Environmental Sciences - Table of Contents

September 24, 2020

Drought stress strengthens the link between chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and photosynthetic traits

Jie Zhuang, Yonglin Wang, Yonggang Chi, Lei Zhou, Jijing Chen, Wen Zhou, Jun Song, Ning Zhao, Jianxi Ding

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10046 PubMed 33024649

September 30, 2020

Identification of areas of very high biodiversity value to achieve the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 key commitments

Iulia V. Miu, Laurentiu Rozylowicz, Viorel D. Popescu, Paulina Anastasiu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10067 PubMed 33062449

September 9, 2020

KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models. I. review and model concept

Gaby Deckmyn, Omar Flores, Mathias Mayer, Xavier Domene, Andrea Schnepf, Katrin Kuka, Kris Van Looy, Daniel P. Rasse, Maria J.I. Briones, Sébastien Barot, Matty Berg, Elena Vanguelova, Ivika Ostonen, Harry Vereecken, Laura M. Suz, Beat Frey, Aline Frossard, Alexei Tiunov, Jan Frouz, Tine Grebenc, Maarja Öpik, Mathieu Javaux, Alexei Uvarov, Olga Vindušková, Paul Henning Krogh, Oskar Franklin, Juan Jiménez, Jorge Curiel Yuste

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9750 PubMed 32974092

September 22, 2020

No Mow May lawns have higher pollinator richness and abundances: An engaged community provides floral resources for pollinators

Israel Del Toro, Relena R. Ribbons

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10021 PubMed 33024642

September 18, 2020

Assessing the responses of Sphagnum micro-eukaryotes to climate changes using high throughput sequencing

Monika K. Reczuga, Christophe Victor William Seppey, Matthieu Mulot, Vincent E.J. Jassey, Alexandre Buttler, Sandra Słowińska, Michał Słowiński, Enrique Lara, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Edward A.D. Mitchell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9821 PubMed 32999758

September 8, 2020

Mechanisms of diversity maintenance in dung beetle assemblages in a heterogeneous tropical landscape

Jose D. Rivera, Benigno Gómez, Darío A. Navarrete-Gutiérrez, Lorena Ruíz-Montoya, Leonardo Delgado, Mario E. Favila

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9860 PubMed 33665001

September 18, 2020

Soil fungal networks are more sensitive to grazing exclusion than bacterial networks

Lingling Chen, Jiajia Shi, Zhihua Bao, Taogetao Baoyin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9986 PubMed 32999771

September 16, 2020

Community based actions save Yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs and hatchlings flooded by rapid river level rises

Darren Norris, Fernanda Michalski, James P. Gibbs

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9921 PubMed 32995087

September 30, 2020

Forest structure dependency analysis of L-band SAR backscatter

Yongjie Ji, Jimao Huang, Yilin Ju, Shipeng Guo, Cairong Yue

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10055 PubMed 33062445

September 14, 2020

Seasonal and successional dynamics of size-dependent plant demographic rates in a tropical dry forest

Irving Saenz-Pedroza, Richard Feldman, Casandra Reyes-García, Jorge A. Meave, Luz Maria Calvo-Irabien, Filogonio May-Pat, Juan M. Dupuy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9636 PubMed 32983631

September 18, 2020

Different responses of plant N and P resorption to overgrazing in three dominant species in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia, China

Zhen Wang, Saheed Olaide Jimoh, Xiliang Li, Baoming Ji, Paul C. Struik, Shixian Sun, Ji Lei, Yong Ding, Yong Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9915 PubMed 32999765

September 23, 2020

A comparison of common metrics used to quantify the effectiveness of conservation interventions

Igor Khorozyan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9873 PubMed 33024627

September 8, 2020

Spatial ecology of little egret (Egretta garzetta) in Hong Kong uncovers preference for commercial fishponds

Chun-chiu Pang, Yik-Hei Sung, Yun-tak Chung, Hak-king Ying, Helen Hoi Ning Fong, Yat-tung Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9893 PubMed 33194363

September 3, 2020

Generalized Linear Models outperform commonly used canonical analysis in estimating spatial structure of presence/absence data

Lélis A. Carlos-Júnior, Joel C. Creed, Rob Marrs, Rob J. Lewis, Timothy P. Moulton, Rafael Feijó-Lima, Matthew Spencer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9777 PubMed 32953266

September 22, 2020

Species distribution modelling of Bryde’s whales, humpback whales, southern right whales, and sperm whales in the southern African region to inform their conservation in expanding economies

Jean Purdon, Fannie W. Shabangu, Dawit Yemane, Marc Pienaar, Michael J. Somers, Ken Findlay

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9997 PubMed 33024637

September 24, 2020

Life history and habitat do not mediate temporal changes in body size due to climate warming in rodents

Aluwani Nengovhela, Christiane Denys, Peter J. Taylor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9792 PubMed 33024624

September 17, 2020

Earthworms accelerate rice straw decomposition and maintenance of soil organic carbon dynamics in rice agroecosystems

Ke Song, Lijuan Sun, Weiguang Lv, Xianqing Zheng, Yafei Sun, William Terzaghi, Qin Qin, Yong Xue

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9870 PubMed 32995083

September 2, 2020

Mayfly emergence production and body length response to hydrology in a tropical lowland stream

Pablo E. Gutiérrez-Fonseca, Alonso Ramírez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9883 PubMed 32953278

September 15, 2020

Carbon emission and water use efficiency response to tillage methods and planting patterns of winter wheat in the North China Plain

Yuzhao Ma, Quanqi Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9912 PubMed 32983647

September 22, 2020

Site selection by geese in a suburban landscape

Quentin J. Groom, Tim Adriaens, Claire Colsoulle, Pauline Delhez, Iris Van der Beeten

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9846 PubMed 33024625

September 8, 2020

Cropland heterogeneity changes on the Northeast China Plain in the last three decades (1980s–2010s)

Xiaoxuan Liu, Le Yu, Qinghan Dong, Dailiang Peng, Wenbin Wu, Qiangyi Yu, Yuqi Cheng, Yidi Xu, Xiaomeng Huang, Zheng Zhou, Dong Wang, Lei Fang, Peng Gong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9835 PubMed 33194352

September 2, 2020

Simulating highly disturbed vegetation distribution: the case of China’s Jing-Jin-Ji region

Sangui Yi, Jihua Zhou, Liming Lai, Hui Du, Qinglin Sun, Liu Yang, Xin Liu, Benben Liu, Yuanrun Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9839 PubMed 32953272

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