By observing #Artemisia species along an #ElevationalGradient in southwestern China, Chang’an Guo et al. examined the effects of allometric partitioning theory and #OptimalPartitioningTheory on #BiomassAllocation.

#AllometricScaling

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf136

Yun Liang et al. evaluated how functional diversity and community-weighted mean of leaf nutrients influence the formation of mineral-associated organic carbon via altering the #SoilMicrobialCommunity.

#Biodiversity_ecosystemFunctioning | #SoilNutrients | #PhospholipidFattyAcidAnalysis | #MicrobialCommunityComposition | #EnzymeActivities

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf135

Dokrak Marod et al. explored Relationship between #SoilSeedBanks and adult tree distance in an #AbandonedArea of the Mae Klong Watershed Research Station, western Thailand.

#ForestRecovery | #PioneerSpecies | #SeasonallyDryTropicalForests

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf130

Boliang Wei et al. developed the #Static_DynamicCoupledInterspecificAssociation Classification Framework (SDIACF), which categorizes #HeterospecificNeighbors based on their positive/negative interspecific associations and dynamic changes with focal species.

#ClassificationOfHeterospecificNeighbors | #HeterospecificDensityDependence | #ConspecificDensityDependence | #SpatialDistributionDynamics

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf155

Jiaoneng Yu et al. assessed the responses of #PlantDiversity, #NicheCharacteristics, and #InterspecificAssociations to fencing duration in #AlpineMeadows on the Tibetan Plateau, along with relationships among these dimensions.

#CommunityDynamics | #GrazingExclusion

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf150

Dehuang Zhu et al. used Pinus massoniana and Schima superba in a reciprocal transplant decomposition experiment to examine driving factors of the #Home_fieldAdvantage hypothesis in subtropical forests.

#LitterQuality | #LitterDecomposition | #SoilEnzymeActivity | #SoilMicrobialBiomass

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf149

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Competition affects clonal traits in rhizomatous grasses to favor an invasive species over a native species

#BudBank | #BromusInermis | #Invasion | #PascopyrumSmithii | #NorthernGreatPlains

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag071

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Climate regulates the accumulation of iron-bound organic carbon in a mountain ecosystem

#Iron_boundOrganicCarbon | #IronOxides | #ClimateGradient | #DrylandSoils | #CarbonCycling | #Fe_CInteractions

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag094

Congwen Wang et al. investigated patterns and drivers of #β_diversity in plant, bacterial and fungal communities at continuous spatial scales in the semi-arid #Grasslands of northern China.

#Distance_decayRelationship | #EnvironmentalFiltering | #DispersalLimitation | #Aridity

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf148

Huiqi Zhang et al. found that #SoilCO2 not CH4 flux determines soil carbon emission response to #SeasonalPrecipitationVariation in a #BrackishWetland.

#SeasonalPrecipitationDistribution | #SoilCO2Fluxes | #SoilSalinity | #FineRootBiomass

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf138