Journal articles: 'Plant Biodiversity'

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Marler, Thomas E. "Recovering plant biodiversity." Plant Signaling & Behavior 6, no. 9 (September 2011): 1380–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/psb.6.9.16962.

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Wunder, J., C. He, J. Hu, M. Li, C. Varotto, and H. Saedler. "EVOLUTION OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY." Acta Horticulturae, no. 849 (January 2010): 21–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2010.849.1.

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Hahn, William J., Francesca T. Grifo, Otto H. Frankel, Anthony H. D. Brown, and Jeremy J. Burdon. "The Conservation of Plant Biodiversity." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 123, no. 3 (July 1996): 251. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2996804.

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Stein, Bruce A., O. H. Frankel, A. H. D. Brown, and J. J. Burdon. "The Conservation of Plant Biodiversity." Systematic Botany 22, no. 2 (April 1997): 408. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2419468.

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Campbell, Christopher S., Otto H. Frankel, Anthony H. D. Brown, and Jeremy J. Burdon. "The Conservation of Plant Biodiversity." Ecology 77, no. 8 (December 1996): 2576. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2265760.

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Wren, Jonathan D., Marilyn J. Roossinck, Richard S. Nelson, Kay Scheets, Michael W. Palmer, and Ulrich Melcher. "Plant Virus Biodiversity and Ecology." PLoS Biology 4, no. 3 (March 14, 2006): e80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040080.

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Crawley, M. J. "Scale Dependence in Plant Biodiversity." Science 291, no. 5505 (February 2, 2001): 864–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.291.5505.864.

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Shaw, A. Jonathan, Otto H. Frankel, Anthony H. D. Brown, and Jeremy J. Burdon. "The Conservation of Plant Biodiversity." Bryologist 99, no. 4 (1996): 482. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3244122.

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Bykov, V. A. "Plant biodiversity and human health." Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences 86, no. 3 (May 2016): 213–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s1019331616030175.

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Avato, Pinarosa, and Mariapia Argentieri. "Plant biodiversity: phytochemicals and health." Phytochemistry Reviews 17, no. 4 (January 30, 2018): 645–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11101-018-9549-1.

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Abbas, Maike, Anne Ebeling, Yvonne Oelmann, Robert Ptacnik, Christiane Roscher, Alexandra Weigelt, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Wolfgang Wilcke, and Helmut Hillebrand. "Biodiversity Effects on Plant Stoichiometry." PLoS ONE 8, no. 3 (March 4, 2013): e58179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058179.

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Ingram. "Biodiversity, plant pathogens and conservation." Plant Pathology 48, no. 4 (August 1999): 433–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3059.1999.00361.x.

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Naeem, S., Case Prager, Brian Weeks, Alex Varga, Dan F. B. Flynn, Kevin Griffin, Robert Muscarella, Matthew Palmer, Stephen Wood, and William Schuster. "Biodiversity as a multidimensional construct: a review, framework and case study of herbivory's impact on plant biodiversity." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283, no. 1844 (December 14, 2016): 20153005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.3005.

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Biodiversity is inherently multidimensional, encompassing taxonomic, functional, phylogenetic, genetic, landscape and many other elements of variability of life on the Earth. However, this fundamental principle of multidimensionality is rarely applied in research aimed at understanding biodiversity's value to ecosystem functions and the services they provide. This oversight means that our current understanding of the ecological and environmental consequences of biodiversity loss is limited primarily to what unidimensional studies have revealed. To address this issue, we review the literature, develop a conceptual framework for multidimensional biodiversity research based on this review and provide a case study to explore the framework. Our case study specifically examines how herbivory by whitetail deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) alters the multidimensional influence of biodiversity on understory plant cover at Black Rock Forest, New York. Using three biodiversity dimensions (taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity) to explore our framework, we found that herbivory alters biodiversity's multidimensional influence on plant cover; an effect not observable through a unidimensional approach. Although our review, framework and case study illustrate the advantages of multidimensional over unidimensional approaches, they also illustrate the statistical and empirical challenges such work entails. Meeting these challenges, however, where data and resources permit, will be important if we are to better understand and manage the consequences we face as biodiversity continues to decline in the foreseeable future.

