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- Plant-soil feedback (PSF) occurs due to the influence of plants on soil communities and properties, with a focus on rhizosphere effects and litter decomposition, which remain inadequately understood.
- The study examined how native and range-expanding plant species interact with these factors, finding that while both groups had neutral PSF overall, some range-expanders showed greater biomass in nutrient-rich litter-conditioned soils.
- The results suggest that comparing plant species within the same genus is crucial for accurate PSF assessments, as ignoring this can lead to exaggerated claims about the effects of plant origin on soil interactions.
zrx03 was a bacteriocin-producing strain isolated from infant's feces. The fermentation supernatant produced by this strain could strongly inhibit JM109 ATCC 67387, ATCC 25923, and CICC 21633, in which the diameter of inhibition zone was 12.83 ± 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurrent approaches for assessing the effects of invasive alien species (IAS) are biased toward the negative effects of these species, resulting in an incomplete picture of their real effects. This can result in an inefficient IAS management. We address this issue by describing the INvasive Species Effects Assessment Tool (INSEAT) that enables expert elicitation for rapidly assessing the ecological consequences of IAS using the ecosystem services (ES) framework.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInflammation in the subcutaneous adipose tissue does not attenuate endothelial function in subjects with diabetes mellitus and subjects with dyslipidaemia and hypertension: A cross-sectional study.
Endocrinol Diabetes Metab
July 2018
Department of Internal Medicine Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands.
Background: Obesity is associated with low-grade inflammation that may be related to vascular disease. We hypothesized that inflammation in the subcutaneous adipose tissue is associated with impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilatation.
Methods: We assessed endothelial function by measuring forearm vascular response to acetylcholine and determined inflammation in subcutaneous fat biopsies in 2 groups of subjects; 15 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and 19 subjects with dyslipidaemia combined with hypertension (DcH).
Bioclimate envelope models have been widely used to illustrate the discrepancy between current species distributions and their potential habitat under climate change. However, the realism and correct interpretation of such projections has been the subject of considerable discussion. Here, we investigate whether climate suitability predictions correlate to tree growth, measured in permanent inventory plots and inferred from tree-ring records.
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