{"title":"Influence of soil properties on selenium concentration in paddy soil and rice grains in the hilly regions of southern China","authors":"Guiduo Shang, Weijun Zhou, Rui Liu, Yuzhou Zhou, Zhangqian Xu, Haojie Cui, Yixiang Cai","doi":"10.1186/s13717-024-00524-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-024-00524-6","url":null,"abstract":"Selenium (Se) is essential for human health and is predominantly obtained from dietary sources, particularly rice in Hunan Province, a significant rice-producing region in southern China. Investigating the relationship between Se levels in paddy soil and rice grains, along with the associated influencing factors, is critical for enhancing Se-enriched food security. Analysis of 128,992 samples collected between 2019 and 2022 revealed that the soil Se concentration in Hunan exceeded the global average, with rice grains showing promising potential for Se enrichment. Various analytical methods, including statistical analyses, co-occurrence networks, and correlation heatmaps, were utilized to scrutinize the extensive dataset. Additionally, partial least squares path analysis elucidated the interactive effects of influencing factors on soil Se concentration, rice grain Se concentration, and Se bioconcentration factor (BCF). Soil parent materials significantly affected soil Se concentration, rice grain Se concentration, and Se BCF (p < 0.01). Factors such as soil cation exchange capacity, soil organic matter, slope, and soil concentrations of Cu, Mn, and Zn demonstrated positive correlations with soil Se concentration. Similarly, these factors exhibited positive associations with rice grain Se concentration. Conversely, negative correlations were observed between certain factors and Se BCF. As a result, predictive models were developed for soil Se, rice grain Se concentration, and Se BCF. This study contributes valuable insights to inform policy-making for Se-enriched food production and to ensure regional nutritional equilibrium. Caution is recommended in areas with excessive Se levels to prevent potential poisoning risks.","PeriodicalId":11419,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Processes","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141502417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fuzzy evaluation and obstacle factors of urban ecological health changes in the Wei River Basin, northwest China","authors":"Changxue Wu, Peng Gao, Jiahui Zhou, Xinyi Fan, Ruirui Xu, Xingmin Mu","doi":"10.1186/s13717-024-00529-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-024-00529-1","url":null,"abstract":"Urban ecological health is crucial for the long-term sustainable development of watershed. Accurately evaluating the health level of the ecological environment helps to develop reasonable strategies for ecological environment restoration and resource management. This paper constructed a comprehensive evaluation index system based on the Pressure-State-Response (PSR) framework and evaluated the ecological health of eleven administrative regions in the Wei River Basin (WRB), northwest China in 1980, 2000, and 2020 using an evaluation model established by fuzzy mathematics. Further, obstacle degrees were used to quantify the contribution of pressure, state, and response modules, as well as individual indicators to ecological health. The comprehensive evaluation system constructed based on the PSR framework could effectively reflect the ecological health conditions of different regions in the WRB. During the study period, the ecological health went through a process of first deterioration and then improvement. By 2020, the ecological health of seven administrative regions reached healthy levels. The state module was the main obstacle module of the PSR framework to the ecological health of the most regions. The population density (P1), patch density of construction land (S5), comprehensive elasticity index (S8), soil erosion index (R1), and per capital GDP (R3) were the most crucial individual indicators affecting the ecological health. For different cities, the main obstacle factors varied. In economically developed cities, the limiting effect of P1 was more significant, while in economically underdeveloped cities, the limiting effect of R3 was stronger. In response to the special natural environment and socio-economic conditions of arid and semi-arid areas in the WRB, an ecological health evaluation index system suitable for the characteristics of the basin was constructed. The results indicated that, to improve the levels of urban ecological health, it is necessary to restore the natural ecological environment and control population size while accelerating economic construction. Our results can provide scientific support for the ecological health evaluation and protection of the WRB and even the arid and semi-arid areas in northwest China.","PeriodicalId":11419,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Processes","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141502418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alejandro Brazeiro, Juan Olivera, Alejandra Betancourt, Ignacio Lado, David Romero, Federico Haretche, Alexandra Cravino