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AKPULAT, Hüseyin Aşkın, Sibel AKPULAT, Elif Sena YILDIRIM, and Hatice Rabia ENGİNOĞLU. "Prunus laurocerasus (Rosaceae) plant extract with harmful herbs and agricultural frost." Turkish Journal of Biodiversity 2, no. 1 (March 31, 2019): 18–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.38059/biodiversity.539621.

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Bruno, Massa. "Remarks on the Misunderstood Use of the Term Biodiversity." International Journal of Zoology and Animal Biology 6, no. 6 (2023): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.23880/izab-16000537.

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The term diversity is intended to denote species richness understood as the number of species and individuals; it was explicitly discussed at length by Hutchinson in 1959 and by many other scientists in the following decades. The term biodiversity, certainly derived from diversity, was born in the 1980s. The difference between the two terms is substantial, diversity is a part of the whole, as biodiversity is understood as diversity of organisms at the level of species, individuals, genes, interactions and ecological processes among them and at the level of ecosystems. Thus, it is correct to write ‘plant diversity’ or ‘animal diversity’, but not ‘plant biodiversity’ or ‘animal biodiversity’. Biodiversity is unique, it includes all living things, it is equal to a fundamental law of life, the maintenance of adequate levels of biodiversity is a necessity for the very life of our Planet. An illustration of biodiversity seen in the form of mosaic tesserae is tentatively presented.

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GÖRÜR, Gazi, Hayal AKYILDIRIM BEĞEN, and Özhan ŞENOL. "Determined aphid-host plant relations from Eastern Black Sea regions of Turkey." Turkish Journal of Biodiversity 2, no. 2 (September 30, 2019): 34–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.38059/biodiversity.553025.

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Olga, Lock. "Peruvian Biodiversity: A Mini Review of Five Plants." Journal of Natural & Ayurvedic Medicine 4, no. 4 (October 16, 2020): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.23880/jonam-16000276.

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In this article, five different plant species from the Peruvian biodiversity are briefly revised. These plants are broadly used for traditional medicine purposes, as well as for cosmetic and edible purposes. They are not only commercialized in Peru, the country of their origin, but around the world. The plant species we are going to write about are Uncaria tomentosa/ U. guianensis (uña de gato), Lepidium meyenii (maca), Plukenetia volubilis (sacha inchi) and Smallanthus sonchifolius (yacon).

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Villaseñor, José Luis, Pedro Maeda, Julieta A. Rosell, and Enrique Ortiz. "Plant families as predictors of plant biodiversity in Mexico." Diversity and Distributions 13, no. 6 (June 26, 2007): 871–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00385.x.

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Suárez, L. "PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION." Acta Horticulturae, no. 497 (August 1999): 355–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.1999.497.20.

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Ebert, Andreas W., and Johannes M. M. Engels. "Plant Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Matter!" Plants 9, no. 12 (December 4, 2020): 1706. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants9121706.

