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Ecosystem functioning

Fresh aboveground net primary productivity of Tibetan grasslands: Responses of different plant functional groups to climate change and human activities and implications for ecosystem management

Guangyu Zhang, Wei Sun, Shaowei Li, Zhiming Zhong, Yuan Tian, Chenjun Zhao, Fusong Han, Shaolin Huang, Dunzhu Yujie, Gang Fu

published 10 Jun 2026

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Limited and idiosyncratic thermal acclimation in soil saprotrophic fungi

Maria Moreno-Druet, Anna Maria Kondrat, François Rineau, Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia, Frederik De Laender

published 27 May 2026

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Habitat context affects sediment nitrogen burial by restored Eastern Oyster reefs

Anne Margaret H. Smiley, F. Joel Fodrie, Jonathan H. Grabowski, Antonio B. Rodriguez, Suzanne P. Thompson, Michael F. Piehler

published 25 Mar 2026

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Towards a systematic framework to assess restoration success of interventions in coral reef ecosystems

Aldo Croquer, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Leah Harper, Elizabeth Shaver, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villapando, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Rebecca Garcia-Camps, Andreina Rivera, Eva Salas, Jennifer Humberstone, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

published 09 Mar 2026

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Assessing the multifunctionality of service crops in mediterranean vineyards using a functional trait approach

Léo Garcia, Aurélie Metay, Gaëlle Damour

published 23 Feb 2026

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Relationship between land use type and bacterial composition in adjacent streams and riparian zones

Javad Sadeghi, Shayenna Nolan, Patricia Voyer, Zeena Biro, Yasmin Ismail, Emma Mineau, Gina Peters, Alyssa Frazao, Emily Browne, Lauren Weller, Catherine M. Febria, Terrence H. Bell, Daniel Heath

published 09 Feb 2026

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Research on the threshold of the supply and demand of ecosystem services

Huangwei Deng, Zhenliang Liao, Xuefei Zhou

published 02 Feb 2026

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Redundancy of macrobenthic functional traits boosts resilience to a simulated heatwave

Orlando Lam-Gordillo, Emily J. Douglas, Sarah F. Hailes, Andrew M. Lohrer

published 12 Jan 2026

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Species diversity within morpho-functional groups drives diversity dependence in reef ecosystems

Anupama Chandroth, Claudia C. Johnson

published 17 Dec 2025

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Sliding mode dynamics of a non-smooth Filippov predator-prey system for integrated pest management

Juan Liu, Jie Hu, Haiyan Song

published 23 Oct 2025

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Shredder species identity over diversity: Insights into litter decomposition in ponds

Emília Židišinová, Milan Novikmec, Marek Svitok

published 14 Aug 2025

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Functional trait identity regulates productivity better than tree diversity and structural complexity in subtropical mixed-species forests

Xiaoyu Chen, Meng Xiang, Lan Yao, Xuru Ai, Jiang Zhu, Qiuju Guo, Keyan Zhang, Qiang Zhang

published 30 May 2025

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Accounting for the gross ecosystem product (GEP) of forests in nature reserves—taking the Taishan Scenic and Historic Spot as an example

Chongqing Xu, Teng Zhao, Yuting Shao, Xiaoxia Li, Guihuan Yan

published 25 Mar 2025

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