adescribes the interrelationships between the organisms in a community and their physical environment. Ecosystems are made up of both Biotic (living) and Abiotic (non-living) factors. 在社区描述相互联系在有机体和他们的物理环境之间。 生态系由生物(居住)和无活力的(无生命)因素做成。 [translate] ...
An ecosystem is a community of organisms that interacts with their physical environment. Living and nonliving components interact with each other through cycles and energy flows. In simple terms, an ecosystem is an area where organisms, such as plants and animals, work together to create and conti...
Certain Fusarium exometabolites have been reported to inhibit seed germination of the cereal-parasitizing witchweed, Striga hermonthica, in vitro. However, it is unknown if these exometabolites will consistently prevent S. hermonthica incidence in planta
Freshwater organisms in the Okavango Delta and Lake Ngami (Botswana) provide direct and indirect benefits to people and the economy of the region. However, their existence could be potentially threatened by human activities (primarily, upstream water abstraction and planned hydropower structures) coupled...
of activity of viruses found in metagenomes and their predicted bacterial hosts. Viromes offer a focused view of extracellular VLPs. Together these techniques enable an understanding of viral dynamics from a total community perspective (metagenomes), from a virion perspective (viromes), and from ...
Although many studies have shown that microbes can ectopically stimulate or suppress plant immune responses, the fundamental question of whether the entire preexisting microbiota is indeed required for proper development of plant immune response remains
feedbacks between soil organisms and soil structure (Lavelle et al., 2006), and the adaptability to changing conditions. 2.2. Linking soil quality to soil functions and ecosystem services Ecosystem services are defined as “the benefits which humans derive from ecosystems” (Costanza et al., 1997...
Here, we explored the potential drivers of diversity distribution and community structure for amphibians along a 2600 m elevational gradient on Mount Emei on the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in southwestern China. A hump-shaped pattern of amphibian richness along the elevational gradie...
Metaproteomics has matured into a powerful tool to assess functional interactions in microbial communities. While many metaproteomic workflows are available, the impact of method choice on results remains unclear. Here, we carry out a community-driven, m
Unlike animals, plants are sessile organisms that must simultaneously integrate various responses to biotic and abiotic stresses to prioritize either growth or defence depending on rapidly changing surrounding conditions1. Since the colonization of land by ancestral plant lineages 450 million years ago, co...