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Plant biodiversity is the foundation of our present-day food supply (including functional food and medicine) and offers humankind multiple other benefits in terms of ecosystem functions and resilience to climate change, as well as other perturbations. This Special Issue on ‘Plant Biodiversity and Genetic Resources’ comprises 32 papers covering a wide array of aspects from the definition and identification of hotspots of wild and domesticated plant biodiversity to the specifics of conservation of genetic resources of crop genepools, including breeding and research materials, landraces and crop wild relatives which collectively are the pillars of modern plant breeding, as well as of localized breeding efforts by farmers and farming communities. The integration of genomics and phenomics into germplasm and genebank management enhances the value of crop germplasm conserved ex situ, and is likely to increase its utilization in plant breeding, but presents major challenges for data management and the sharing of this information with potential users. Furthermore, also a better integration of in situ and ex situ conservation efforts will contribute to a more effective conservation and certainly to a more sustainable and efficient utilization. Other aspects such as policy, access and benefit-sharing that directly impact the use of plant biodiversity and genetic resources, as well as balanced nutrition and enhanced resilience of production systems that depend on their increased use, are also being treated. The editorial concludes with six key messages on plant biodiversity, genetic erosion, genetic resources and plant breeding, agricultural diversification, conservation of agrobiodiversity, and the evolving role and importance of genebanks.

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Valone, Thomas J., and Michele R. Schutzenhofer. "REDUCED RODENT BIODIVERSITY DESTABILIZES PLANT POPULATIONS." Ecology 88, no. 1 (January 2007): 26–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[26:rrbdpp]2.0.co;2.

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Reeleder, R. D. "Fungal plant pathogens and soil biodiversity." Canadian Journal of Soil Science 83, Special Issue (August 1, 2003): 331–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/s01-068.

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The role of biodiversity as it affects the control of soil-borne fungal pathogens is discussed. Soil-borne fungal plant pathogens have often proven difficult to manage with conventional methods of disease control. Nonetheless, researchers have characterized several naturally occurring “disease-suppressive” soils where crop loss from disease is less than would otherwise be expected. Suppressive soils can also result from the incorporation of various amendments into soil. In most cases, disease control in such soils has been shown to be biological in nature; that is, soil organisms appear to directly or indirectly inhibit the development of disease. Increased knowledge of the identity and functioning of these organisms may support the development of techniques that can be used to develop suppressiveness in soils that are otherwise disease-conducive. Populations of pathogens themselves have been shown to exhibit considerable genetic diversity; the ability of populations to respond to disease control measures should be considered when developing a management strategy. New molecular techniques can be exploited to better characterize soil communities, including the pathogens themselves, as well as community responses to various disease control options. The contributions of Canadian researchers to these areas are discussed and models for further study are proposed. Key words: Biocontrol, molecular technologies, functional diversity, integrated pest management

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OHKAWA, Hideo, Hisae TSUJII, Miyuki SHIMOJI, Yoshiro IMAJUKU, and Hiromasa IMAISHI. "Cytochrome P450 Biodiversity and Plant Protection." Journal of Pesticide Science 24, no. 2 (1999): 197–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1584/jpestics.24.197.

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West, Judy. "The Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research." Pacific Conservation Biology 1, no. 4 (1994): 276. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc940276.

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The critical importance of advancing knowledge for management of Australia's plant biodiversity has been recognized by two of the country's prominent research and conservation organizations. In 1993 the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research was established in Canberra. This is a joint venture between the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry and the Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA), through the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG), which ANCA administers. The national perspective of the Centre combines the programmes and activities of the two herbaria and the native plant research of both institutions.

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MENDONÇA, VALERIA MELO, Marta Jeidjane Borges Ribeiro, Ramon Santos Carvalho, Jandira Reis Vasconcelos, Gilton José Ferreira Da Silva, and Mário Jorge Campos Dos Santos. "The Technological Indicators and Plant Biodiversity." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 7, no. 1 (January 31, 2019): 105–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol7.iss1.1289.

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The use of plant biodiversity in the elaboration of products or processes contributes to the progress of technological innovation and to the recognition of the profitable potential of biological resources. Therefore, this research aims to perform a systematic review on technological indicators of the use of genetic patrimony, specifically of vegetal biodiversity, to identify concepts and measurement techniques. A systematic survey was carried out at the bases of Scopus, Web of Science, and Science Direct using thematic strings (Genetic Patrimony, Plant Biodiversity and Technological Indicator). The recovered files were exported for analysis in StArt software. There was no mention of the topic, so the systematic review analyzed articles selected by combining strings adopting inclusion and exclusion criteria. The research made it possible to identify relevant and guiding data on the subject studied, but did not reveal the existence of an indicator or index that relates the use of vegetal biodiversity to the production of patents.