{"title":"Disentangling the invasion process of subtropical native forests of Uruguay by the exotic tree Ligustrum lucidum: establishment and dominance determinants","authors":"Alejandro Brazeiro, Juan Olivera, Alejandra Betancourt, Ignacio Lado, David Romero, Federico Haretche, Alexandra Cravino","doi":"10.1186/s13717-024-00512-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-024-00512-w","url":null,"abstract":"What factors, processes and mechanisms regulate invasive processes and their effects? This is one of the main questions addressed by the ecology of biological invasions. Ligustrum lucidum, a tree species native to East Asia, became an aggressive invader of subtropical and temperate forests around the world. We analyzed here the L. lucidum invasion in Uruguayan forests to determine the factors controlling two stages of the invasive process, the establishment, and the dominance. Establishment was assessed by the occurrence, measured in 1525, 1 × 1 km-cells, and dominance by remotely measuring the L. lucidum coverage at the forest canopy in 5554, 1 × 1 km-cells. The occurrence and dominance were modeled using Generalized Linear Models in function of independent environmental and geographic variables. Ligustrum lucidum has become established in 13.4% of the Uruguayan forests and has dominated the forest canopy in 1.2%. Our models explained 45% and 35% of the occurrence and dominance spatial variance respectively and detected in both cases strong diffusion patterns from the S-SW region to rest of Uruguay. Occurrence increased mainly in function of urban areas, and with the proximity to towns, probably because L. lucidum trees planted in gardens are seed sources, and near railways and highways, that could function as biological corridors. Occurrence also increased in loamy soils and near rivers, suggesting moisture conditions are favorable for establishment. Dominance increased with reduced forest area, in high productive soils and at higher altitudes. Moreover, dominance increased near urban areas, roads, and railways, as well as in highly afforested landscapes, and in loamy and low-rockiness soils. The invasion of Uruguayan forests by L. lucidum is in the spread and impact stages, currently in expansion from the invasion focus on the S-SW region, where the oldest urbanizations are settled, towards the rest of the country. The geographic proximity to the invasion focus is currently the main predictor of both L. lucidum establishment and dominance. Additionally, whereas establishment is manly facilitated by human infrastructures improving propagule pressure and dispersion, dominance is enhanced in small or fragmented forest patches, in rich-nutrient soils, and at higher altitudes, suggesting ecosystem resistance is also operating.","PeriodicalId":11419,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Processes","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141502502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nitrogen addition has divergent effects on phosphorus fractions in four types of soils","authors":"Ping Zeng, Qiong Zhao, Jia-yu Hu, Xiang Zhang, Bing Mao, Qing-ye Sun, Wen-ge Wu","doi":"10.1186/s13717-024-00523-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-024-00523-7","url":null,"abstract":"Globally increasing atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has altered soil phosphorus (P) transformations and availability, and thereby influenced structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems. Edaphic characteristics and chemical form of deposited N could be important factors determining impacts of N deposition on soil P transformations, yet the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Objectives of this study were to examine how mineral-N and amino N differently affect P fractions, and identify key soil properties determining N addition impacts on soil P transformations. Considering that amino N is an important component of deposited N and forest soils vary greatly in different regions, the results of present study can guide the management of forests across different soils under ongoing N deposition scenarios. We conducted a 60-day laboratory experiment to investigate the effects of N addition (NH4NO3 and glycine) on soil P fractions and related biochemical properties in four representative forest soils (brown, yellow brown, aeolian sandy, and red soils) in China. Glycine and NH4NO3 were separately added at three rates (5, 10 and 20 g N m–2 yr–1). Firstly, the percent changes in organic P fractions with N addition were significantly greater than changes in inorganic P fractions across all soils. Secondly, the percent changes in P fractions with glycine and NH4NO3 additions were significantly correlated across all soils and treatments. However, glycine addition had significantly greater impacts on organic P fractions than NH4NO3 addition in the aeolian sandy and red soils with low organic carbon content. Thirdly, P fractions responded differently to N addition among the four soils. N-induced changes in microbial biomass and phosphatase activities, pH, exchangeable Ca2+ and Mg2+ contributed differently to the changes in P fractions with N addition in the four soils. The different responses of P fractions to N addition in the four soils were mainly generated by the differences in extent of microbial N limitation, acid buffering capacity, and cation exchange capacity among the soils. The different impacts of mineral and amino N on soil P fractions can be ascribed to their divergent effects on soil pH, microbial biomass and activities.","PeriodicalId":11419,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Processes","volume":"135 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141259988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nur Hussain, Alemu Gonsamo, Shusen Wang, M. Altaf Arain
