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{"title":"Forest monitoring data of 45 plots across the Japanese archipelago during 1980–2021","authors":"Tetsuro Yoshikawa,&nbsp;Kumiko Totsu,&nbsp;Yayoi Takeuchi,&nbsp;Taku Kadoya,&nbsp;Tsutomu Enoki,&nbsp;Sakae Fujii,&nbsp;Atsuko S. Fukamachi,&nbsp;Mitsuru Hirota,&nbsp;Kazuhiko Hoshizaki,&nbsp;Naoki Iiyama,&nbsp;Yukio Ishikawa,&nbsp;Hiroki Itô,&nbsp;Hajime Kobayashi,&nbsp;Takashi S. Kohyama,&nbsp;Yasuo Konno,&nbsp;Akifumi Makita,&nbsp;Akira S. Mori,&nbsp;Dai Nagamatsu,&nbsp;Tohru Nakashizuka,&nbsp;Kanji Namikawa,&nbsp;Mahoko Noguchi,&nbsp;Michinori Sakimoto,&nbsp;Yoshinobu Ozaki,&nbsp;Tatsuyuki Seino,&nbsp;Hisashi Sugita,&nbsp;Jun-Ichirou Suzuki,&nbsp;Ryo O. Suzuki,&nbsp;Satoshi N. Suzuki,&nbsp;Koichi Takahashi,&nbsp;Ryunosuke Tateno,&nbsp;Ryuichi Watanabe,&nbsp;Tamon Yamashita,&nbsp;Tomohiro Yoshida,&nbsp;Masae I. Ishihara,&nbsp;Tanaka Kenta,&nbsp;Masahiro Nakamura,&nbsp;Tsutom Hiura","doi":"10.1111/1440-1703.12457","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1440-1703.12457","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Long-term monitoring of forest tree communities is a basis for elucidating forest structure and dynamics and for evaluating ecosystem functions such as primary production. Because global climate change is changing forest ecosystems from the local to the global scale, it is essential to document long-term monitoring data of forests to examine the temporal and geographical trends of forest changes. We report monitoring data of 45 forest plots (average area 0.69 ha; range 0.0325–6.25 ha) at 27 sites in Japan. These plots are situated within 32.38° N to 43.36° N and at elevations ranging from 8 to 2453 m above sea level. The forest plots include both old-growth and secondary forests, and cover various forest biomes, such as warm-temperate evergreen forests, temperate deciduous broadleaved forests, and boreal or sub-alpine coniferous forests. In each plot, all living trees and lianas larger than a certain minimum size (typically 15 cm stem girth at breast height) were repeatedly measured and survival and recruitment of stems were recorded over 5–40 years (average 17.3 years). The data are presented in the format used by the Monitoring Sites 1000 Project in Japan (Ishihara et al. 2011, <i>Ecological Research</i>, <i>26</i>, 1007–1008) and in the sample-based Darwin Core format. This dataset expands existing open monitoring data for Japanese forests and thereby facilitates further meta-analysis of forest community structures and changes in relation to climate change and other drivers. The complete data set for this abstract is available in electronic format in MetaCat in JaLTER at http://db.cger.nies.go.jp/JaLTER/metacat/metacat/ERDP-2024-03.1/jalter-en.</p>","PeriodicalId":11434,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Research","volume":"39 3","pages":"391-406"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140169782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Metal concentrations in invasive Ailanthus altissima vs native Fraxinus ornus on ultramafic soils: Evidence for higher efficiency in Ni exclusion and adjustments to Mg and Ca imbalance","authors":"Federico Selvi,&nbsp;Isabella Bettarini,&nbsp;Marco Cabrucci,&nbsp;Ilaria Colzi,&nbsp;Andrea Coppi,&nbsp;Lorenzo Lazzaro,&nbsp;Michele Mugnai,&nbsp;Cristina Gonnelli","doi":"10.1111/1440-1703.12461","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1440-1703.12461","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Ailanthus altissima</i> is one of the major invasive trees at a global scale. Despite numerous reports about its invasiveness in different habitats, so far it was not observed on harsh ultramafic soils and to colonize the vegetation of these outcrops. In this paper we show that the species can also spread in these habitats in the Mediterranean region and is able to cope with the severe anomalies of ultramafic soils. We sampled <i>A. altissima</i> in four ultramafic outcrops of central Italy and in control sites to unravel the behavior of this species toward the typically high soil concentrations of trace metals, such as Ni, Cr and Co, as well the imbalance of the Ca:Mg quotient. A similar sampling was performed for the native <i>Fraxinus ornus</i> that occurs naturally on a broad range of soils, including those from ultramafic rocks. Trace metal concentrations in leaves of both species were below toxicity thresholds, but <i>A. altissima</i> showed lower translocation and bioaccumulation factors (TF and BF, respectively) for Ni. Compared with <i>F. ornus</i>, the invasive species displayed higher leaf concentrations of Mg, thus suggesting a higher tolerance of potentially toxic levels of this element. Moreover, the higher TF and BF values for Ca in both control and serpentine populations suggested that <i>A. altissima</i> was more able to extract and accumulate this macronutrient in leaves in respect to <i>F. ornus</i>. Given the inherent deficiency of this element in ultramafic soils, efficient use of Ca could be a key trait contributing to the invasiveness of <i>A. altissima</i> on these soils.