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Silska, Grazyna. "Plant Genetic Resources in Biodiversity Conservation." Journal of Natural Fibers 2, no. 3 (December 19, 2005): 69–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j395v02n03_07.

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Cruz-Cruz, Carlos, María González-Arnao, and Florent Engelmann. "Biotechnology and Conservation of Plant Biodiversity." Resources 2, no. 2 (June 4, 2013): 73–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/resources2020073.

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Roossinck, Marilyn J. "The big unknown: plant virus biodiversity." Current Opinion in Virology 1, no. 1 (July 2011): 63–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coviro.2011.05.022.

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Roossinck, Marilyn J. "Plant Virus Metagenomics: Biodiversity and Ecology." Annual Review of Genetics 46, no. 1 (December 15, 2012): 359–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-genet-110711-155600.

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Davies, T. Jonathan, Timothy G. Barraclough, Vincent Savolainen, and Mark W. Chase. "Environmental causes for plant biodiversity gradients." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences 359, no. 1450 (October 29, 2004): 1645–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2004.1524.

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One of the most pervasive patterns observed in biodiversity studies is the tendency for species richness to decline towards the poles. One possible explanation is that high levels of environmental energy promote higher species richness nearer the equator. Energy input may set a limit to the number of species that can coexist in an area or alternatively may influence evolutionary rates. Within flowering plants (angiosperms), families exposed to a high energy load tend to be both more species rich and possess faster evolutionary rates, although there is no evidence that one drives the other. Specific environmental effects are likely to vary among lineages, reflecting the interaction between biological traits and environmental conditions in which they are found. One example of this is demonstrated by the high species richness of the iris family (Iridaceae) in the Cape of South Africa, a likely product of biological traits associated with reproductive isolation and the steep ecological and climatic gradients of the region. Within any set of conditions some lineages will tend to be favoured over others; however, the identity of these lineages will fluctuate with a changing environment, explaining the highly labile nature of diversification rates observed among major lineages of flowering plants.

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Wang, Ran, and John A. Gamon. "Remote sensing of terrestrial plant biodiversity." Remote Sensing of Environment 231 (September 2019): 111218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111218.

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Ponzi, Jean, Glenda Abney, Matthew A. Albrecht, Sean Doherty, Robbie Hart, Allison Joyce, Nisa Karimi, Daria Mckelvey, Mike Saxton, and Jen Sieradzki. "BiodiverseCity St. Louis—An Initiative of the Missouri Botanical Garden." Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens 5, no. 2 (April 10, 2024): 143–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jzbg5020010.

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Botanical gardens are addressing urgent biodiversity issues through plant-based capacities including botanical research and data-sharing, conservation horticulture, ecological restoration, seed banking, and more. The Missouri Botanical Garden initiative BiodiverseCity St. Louis, led by the Garden’s sustainability division, adds broad community engagement to this mix. This work includes public and professional education, the demonstration and promotion of ecological landscaping and Green Infrastructure practices, citizen science programs, and coordinating communications for a regional network of partner organizations focused on biodiversity. Diverse activity engages businesses, local governments, elementary and secondary (K-12) schools, colleges, and community groups. Community biodiversity work at the Garden is informed by an institutional core of scientific rigor, provides opportunity for internal collaborations, and aligns with global strategies for plant conservation—to ground impactful local work. Missouri Botanical Garden’s experience offers a model for public gardens: leveraging modes of community engagement, in concert with diverse institutional strengths, to address biodiversity needs.

