation in Terrestrial Plants in Response to Warming: A Global Synthesis
Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Supporting Information Filename Description gcb70026-sup-0001-Supinfo.docWord document, 1.9 MB Data S1. References , , , et al. 2015. “Tropical Nighttime Warming as a Dominant Driver of Variability in the Terrestrial Carbon Sink.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, no. 51: 15591–15596. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1521479112. , , , et al. 2010.
Inhibition of autotrophic nitrifiers in a nitrogen-rich paddy soil by elevated CO2 - Nature Geoscience
Abstract Autotrophic nitrifiers, by catalysing the oxidation of ammonia to nitrate, play a vital role in the global nitrogen cycle. They convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into biomass and, therefore, are expected to respond positively to increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations. However, in a long-term free-air CO2 enrichment experiment, we demonstrated that elevated atmospheric CO2 inhibited the growth of autotrophic nitrifiers, resulting in a reduction in nitrification in a rice ecosystem.
A Zero-Shot Learning Approach for Blockage Detection and Identification Based on the Stacking Ensemble Model
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Carbon-phosphorus cycle models overestimate CO2 enrichment response in a mature Eucalyptus forest
Abstract The importance of phosphorus (P) in regulating ecosystem responses to climate change has fostered P-cycle implementation in land surface models, but their CO2 effects predictions have not been evaluated against measurements. Here, we perform a data-driven model evaluation where simulations of eight widely used P-enabled models were confronted with observations from a long-term free-air CO2 enrichment experiment in a mature, P-limited Eucalyptus forest.
Microbial competition for phosphorus limits the CO2 response of a mature forest - Nature
Abstract The capacity for terrestrial ecosystems to sequester additional carbon (C) with rising CO2 concentrations depends on soil nutrient availability1,2. Previous evidence suggested that mature forests growing on phosphorus (P)-deprived soils had limited capacity to sequester extra biomass under elevated CO2 (refs. 3,4,5,6), but uncertainty about ecosystem P cycling and its CO2 response represents a crucial bottleneck for mechanistic prediction of the land C sink under climate change7.
Predicting the Energy Consumption of Commercial Buildings Based on Deep Forest Model and Its Interpretability
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The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment
Abstract Atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment (eCO2) can enhance plant carbon uptake and growth1,2,3,4,5, thereby providing an important negative feedback to climate change by slowing the rate of increase of the atmospheric CO2 concentration6. Although evidence gathered from young aggrading forests has generally indicated a strong CO2 fertilization effect on biomass growth3,4,5, it is unclear whether mature forests respond to eCO2 in a similar way.
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