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How do management decisions impact butterfly assemblages in smallholding oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia? (2024)
Journal Article
Harianja, M. F., Stone, J., Mamat, W. Z. W., Hadi, M. A., Luke, S. H., Azhar, B., & Turner, E. C. (in press). How do management decisions impact butterfly assemblages in smallholding oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia?. Journal of Applied Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14615

In the world's leading palm oil-producing countries (Indonesia and Malaysia), smallholders make up about 40 per cent of total oil palm plantation area. Management in smallholdings can be highly variable, ranging from intensive monoculture to polycult... Read More about How do management decisions impact butterfly assemblages in smallholding oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia?.

Inorganic carbon is overlooked in global soil carbon research: A bibliometric analysis (2024)
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Raza, S., Irshad, A., Margenot, A., Zamanian, K., Li, N., Ullah, S., …Kuzyakov, Y. (2024). Inorganic carbon is overlooked in global soil carbon research: A bibliometric analysis. Geoderma, 443, Article 116831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.116831

Soils are a major player in the global carbon (C) cycle and climate change by functioning as a sink or a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). The largest terrestrial C reservoir in soils comprises two main pools: organic (SOC) and inorganic C... Read More about Inorganic carbon is overlooked in global soil carbon research: A bibliometric analysis.

A global compilation of diatom silica oxygen isotope records from lake sediment – trends and implications for climate reconstruction (2024)
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Meister, P., Alexandre, A., Bailey, H., Barker, P., Biskaborn, B. K., Broadman, E., …Meyer, H. (2024). A global compilation of diatom silica oxygen isotope records from lake sediment – trends and implications for climate reconstruction. Climate of the Past, 20(2), 363-392. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-363-2024

Oxygen isotopes in biogenic silica (δ18OBSi) from lake sediments allow for quantitative reconstruction of past hydroclimate and proxy-model comparison in terrestrial environments. The signals of individual records have been attributed to different fa... Read More about A global compilation of diatom silica oxygen isotope records from lake sediment – trends and implications for climate reconstruction.

Genetic regulation of the root angle in cereals (2024)
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Kirschner, G. K., Hochholdinger, F., Salvi, S., Bennett, M. J., Huang, G., & Bhosale, R. A. (2024). Genetic regulation of the root angle in cereals. Trends in Plant Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2024.01.008

The root angle plays a critical role in efficiently capturing nutrients and water from different soil layers. Steeper root angles enable access to mobile water and nitrogen from deeper soil layers, whereas shallow root angles facilitate the capture o... Read More about Genetic regulation of the root angle in cereals.

The effects of land-use change on semi-aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha, Hemiptera) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysia (2024)
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Harianja, M. F., Turner, E. C., Barclay, H., Chey, V. K., Aldridge, D. C., Foster, W. A., & Luke, S. H. (in press). The effects of land-use change on semi-aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha, Hemiptera) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysia. Freshwater Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14229

Land‐use change and agricultural expansion have caused marked biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia, but impacts on freshwater communities have been very little studied. Semi‐aquatic bugs are abundant in streams, provide prey for many other animals, an... Read More about The effects of land-use change on semi-aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha, Hemiptera) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysia.

Herbal leys have no effect on soil porosity, earthworm abundance, and microbial community composition compared to a grass-clover ley in a sheep grazed grassland after 2-years (2024)
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Cooledge, E. C., Sturrock, C. J., Atkinson, B. S., Mooney, S. J., Brailsford, F. L., Murphy, D. V., …Jones, D. L. (2024). Herbal leys have no effect on soil porosity, earthworm abundance, and microbial community composition compared to a grass-clover ley in a sheep grazed grassland after 2-years. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 365, Article 108928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.108928

Herbal leys (multispecies swards) can potentially deliver greater agronomic and environmental benefits than conventional grass-clover swards in grazed agroecosystems. However, despite their popularity in agri-environment schemes, little is known abou... Read More about Herbal leys have no effect on soil porosity, earthworm abundance, and microbial community composition compared to a grass-clover ley in a sheep grazed grassland after 2-years.

Root plasticity vs. elasticity – When are responses acclimative? (2024)
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Colombi, T., Pandey, B. K., Chawade, A., Bennett, M. J., Mooney, S., & Keller, T. (2024). Root plasticity vs. elasticity – When are responses acclimative?. Trends in Plant Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2024.01.003

Spatiotemporal soil heterogeneity and the resulting edaphic stress cycles can be decisive for crop growth. However, our understanding of the acclimative value of root responses to heterogeneous soil conditions remains limited. We outline a framework... Read More about Root plasticity vs. elasticity – When are responses acclimative?.

The impacts of within-stream physical structure and riparian buffer strips on semi-aquatic bugs in Southeast Asian oil palm (2024)
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Harianja, M. F., Luke, S. H., Barclay, H., Chey, V. K., Aldridge, D. C., Foster, W. A., & Turner, E. C. (2024). The impacts of within-stream physical structure and riparian buffer strips on semi-aquatic bugs in Southeast Asian oil palm. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6, Article 1203513. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1203513

Despite the diverse ecosystem services that forested stream margins (“riparian buffer strips”) can provide in agricultural landscapes, understanding of their biodiversity impacts in the tropics is lacking. Stream invertebrates support many ecosystem... Read More about The impacts of within-stream physical structure and riparian buffer strips on semi-aquatic bugs in Southeast Asian oil palm.

Differences in the nutritional quality of improved finger millet genotypes in Ethiopia (2024)
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Teklu, D., Gashu, D., Joy, E. J. M., Bailey, E. H., Wilson, L., Amede, T., & Broadley, M. R. (2024). Differences in the nutritional quality of improved finger millet genotypes in Ethiopia. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 460. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48749-3

Improved crop genotypes are constantly introduced. However, information on their nutritional quality is generally limited. The present study reports the proximate composition and the concentration and relative bioavailability of minerals of improved... Read More about Differences in the nutritional quality of improved finger millet genotypes in Ethiopia.