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ŠAULIENĖ, Ingrida, Laura ŠUKIENĖ, Gintautas DAUNYS, Gediminas VALIULIS, and Lukas VAITKEVIČIUS. "Automatic particle detectors lead to a new generation in plant diversity investigation." Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 49, no. 3 (September 8, 2021): 12444. http://dx.doi.org/10.15835/nbha49312444.

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Technological progress in modern scientific development generates opportunities that create new ways to learn more about objects and systems of nature. An important indicator in choosing research methods is not only accuracy but also the time and human resources required to achieve results. This research demonstrates the possibilities of using an automatic particle detector that works based on scattered light pattern and laser-induced fluorescence for plant biodiversity investigation. Airborne pollen data were collected by two different devices, and results were analysed in light of the application for plant biodiversity observation. This paper explained the possibility to gain knowledge with a new type of method that would enable biodiversity monitoring programs to be extended to include information on the diversity of airborne particles of biological origin. It was revealed that plant conservation could be complemented by new tools to test the effectiveness of management plans and optimise mitigation measures to reduce impacts on biodiversity.

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de Vries, G. E. "Biodiversity as insurance." Trends in Plant Science 5, no. 1 (January 2000): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1360-1385(99)01528-9.

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Fishbein, Mark. "Plant Systematics. The Origin, Interpretation, and Ordering of Plant Biodiversity." Systematic Botany 40, no. 2 (August 1, 2015): 627–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1600/036364415x688880.

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Baldi, Elena. "Soil–Plant Interaction: Effects on Plant Growth and Soil Biodiversity." Agronomy 11, no. 12 (November 24, 2021): 2378. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11122378.

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Andraczek, Karl, Alexandra Weigelt, Judith Hinderling, Lena Kretz, Daniel Prati, and Fons van der Plas. "Biomass removal promotes plant diversity after short-term de-intensification of managed grasslands." PLOS ONE 18, no. 6 (June 29, 2023): e0287039. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287039.

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Land-use intensification is one of the main drivers threatening biodiversity in managed grasslands. Despite multiple studies investigating the effect of different land-use components in driving changes in plant biodiversity, their effects are usually studied in isolation. Here, we establish a full factorial design crossing fertilization with a combined treatment of biomass removal, on 16 managed grasslands spanning a gradient in land-use intensity, across three regions in Germany. Specifically, we investigate the interactive effects of different land-use components on plant composition and diversity using structural equation modelling. We hypothesize that fertilization and biomass removal alter plant biodiversity, directly and indirectly, mediated through changes in light availability. We found that, direct and indirect effects of biomass removal on plant biodiversity were larger than effects of fertilization, yet significantly differed between season. Furthermore, we found that indirect effects of biomass removal on plant biodiversity were mediated through changes in light availability, but also by changes in soil moisture. Our analysis thus supports previous findings, that soil moisture may operate as an alternative indirect mechanism by which biomass removal may affect plant biodiversity. Most importantly, our findings highlight that in the short-term biomass removal can partly compensate the negative effects of fertilization on plant biodiversity in managed grasslands. By studying the interactive nature of different land-use drivers we advance our understanding of the complex mechanisms controlling plant biodiversity in managed grasslands, which ultimately may help to maintain higher levels of biodiversity in grassland ecosystems.

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Guiden, Peter W., Nicholas A. Barber, Ryan Blackburn, Anna Farrell, Jessica Fliginger, Sheryl C. Hosler, Richard B. King, et al. "Effects of management outweigh effects of plant diversity on restored animal communities in tallgrass prairies." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 5 (January 25, 2021): e2015421118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015421118.

