More stories

  • in

    Seed germination characteristics of invasive Spartina alterniflora Loisel in Japan: implications for its effective management

    1. Biber, P. D. & Caldwell, J. D. Seed germination and seedling survival of Spartina alterniflora Loisel. Am. J. Agric. Biol. Sci. 3, 633–638 (2008). Article Google Scholar 2. Simenstad, C. A. & Thom, R. M. Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass) as an invasive halophyte in Pacific Northwest estuaries. Hortus Northwest 6(9–12), 38–40 (1995). Google Scholar […] More

  • in

    Plant diversity effects on forage quality, yield and revenues of semi-natural grasslands

    Experimental design Our study is part of the Jena Experiment, a large-scale and long-term biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiment in Jena (Thuringia, Germany, 50°55’ N, 11°35’ E, 130 m a.s.l.; mean annual air temperature 9.9 °C, annual precipitation 610 mm; 1980–2010 (ref. 66)). The experimental communities were established in May 2002, covering different plant diversity levels (including 1, 2, 4, […] More

  • in

    Resilience of marine invertebrate communities during the early Cenozoic hyperthermals

    1. Henson, S. A., Beaulieu, C. & Lampitt, R. Observing climate change trends in ocean biogeochemistry: when and where. Glob. Change Biol. 22, 1561–1571 (2016). 2. Hönisch, B. et al. The geological record of ocean acidification. Sci. 335, 1058–1063 (2012). 3. Littler, K., Röhl, U., Westerhold, T. & Zachos, J. C. A high-resolution benthic stable-isotope […] More

  • in

    Single cell analyses reveal contrasting life strategies of the two main nitrifiers in the ocean

    Nitrite and ammonia oxidation in the Northern GoM Nitrite and ammonia oxidation rates were determined during an East–West sampling transect on the Louisiana Shelf of the GoM in July 2016 (Supplementary Fig. 2). Due to summertime eutrophic conditions32, bottom waters were hypoxic at the time (<63 µM oxygen, max. water depth at the sampled stations was 18.5 m). […] More

  • in

    Tritrophic interactions follow phylogenetic escalation and climatic adaptation

    1. Fraenkel, G. S. The raison d’être of secondary plant substances. Science 129, 1466–1470 (1959). 2. Turlings, T. C. J. & Erb, M. Tritrophic interactions mediated by herbivore-induced plant volatiles: mechanisms, ecological relevance, and application potential. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 63, 433–452, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043507 (2018). 3. Turlings, T. C. J., Tumlinson, J. H. & Lewis, W. J. […] More

  • in

    Yield benefits of additional pollination to faba bean vary with cultivar, scale, yield parameter and experimental method

    Cage experiment Cage experiments over two years identified significant differences in the pollination dependency of the five faba bean cultivars tested. There were no differences between the effect of tripping and cross pollination treatments in any cultivar or yield parameter measured (no significant posthoc contrast between any tripping and crossing treatments on the same cultivar) […] More

  • in

    Characterising the spatial distribution of opportunities and constraints for land sparing in Brazil

    By bringing together diverse, spatially explicit datasets, we present a flexible methodology for identifying where land-sparing policies are most needed, and where they are most likely to succeed. We focus on Brazil, a country of exceptional global importance for both biodiversity conservation and agriculture, but the methods used here could be adapted for any region […] More

  • in

    Domestication leads to increased predation susceptibility

    1. Price, E. O. Behavioral-aspects of animal domestication. Quarterly Review of Biology 59, 1–32, https://doi.org/10.1086/413673 (1984). Article Google Scholar 2. Price, E. O. Behavioral development in animals undergoing domestication. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 65, 245–271, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-1591(99)00087-8 (1999). Article Google Scholar 3. Diamond, J. Evolution, consequences and future of plant and animal domestication. Nature 418, 700–707, […] More