</p>","PeriodicalId":11434,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Research","volume":"39 4","pages":"479-491"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140153051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Dataset of the impacts of invasive alien species in Brazil","authors":"Ana Clara Sampaio Franco,&nbsp;Rosana Moreira da Rocha,&nbsp;Vania R. Pivello,&nbsp;André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães,&nbsp;Camila Fediuk de Castro,&nbsp;Claudiano C. da Cruz Neto,&nbsp;Dalva M. da Silva Matos,&nbsp;George Gardner Brown,&nbsp;Gustavo Heringer,&nbsp;Hugo Henrique Lanzi Saulino,&nbsp;Igor Oliveira,&nbsp;Raul Rennó Braga,&nbsp;Ricardo Jessouroun Miranda,&nbsp;Roger Paulo Mormul,&nbsp;Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule","doi":"10.1111/1440-1703.12452","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1440-1703.12452","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This dataset summarizes the research on the impacts of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) documented in Brazil from 1981 to 2022 and was used to subsidize the Brazilian Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Impacts of non-native plants and animals, but not microorganisms and fungi, on terrestrial and aquatic (freshwater and marine) environments were included in this review. Most of the literature reviewed consisted of published articles, plus a few book chapters, dissertations, theses, and reports. We found 1003 records of ecological and economic impacts (970 negative and 33 positive) caused by 239 different species, as well as effects on people's well-being. Understanding and assessing all ecological interactions of IAS in nature, as well as evaluating their contributions to humans, can be a complex task. However, the current scientific evidence from Brazil suggests that negative impacts of IAS are far more common than positive impacts, highlighting the importance of avoiding novel introductions. From a conservationist perspective, the simple presence of IAS may cause the negative impact of changing the original structure and processes of nature. This is of special concern in megadiverse countries like Brazil, where interactions among species are multiple and complex. Therefore, we believe this extensive review is an important contribution to the national knowledge of IAS and the improvement of global databases, which must be periodically reviewed. The complete dataset for this abstract published in the Data Article section of the journal is available in electronic format in MetaCat in JaLTER at http://db.cger.nies.go.jp/JaLTER/metacat/metacat/ERDP-2024-01.1/jalter-en.</p>","PeriodicalId":11434,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Research","volume":"39 3","pages":"380-390"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140125584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Long‐term changes in stream water chemistry in small forested watersheds in the northern Kanto region","authors":"Rieko Urakawa, Hiroto Toda, Yue Cao","doi":"10.1111/1440-1703.12460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12460","url":null,"abstract":"Concerns have been raised regarding the degradation of stream water quality due to the excessive influx of atmospheric deposition. This study aimed to reveal the long‐term variation in stream water chemistry in approximately 40 forested small watersheds in the northern Kanto region, based on 3 surveys conducted in 1991–1992, 2006–2007, and 2022. The factors influencing each dissolved element were investigated. Regarding long‐term variations in stream water chemistry, relatively stable concentrations of cations (Ca<jats:sup>2+</jats:sup>, Mg<jats:sup>2+</jats:sup>, K<jats:sup>+</jats:sup>, and Na<jats:sup>+</jats:sup>) and SiO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> were observed. However, the concentrations of anions (Cl<jats:sup>−</jats:sup>, , and ) decreased due to the improvement in the atmospheric environment and the diminishing effect of fertilization. Furthermore, the recent increase in stream water pH was attributed to an increase in bicarbonate (), compensating for the decrease in anion concentrations relative to cations. Geology was the most significant factor for inter‐watershed variations in cations and SiO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>, and