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A primary goal of ecological restoration is to increase biodiversity in degraded ecosystems. However, the success of restoration ecology is often assessed by measuring the response of a single functional group or trophic level to restoration, without considering how restoration affects multitrophic interactions that shape biodiversity. An ecosystem-wide approach to restoration is therefore necessary to understand whether animal responses to restoration, such as changes in biodiversity, are facilitated by changes in plant communities (plant-driven effects) or disturbance and succession resulting from restoration activities (management-driven effects). Furthermore, most restoration ecology studies focus on how restoration alters taxonomic diversity, while less attention is paid to the response of functional and phylogenetic diversity in restored ecosystems. Here, we compared the strength of plant-driven and management-driven effects of restoration on four animal communities (ground beetles, dung beetles, snakes, and small mammals) in a chronosequence of restored tallgrass prairie, where sites varied in management history (prescribed fire and bison reintroduction). Our analyses indicate that management-driven effects on animal communities were six-times stronger than effects mediated through changes in plant biodiversity. Additionally, we demonstrate that restoration can simultaneously have positive and negative effects on biodiversity through different pathways, which may help reconcile variation in restoration outcomes. Furthermore, animal taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity responded differently to restoration, suggesting that restoration plans might benefit from considering multiple dimensions of animal biodiversity. We conclude that metrics of plant diversity alone may not be adequate to assess the success of restoration in reassembling functional ecosystems.

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Zhang, Tian-Ye, Dong-Rui Di, Xing-Liang Liao, and Wei-Yu Shi. "Response of Forest Plant Diversity to Drought: A Review." Water 15, no. 19 (October 5, 2023): 3486. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w15193486.

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Forests, being the primary repository of terrestrial biodiversity, possess a significant capacity to regulate the phenomenon of climate change. It is additionally crucial to consider how natural disasters affect the state and development of forest biodiversity. The alteration of climate patterns over recent decades has had a discernible impact on forest ecosystems, specifically the damage caused by drought to ecosystems, has become increasingly evident. Nevertheless, there is limited research to elucidate the relationship between forest biodiversity and drought, as well as to explore the mechanisms of biodiversity response to drought. This review synthesizes the existing literature on the effects of climate change on forests across various scales and examines the adaptive responses of forest communities to drought-induced stress. Forest biodiversity can be influenced by various factors, including the severity of drought, initial climatic conditions, and the composition of species in drylands. During periods of drought, the biodiversity of forests is influenced by a range of intricate physiological and ecological factors, encompassing the capacity of plants to withstand drought conditions and their subsequent ability to recuperate following such periods. Moreover, the choice of different drought indices and biodiversity estimation methods has implications for subsequent response studies.

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Liang, Jingjing, Mo Zhou, Patrick C. Tobin, A. David McGuire, and Peter B. Reich. "Biodiversity influences plant productivity through niche–efficiency." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, no. 18 (April 21, 2015): 5738–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1409853112.

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The loss of biodiversity is threatening ecosystem productivity and services worldwide, spurring efforts to quantify its effects on the functioning of natural ecosystems. Previous research has focused on the positive role of biodiversity on resource acquisition (i.e., niche complementarity), but a lack of study on resource utilization efficiency, a link between resource and productivity, has rendered it difficult to quantify the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship. Here we demonstrate that biodiversity loss reduces plant productivity, other things held constant, through theory, empirical evidence, and simulations under gradually relaxed assumptions. We developed a theoretical model named niche–efficiency to integrate niche complementarity and a heretofore-ignored mechanism of diminishing marginal productivity in quantifying the effects of biodiversity loss on plant productivity. Based on niche–efficiency, we created a relative productivity metric and a productivity impact index (PII) to assist in biological conservation and resource management. Relative productivity provides a standardized measure of the influence of biodiversity on individual productivity, and PII is a functionally based taxonomic index to assess individual species’ inherent value in maintaining current ecosystem productivity. Empirical evidence from the Alaska boreal forest suggests that every 1% reduction in overall plant diversity could render an average of 0.23% decline in individual tree productivity. Out of the 283 plant species of the region, we found that large woody plants generally have greater PII values than other species. This theoretical model would facilitate the integration of biological conservation in the international campaign against several pressing global issues involving energy use, climate change, and poverty.