{"title":"Assessment of spongy moth infestation impacts on forest productivity and carbon loss using the Sentinel-2 satellite remote sensing and eddy covariance flux data","authors":"Nur Hussain, Alemu Gonsamo, Shusen Wang, M. Altaf Arain","doi":"10.1186/s13717-024-00520-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-024-00520-w","url":null,"abstract":"Deciduous forests in eastern North America experienced a widespread and intense spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) infestation in 2021. This study quantified the impact of this spongy moth infestation on carbon (C) cycle in forests across the Great Lakes region in Canada, utilizing high-resolution (10 × 10 m2) Sentinel-2 satellite remote sensing images and eddy covariance (EC) flux data. Study results showed a significant reduction in leaf area index (LAI) and gross primary productivity (GPP) values in deciduous and mixed forests in the region in 2021. Remote sensing derived, growing season mean LAI values of deciduous (mixed) forests were 3.66 (3.18), 2.74 (2.64), and 3.53 (2.94) m2 m−2 in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively, indicating about 24 (14)% reduction in LAI, as compared to pre- and post-infestation years. Similarly, growing season GPP values in deciduous (mixed) forests were 1338 (1208), 868 (932), and 1367 (1175) g C m−2, respectively in 2020, 2021 and 2022, showing about 35 (22)% reduction in GPP in 2021 as compared to pre- and post-infestation years. This infestation induced reduction in GPP of deciduous and mixed forests, when upscaled to whole study area (178,000 km2), resulted in 21.1 (21.4) Mt of C loss as compared to 2020 (2022), respectively. It shows the large scale of C losses caused by this infestation in Canadian Great Lakes region. The methods developed in this study offer valuable tools to assess and quantify natural disturbance impacts on the regional C balance of forest ecosystems by integrating field observations, high-resolution remote sensing data and models. Study results will also help in developing sustainable forest management practices to achieve net-zero C emission goals through nature-based climate change solutions.","PeriodicalId":11419,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Processes","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140931654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Feng Jiang, Tao Pu, Zi-Jing Xue, Yan-Wei Ma, Xiao-Yi Shi, Fu-Xi Shi
{"title":"Stable carbon isotope composition and intrinsic water use efficiency in plants along an altitudinal gradient on the eastern slope of Yulong Snow Mountain, China","authors":"Feng Jiang, Tao Pu, Zi-Jing Xue, Yan-Wei Ma, Xiao-Yi Shi, Fu-Xi Shi","doi":"10.1186/s13717-024-00518-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-024-00518-4","url":null,"abstract":"Stable carbon isotope composition (δ13Cp) can be used to estimate the changes in intrinsic water use efficiency (iWUE) in plants, which helps us to better understand plants’ response strategies to climate change. This study focused on the variations in δ13Cp and iWUE for the different life-form plants (i.e., herbs, shrubs, and trees) along an altitudinal gradient (3300, 3600, 3900, 4100, 4300, and 4500 m) on the eastern slope of Yulong Snow Mountain, southeastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The response mechanisms of δ13Cp and iWUE for different life-form plants to altitude were thoroughly analyzed in this mountain ecosystem. The δ13Cp values of plants on the eastern slopes of Yulong Snow Mountain ranged from − 30.4‰ to − 26.55‰, with a mean of − 28.02‰, indicating a dominance of C3 plants. The δ13Cp and iWUE values varied among different life-form plants in the order of herbs > shrubs > trees, particularly in 3600, 3900, and 4300 m. The δ13Cp and iWUE values for herbs and shrubs increased with altitude and were mainly controlled by air temperature. The two parameters for trees exhibited a trend of initial decrease followed by an increase with altitude. Below 3900 m, the δ13Cp and iWUE values decreased with altitude, influenced by soil moisture. However, above 3900 m, the two parameters increased with altitude, mainly regulated by air temperature. In addition, iWUE was positively correlated with leaf P content but negatively correlated with leaf N:P ratio, especially for herbs and trees, suggesting that P plays a key role in modulating iWUE in this region. The differentiated responses of water availability for different life-form plants to a higher altitudinal gradient are regulated by air temperature, soil moisture, and leaf P content in the Yulong Snow Mountain. These results provide valuable insights into understanding the water–carbon relationships in high-altitude ecosystems.","PeriodicalId":11419,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Processes","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140931789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ratio