this influence remained relatively constant over 30 years. Forest practices, especially fertilization, had a significant effect on Cl<jats:sup>−</jats:sup> and , and contributed to higher concentrations in the fertilized watersheds than in the non‐fertilized watersheds over the 15 years following fertilization. Sulfate deposition was a significant influencing factor for , and the concentration fluctuated under long‐term variations in deposition over the past 30 years. Despite substantial acid deposition in the study area, the absence of stream water acidification could be attributed to the abundant cation supply from bedrock and volcanic ash, which underwent weathering processes.","PeriodicalId":11434,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Research","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140116949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Two-stage soil core sampler to collect a less-compressed core from forested areas","authors":"Mirai Watanabe, Masami K. Koshikawa, Takejiro Takamatsu, Akiko Takahashi, Tatsuhiro Nishikiori, Daichi Morita, Keiji Watanabe, Seiji Hayashi","doi":"10.1111/1440-1703.12450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12450","url":null,"abstract":"A two-stage sampler was designed to investigate the vertical distribution of heavy metals and trace elements that contaminate forest soils through atmospheric deposition. The hand-corer consisted of two L-shaped aluminum angles that were driven separately into the soil to reduce friction between the corer wall and the soil. This allowed for soil cores to be collected with less compression than with traditional corers. The corer is easily made, inexpensive, lightweight, and easy to carry. The degree of compression of soil cores collected at a depth of 20 cm from various montane forests in Japan was usually less than 10% (collected core length &gt;18 cm); although, more compression occurred in soil with a higher air content. The degree of compression of soil cores collected from urban forests was lower than that in montane forests. When the two-stage sampler was compared with a tube-type sampler in a Japanese cedar (<i>Cryptomeria japonica</i>) forest, the compression degree of a soil core collected with the two-stage sampler was a quarter that of the tube-type sampler. The collection of less-compressed soil cores will allow for reconstruction of a more accurate linear depth distribution of contaminants. To demonstrate this, we investigated the vertical distribution of Pb, Sb, and radioactive ¹³⁷Cs in soil cores collected from conifer plantations on Mount Tsukuba, Japan, in April 2011. The migration centers of anthropogenic Pb, Sb, and ¹³⁷Cs were positioned at 7.9, 7.5, and 3.3 cm from the ground surface, respectively. These distances probably reflect differences in the history of atmospheric pollution.","PeriodicalId":11434,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Research","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140071842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Phylogeographic incongruence between two related Geranium species with divergent habitat preferences in East Asia","authors":"Seikan Kurata,&nbsp;Shota Sakaguchi,&nbsp;Shun K. Hirota,&nbsp;Osamu Kurashima,&nbsp;Yoshihisa Suyama,&nbsp;Motomi Ito","doi":"10.1111/1440-1703.12458","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1440-1703.12458","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Plant species with overlapping distributions are expected to experience the same historical events. In contrast, species with different preferred habitat types may exhibit incongruent phylogeographic patterns because of their habitat-dependent demographic changes in spite of their overlapping distributions. On the western side of the Japanese Archipelago, boreal forest and non-forest vegetation were dominant during the last glacial period; subsequently, temperate forests expanded, and open vegetation (e.g., grasslands) decreased. Such vegetation shifts can result in incongruent phylogeographic patterns among temperate forest and grassland species; however, few phylogeographic studies have investigated this hypothesis. Here, we evaluated the phylogeographic structure of two related <i>Geranium</i> species that occur in grassland (<i>Geranium krameri</i>) and temperate forest (<i>Geranium shikokianum</i>) habitats using chloroplast genome sequencing and nuclear genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms genotyping. The phylogeographic structure was stronger for the temperate forest species than the grassland species, despite its currently scattered distribution for grassland species. The observed patterns indicate that the phylogeographic histories of these species were influenced by their habitat configurations since the last glacial period. During the ice age, grasslands in Japan were much more widespread than today; this would have enabled the grassland species to form a continuous distribution, leading to low divergence among regional populations. In contrast, the significant genetic divergence within the forest species can be attributed to the glacial isolation of regional populations. Our genetic results suggest that vegetation transitions have variously controlled the population dynamics of two species with overlapping distributions.