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Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Richard D. Bardgett, Peter M. Vitousek, Fernando T. Maestre, Mark A. Williams, David J. Eldridge, Hans Lambers, et al. "Changes in belowground biodiversity during ecosystem development." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 14 (March 15, 2019): 6891–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1818400116.

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Belowground organisms play critical roles in maintaining multiple ecosystem processes, including plant productivity, decomposition, and nutrient cycling. Despite their importance, however, we have a limited understanding of how and why belowground biodiversity (bacteria, fungi, protists, and invertebrates) may change as soils develop over centuries to millennia (pedogenesis). Moreover, it is unclear whether belowground biodiversity changes during pedogenesis are similar to the patterns observed for aboveground plant diversity. Here we evaluated the roles of resource availability, nutrient stoichiometry, and soil abiotic factors in driving belowground biodiversity across 16 soil chronosequences (from centuries to millennia) spanning a wide range of globally distributed ecosystem types. Changes in belowground biodiversity during pedogenesis followed two main patterns. In lower-productivity ecosystems (i.e., drier and colder), increases in belowground biodiversity tracked increases in plant cover. In more productive ecosystems (i.e., wetter and warmer), increased acidification during pedogenesis was associated with declines in belowground biodiversity. Changes in the diversity of bacteria, fungi, protists, and invertebrates with pedogenesis were strongly and positively correlated worldwide, highlighting that belowground biodiversity shares similar ecological drivers as soils and ecosystems develop. In general, temporal changes in aboveground plant diversity and belowground biodiversity were not correlated, challenging the common perception that belowground biodiversity should follow similar patterns to those of plant diversity during ecosystem development. Taken together, our findings provide evidence that ecological patterns in belowground biodiversity are predictable across major globally distributed ecosystem types and suggest that shifts in plant cover and soil acidification during ecosystem development are associated with changes in belowground biodiversity over centuries to millennia.

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Engelmann, F. "USE OF BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR CONSERVING PLANT BIODIVERSITY." Acta Horticulturae, no. 812 (February 2009): 63–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2009.812.3.

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Yu, H., Y. Feng, and Q. Liu. "BIODIVERSITY AND ORNAMENTAL PLANT BREEDING IN CHINA." Acta Horticulturae, no. 836 (August 2009): 31–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2009.836.4.

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Roberson, Emily Brin, Anne Frances, Kayri Havens, Joyce Maschinski, Abby Meyer, and Lisa Ott. "Fund plant conservation to solve biodiversity crisis." Science 367, no. 6475 (January 16, 2020): 258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aba4360.

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Melcher, Ulrich. "Special Issue “Plant Virus Ecology and Biodiversity”." Viruses 11, no. 8 (July 24, 2019): 676. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v11080676.

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I thank all the teams of authors, the scientists who reviewed submitted manuscripts and made suggestions that improved the reports, and the editorial staff workers who put this special issue together [...]

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Ibáñez, J. J., V. Zuccarello, P. Ganis, and E. Feoli. "Pedodiversity deserves attention in plant biodiversity research." Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology 148, no. 6 (November 2, 2014): 1112–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2014.980357.

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Kalevitch, Maria, Valentin Kefeli, David Johnson, and Will Taylor. "Plant Biodiversity in the Fabricated Soil Experiment." Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 29, no. 3 (February 12, 2007): 101–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j064v29n03_09.

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Stachová, Terezie, Pavel Fibich, and Jan Lepš. "Plant density affects measures of biodiversity effects." Journal of Plant Ecology 6, no. 1 (April 29, 2012): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rts015.

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Lasithiotaki, Lina. "Organic plant breeding: seeds for agro-biodiversity." Biodiversity 18, no. 4 (October 2, 2017): 196–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2017.1403957.

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IVERSON, LOUIS, and ANANTHA PRASAD. "Estimating regional plant biodiversity with GIS modelling." Diversity Distributions 4, no. 2 (March 1998): 49–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.1998.00007.x.

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