of photosynthetically active radiation to global solar radiation above forest canopy in complex terrain: measurements and analyses based on Qingyuan Ker Towers","authors":"Shuangtian Li, Qiaoling Yan, Tian Gao, Xingchang Wang, Qingwei Wang, Fengyuan Yu, Deliang Lu, Huaqi Liu, Jinxin Zhang, Jiaojun Zhu","doi":"10.1186/s13717-024-00514-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-024-00514-8","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding of the ratio of photosynthetic photon flux density (Qp) to global solar radiation (Rs) (Qp/Rs) is crucial for applying Rs to ecology-related studies. Previous studies reported Qp/Rs and its variations based on measurements from a single observatory tower, instead of multi-site-based measurements over complex terrains. This may neglect spatial heterogeneity in the terrain, creating a gap in an understanding of how terrain affects Qp/Rs and how this effect interacts with meteorological factors. Here the Qingyuan Ker Towers (three towers in a valley with different terrains: T1, T2, and T3) were utilized to measure Qp and Rs over mountainous forests of Northeast China. An airborne LiDAR system was used to generate a digital elevation model, and sky view factor of sectors (SVFs) divided from the field of view of tower’s pyranometer was calculated as a topographic factor to explain the variations of Qp/Rs. The results identified significant differences in Qp/Rs of the three towers at both daily and half-hour scales, with larger differences on clear days than on overcast days. Qp/Rs was positively correlated with SVFs of T1 and T3, while this correlation was negative with that of T2. The effect of SVFs on Qp/Rs interacted with clearness index, water vapor pressure and solar zenith angle. Random forest-based importance assessment demonstrated that explanation (R2) on Qp/Rs was improved when SVFs was included in the predictor variable set, indicating that incorporating terrain effects enhances the prediction accuracy of Qp/Rs. The improvement in the R2 values was more pronounced on clear days than on overcast days, suggesting that the effect of terrain on Qp/Rs depended on sky conditions. All findings suggested that Qp/Rs is affected by terrain, and integrating terrain information into existing Qp/Rs models is a feasible solution to improve Qp/Rs estimates in mountainous areas.","PeriodicalId":11419,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Processes","volume":"117 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140931629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rita Maria Lopez Laphitz, María Verónica Arana, Santiago Agustín Varela, Leandro Aníbal Becker, Carolina Soliani, María Marta Azpilicueta, Paula Marchelli, Nicolás Bellora
{"title":"Transcriptomic responses to drought stress in the Patagonian southern beech Nothofagus alpina","authors":"Rita Maria Lopez Laphitz, María Verónica Arana, Santiago Agustín Varela, Leandro Aníbal Becker, Carolina Soliani, María Marta Azpilicueta, Paula Marchelli, Nicolás Bellora","doi":"10.1186/s13717-024-00496-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-024-00496-7","url":null,"abstract":"Deciphering the genetic architecture of drought tolerance could allow the candidate genes identification responding to water stress. In the Andean Patagonian forest, the genus Nothofagus represents an ecologically relevant species to be included in different genomic studies. These studies are scarce in South American ecosystems however represent an important source of genomic data in order to interpret future climate-change environment scenarios of these emblematic forests. Here, we achieved the assemblage of the transcriptome of N. alpina while searching for key genes of activated or suppressed metabolic pathways in response to drought stress. De novo transcriptome assembly resulted in 104,030 transcripts. Following confirmation of drought conditions, based on reduction of leaf water potential and stomatal conductance, a differential gene expression analysis resulted in 2720 significantly expressed genes (1601 up-regulated and 1119 down-regulated). Enrichment analysis (over-representation analysis and gene set enrichment analysis) resulted in more than one hundred stress-responsive term ontologies (i.e. biological processes) and pathways. Terms such as response to abscisic acid and pathways such as plant hormone signal transduction or starch and sucrose metabolism were over-represented. Protein–protein interaction assessment resulted in networks with significantly expressed top common hub gene clusters (e.g. plant-type cell wall biogenesis among down-regulated or ABA-signalling among up-regulated). These networks evidenced important regulators at gene expression such as transcriptional factors. Responses of N. alpina seedlings to drought stress were evidenced by the activation of several genes linked to GO biological processes and KEGG pathways, which were mainly based on over-expression of specific protein kinases, phosphatases, synthases and transcription factors. This suggests an up-regulation of signalling pathways, triggered through plant hormones such as abscisic acid or auxin, which could counteract the osmotic stress created as a probable immediate response to drought. On the other hand, groups of carbon fixation genes related to the galactose metabolism, photosynthesis, secondary wall biogenesis, and fatty acid biosynthesis degradation were down-regulated under drought. Overall, our results provide new genomic data for understanding how non-model long-lived trees of Patagonian forests would acclimate to environmental changes.","PeriodicalId":11419,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Processes","volume":"114 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140888919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Junjie Lei, Changli Zeng, Lv Zhang, Xiaogang Wang, Chanhua Ma, Tao Zhou, Benjamin Laffitte, Ke Luo, Zhihan Yang, Xiaolu Tang