</p>","PeriodicalId":11434,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Research","volume":"39 3","pages":"273-288"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140071663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Synchrotron μXRF imaging reveals elemental distribution in the nickel hyperaccumulator Odontarrhena muralis (Brassicaceae) from Serbia","authors":"Tomica Mišljenović,&nbsp;Ksenija Jakovljević,&nbsp;Dennis Brueckner,&nbsp;Antony van der Ent","doi":"10.1111/1440-1703.12451","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1440-1703.12451","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Odontarrhena muralis</i> (Brassicaceae) is a nickel hyperaccumulator species from the Balkans used as a “metal crop” in nickel phytomining. This study aimed to determine the elemental distribution, focusing on nickel, in fresh-hydrated plant tissue (stems, leaves and inflorescences), to clarify where nickel is localized at the tissue and cellular scale-level and to infer the physiological response to its hypertolerance and hyperaccumulation. For the analysis, intact plant organs of <i>O. muralis</i> were subjected to elemental imaging using synchrotron-based micro-X-ray fluorescence (μXRF). The predominant distribution of nickel occurs in the epidermal tissue and at the base of the trichomes, which are also the main sinks for calcium deposition. The obtained results represent a further contribution to the knowledge of the physiological characteristics of this hyperaccumulating “metal crop” species and, consequently, to its application in sustainable metal extraction using phytomining.</p>","PeriodicalId":11434,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Research","volume":"39 4","pages":"605-610"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140076415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Cutting propagation of Bornmuellera tymphaea, a nickel hyperaccumulator for use in agromining: Effects of rooting media and auxins on stem cuttings","authors":"Dimitrios Kyrkas,&nbsp;Nikolaos Mantzos,&nbsp;George Patakioutas,&nbsp;Eleni Lampraki,&nbsp;Evangelos Filis,&nbsp;Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos,&nbsp;Guillaume Echevarria,&nbsp;Maria Konstantinou","doi":"10.1111/1440-1703.12459","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1440-1703.12459","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The nickel hyperaccumulator <i>Bornmuellera tymphaea</i> has been evaluated for use in agromining in Greece with very promising results. This study examines propagation of this species based on cuttings, which provides rapid multiplication and clonal propagation of genotypes with useful genetic traits and offers obvious advantages over propagation by seed. Apical cuttings, 10 cm long, obtained from plants in the field, were propagated on mist benches under greenhouse conditions. Four treatments based on the rooting medium were evaluated: (a) perlite, (b) perlite + peat 1:1 (v/v), (c) ultramafic soil, and (d) ultramafic soil + perlite 1:1 (v/v). Completely randomized blocks were used in a 4 × 2 factorial design, using 4 different propagation rooting media and 2 levels of auxins (with or without the use of indole-3-butyric acid [IBA]), with 3 replicates of 28 cuttings. The response to perlite medium was best in terms of rooting: 75% without IBA and 71.33% with IBA, and the dry weight of roots was 0.18 g and of shoots 0.34 g. Perlite + peat 1:1 (v/v) medium also resulted in rooting in more than 55% of cuttings whereas cuttings grown in ultramafic soil showed very low rooting (&lt;27%). Based on the findings, <i>B</i>. <i>tymphaea</i> has an aptitude for vegetative propagation by cuttings with survival values and rooting greater than 70%. Perlite combined with the application of auxin (ΙΒΑ) is recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":11434,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Research","volume":"39 4","pages":"471-478"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1440-1703.12459","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140046787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Phenotype-dependent