期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (3)
1. Maternal effects allow offspring to cope with rapidly changing environments. While the immediate effects of long-term climate warming and nitrogen ......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (10)
The frequency, duration and magnitude of drought are projected to increase in the next few decades, with consequences for community composition and nu......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (5)
Warming temperatures caused by climate change are predicted to vary temporally and spatially. For mid- and high-latitude reptiles, the seasonal variat......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (10)
Soil net nitrogen (N) mineralization is a key biogeochemical process influencing plant available N and net primary productivity in terrestrial ecosyst......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (12)
Dioecious species may be particularly vulnerable to climate change because they often exhibit skewed sex ratios that are reinforced by the physiologic......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (4)
1. Litter decomposition contributes largely to global carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling, and it is strongly determined by litter quality and microbi......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (4)
1. Selection imposed by visually hunting predators has driven the evolution of colour--based antipredator defence strategies such as crypsis, masquera......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (5)
Growing concern over rapid species declines and extinctions has led to considerable interest in the role of biodiversity for maintaining ecological pr......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (8)
Eucalyptus trees have been widely planted in China as commercial timber, which has caused severe soil erosion and water deficiency. Near-natural manag......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (8)
Riparian zones, an aquatic-terrestrial interface, can intercept more than half of nitrogen (N) exported from terrestrial ecosystems to adjacent rivers......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (10)
Bacterial symbionts can play a key role in the interactions between trophic levels. Certain symbionts are known to confer protection against natural e......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (1)
The stability of a plant community is defined as its ability to resist and be resilient to changes. Plant community stability can be driven by a range......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (3)
1. In humid temperate forests, the occurrence of frequent freeze-thaw cycles (FTC) is a main factor limiting tree growth, as xylem embolism induced by......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (12)
Rapid vegetation regeneration and increased litter production have been predicted under the global greening scenario, but the overall relationship bet......
期刊: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 2022; 36 (7)
Globally, higher inputs of acid deposition and anthropogenic reactive nitrogen cause lower pH in soils, that is, soil acidification, which may broadly......