Current changes in biodiversity and their functional consequences for ecosystem processes matter for both fundamental and applied reasons. In most places the most important anthropogenic determinant of biodiversity is land use. The effects of type and intensity of land use are modulated by climate and atmospheric change, nutrient deposition and pollution and by feedback effects of changed biolo...

[1] Relative impacts of multiple global change factors on ecohydrological processes in terrestrial ecosystems have not been carefully studied. In this study, we used a terrestrial ecosystem (TECO) model to examine effects of three global change factors (i.e., climate warming, elevated CO2, and altered precipitation) individually and in combination on runoff, evaporation, transpiration, rooting ...

www.frontiersinecology.org © The Ecological Society of America B climate, land use – and its manifestation as land-cover change and pollution loading – is the major factor altering the structure, function, and dynamics of Earth’s terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Urbanization, in particular, fundamentally alters both biotic and abiotic ecosystem properties within, surrounding, and even at gre...

Background: Despite the popularity of ice cream, its high content of sugar and fat is worrisome. Substituting sugar with natural and useful resources is one possible solution. Dates (Phoenix dactylifera) are rich in carbohydrates and are a good source of energy; they also have a large amount of phenolic compounds and anthocyanin. Aims: The aim of this ...

Assembly history, or the order of species arrival, can have wide-ranging effects on species, communities and ecosystems. However, it remains unclear whether assembly history primarily affects individual species, with effects attenuating at the level of communities and ecosystems or, alternatively, has consistent effect sizes across increasing levels of ecological organisation. We address this q...

Abstract Global terrestrial vegetation is greening, particularly in mountain areas, providing strong feedbacks to a series of ecosystem processes. This greening has been primarily attributed climate change. However, the spatial variability and magnitude such do not synchronize with those change areas. By integrating two data sets satellite-derived normalized difference index (NDVI) values, whic...

although the applications of nanotechnology have been widely studied, the risk measurement and assessment of nanoparticles effect on biological systems and ecosystems has not been clearly demonstrated. the small size and specific properties of nanoparticles makes them a carrier for toxic chemical pollutants. several studies show the nanoparticles and nanotubes can release in the environment and...