downstream dispersal under ordinary flow conditions in juvenile white-spotted char","authors":"Hiroyuki Yamada,&nbsp;Satoshi Wada","doi":"10.1111/1440-1703.12455","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1440-1703.12455","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Animal dispersal is often phenotype-dependent and can exert evolutionary pressures on populations in which it occurs. The evolutionary pressure arising from phenotype-dependent dispersal is called spatial sorting. We examined the evolutionary pressure arising from spatial sorting (sorting pressure) caused by downstream dispersal in juvenile white-spotted char <i>Salvelinus leucomaenis</i> under ordinary flow conditions. We conducted outdoor experiments using an artificial channel with 10 steps to investigate the relationship between phenotypic characteristics and the occurrence or distance of downstream dispersal during five daytime hours. Six experiments were conducted using young-of-the-year juveniles collected early in the morning of each experimental day. We focused on two phenotypes, fork length (body size) and station-holding (SH) behavior, where juveniles remain sedentary on the substrate. Juveniles were assigned to the “SH group” if they exhibited SH behavior for more than 10 s during a 540-s observation period, and to the “swimming group” if they exhibited SH behavior for less than 10 s. Juveniles in the swimming group had a higher occurrence of downstream dispersal than in the SH group. In addition, large juveniles in the SH group and small juveniles in the swimming group tended to show long dispersal distances. These results suggest an effective sorting pressure against juveniles with active swimming behavior. This sorting pressure may accumulate in isolated char populations located above a tall migration barrier and contribute to the creation and maintenance of the reported interpopulation variation in SH behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":11434,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Research","volume":"39 3","pages":"330-340"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140046731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Effects of different shading levels on the growth of Bornmuellera emarginata, a nickel hyperaccumulator for use in agromining","authors":"Dimitrios Kyrkas,&nbsp;Nikolaos Mantzos,&nbsp;Paraskevi Beza,&nbsp;Vasileios Papantzikos,&nbsp;Chrysanthe Andreaki,&nbsp;Erini-Evaggelia Konstantourou,&nbsp;Guillaume Echevarria,&nbsp;Maria Konstantinou,&nbsp;Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos","doi":"10.1111/1440-1703.12456","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1440-1703.12456","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Greek endemic <i>Bornmuellera emarginata</i>, known for its Ni hyperaccumulation capacity, is a promising candidate species for use in agromining. At the same time, the installation of photovoltaic systems on agricultural land has recently been increasing. Field observations that populations of this species usually occupy shaded places under shrubs or trees led us to study the effect of different shading levels on the growth of <i>B. emarginata</i>, with a view to combine the cultivation of the species with photovoltaic panels in the same area. The experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions and lasted 210 days after sowing (DAS). Seeds were sown directly into 2-L pots filled with ultramafic soil collected from the field. Three plant samplings (81, 140, and 210 DAS) were conducted during the experiment to determine a set of morphological and physiological parameters of the species (fresh and dry plant biomass, plant height, number of lateral shoots, total number of leaves, proline and chlorophyll concentrations) alongside with its nickel yield at different levels of shading (0%, 20%, 35%, 60%, and 90%). Growth of <i>B</i>. <i>emarginata</i> was only significantly affected at the highest shading level. Nickel yield of the species increased over time and was maximized at the end of the experiment. The highest nickel yield per plant was observed at the intermediate shading level (35%). <i>Bornmuellera emarginata</i> can be considered as a candidate nickel hyperaccumulator for cultivation in ultramafic or nickel-polluted areas under photovoltaic panels with corresponding shading, providing important environmental benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":11434,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Research","volume":"39 4","pages":"460-470"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1440-1703.12456","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140025342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}