{"title":"Prediction of soil organic carbon stock combining Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 images in the Zoige Plateau, the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau","authors":"Junjie Lei, Changli Zeng, Lv Zhang, Xiaogang Wang, Chanhua Ma, Tao Zhou, Benjamin Laffitte, Ke Luo, Zhihan Yang, Xiaolu Tang","doi":"10.1186/s13717-024-00515-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-024-00515-7","url":null,"abstract":"Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a critical component of the global carbon cycle, and an accurate estimate of regional SOC stock (SOCS) would significantly improve our understanding of SOC sequestration and cycles. Zoige Plateau, locating in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, has the largest alpine marsh wetland worldwide and exhibits a high sensitivity to climate fluctuations. Despite an increasing use of optical remote sensing in predicting regional SOCS, optical remote sensing has obvious limitations in the Zoige Plateau due to highly cloudy weather, and knowledge of on the spatial patterns of SOCS is limited. Therefore, in the current study, the spatial distributions of SOCS within 100 cm were predicted using an XGBoost model—a machine learning approach, by integrating Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and field observations in the Zoige Plateau. The results showed that SOC content exhibited vertical distribution patterns within 100 cm, with the highest SOC content in topsoil. The tenfold cross-validation approach showed that XGBoost model satisfactorily predicted the spatial patterns of SOCS with a model efficiency of 0.59 and a root mean standard error of 95.2 Mg ha−1. Predicted SOCS showed a distinct spatial heterogeneity in the Zoige Plateau, with an average of 355.7 ± 123.1 Mg ha−1 within 100 cm and totaled 0.27 × 109 Mg carbon. High SOC content in topsoil highlights the high risks of significant carbon loss from topsoil due to human activities in the Zoige Plateau. Combining Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satisfactorily predicted SOCS using the XGBoost model, which demonstrates the importance of selecting modeling approaches and satellite images to improve efficiency in predicting SOCS distribution at a fine spatial resolution of 10 m. Furthermore, the study emphasizes the potential of radar (Sentinel-1) in developing SOCS mapping, with the newly developed fine-resolution mapping having important applications in land management, ecological restoration, and protection efforts in the Zoige Plateau.","PeriodicalId":11419,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Processes","volume":"147 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140834139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lake microbiome composition determines community adaptability to warming perturbations","authors":"Xiaotong Wu, Qixing Zhou, Hui Zeng, Xiangang Hu","doi":"10.1186/s13717-024-00516-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-024-00516-6","url":null,"abstract":"Microbial communities are crucial for ecosystems. A central goal of microbial ecological research is to simplify the biodiversity in natural environments and quantify the functional roles to explore how the ecosystems respond under different environmental conditions. However, the research on the stability and dynamics of lake microbes in response to repeated warming stress is limited. To exclude confounding environmental factors, we conducted a 20-day repeated warming simulation experiment to examine the composition and function dynamics of lake microbial communities. Experimental warming significantly altered the community structure of bacteria instead of fungi. Microbial community structure, together with microbial biomass, jointly regulated the function of microbial communities. The plummeting of aerobic denitrifiers Pseudomonadaceae decreased by 99% (P < 0.001) after high temperature, leading to reduced microbial nitrogen metabolism on nitrogen respiration and nitrate respiration. Under warming conditions, the microbial community with higher adaptability showed more positive correlations and less competitive relationships in co-occurrence networks to acclimate to warming. Microbiome composition controlled carbon and nitrogen metabolism, thus determining lake microbial communities’ adaptability to heat stress. This study extended our insights on the lake microbial community response and adaptability under warming drivers.","PeriodicalId":11419,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Processes","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140833991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}