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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 10h

Using #GlobalEcosystemDynamicsInvestigation data, the study for the first time provided a national-scale assessment of the difference in 3D structure between natural forests and tree plantations in China. #remotesensing | #LiDAR | #treeplanting | #canopystructure doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Workflow for comparative analysis of the 3D structure between natural forests and tree plantations in China.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 12h

Regardless of competition, the younger ramet of #Fragariapentaphylla exhibited root foraging in the heterogeneous soil, while interspecific competition promotes this process. #clonalintegration | #environmentalheterogeneity | #foragingresponse | #nutrientheterogeneity doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Schematic representation of the experimental design. The younger ramet (orange dot) of Fragaria pentaphylla grew either in a heterogeneous soil that consisted of high- and low-nutrient patches (right) or a homogeneous soil consisting of an even mixture of the high- and the low-nutrient soil at a volume ratio of 1:1 (left), and its connected older ramet (red dot) grew in another homogeneous soil with twice the amount of nutrients as that in the homogeneous soil for the younger ramet. The older ramet grew either with no competition, with a ramet of the same species, or with a ramet of a different species, i.e. Duchesnea indica, Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides or Centella asiatica. The two ramets of F. pentaphylla were connected by a stolon internode (black line) to allow clonal integration.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The study suggests that Variations in crown architectural traits play crucial roles in mediating the positive effects of #treediversity on tree crown complementarity and canopy packing. #Tree_treeinteractions | #canopydynamics | #ecosystemfunction | #functionaldiversity doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Effects of tree species richness (a) and functional diversity (b) on crown complementarity and canopy packing through variations of architecture traits. The chi-square test (χ2; P > 0.05) represents the absence of discrepancy between the data and the fitted model. The pink and black lines indicate a negative and positive association, respectively, between the two variables. Arrows with numbers indicate the standardized associations of predictors with dependent variables. Significance levels were assigned as follows (***P < 0.001; **P < 0.01; *P < 0.05). The insignificant paths are indicated as dotted lines (P > 0.05). CV, the coefficient of variation.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📢 The October issue is in progress ! 🔗 Volume 19, Issue 5, October 2026 🔎 academic.oup.com/jpe/issue/19/5

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How the compound droughts affect vegetation productivity remains unclear. Jia Liu et al. defined #atmosphericdroughts, soil, and compound droughts based on #vaporpressuredeficit and #soilmoisture, and investigated the study. #plantgrowth | #carboncycle | #climatechange doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Spatiotemporal trends and partial correlations between compound droughts and vegetation productivity across three periods from 1982 to 2018.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How does #nitrogeninput affect the stoichiometric characteristics and #plantproductivity of #wetlandecosystems? Based on 103 individual data points from 74 studies, Xueyan Lu et al. conducted a study. #machinelearning | #C/Nstoichiometry | #plantstem doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

The PRISMA diagram of this systematic review. n refers to the number of studies included at each stage.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How do exogenous #microbialinoculant recruited by plants interact with native microbiomes to influence plant performance? Hui Nie et al. studied this issue using Bacillus thuringiensis as an example. #syntheticcommunity | #communitysimplification | #multi_omics doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yuanming Xiao et al. investigated the processes shaping plant community structure and the associated environmental drivers during the early stages of #vegetationrestoration in severely degraded #alpinemeadows. #grasslandmanagement | #plantdiversity | #Qinghai_TibetanPlateau doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Plant community assemblage under different treatments from 2021 to 2023. The βNTI index for each treatment (a–c) and the proportions of each assemblage process (d–f). Changes in the overall assemblage processes (g–i).

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Plant invasion through the lens of community assembly: Integrating traits, multitrophic interactions, and environmental change #alien | #coexistence | #non_native | #globalchange | #invasionrisk | #speciesinteractions @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In temperate deserts, there are significant differences in #leaffunctionaltraits and #abovegroundbiomass of the #Erodiumoxyrrhynchum in different plant germination seasons during different stages of #biologicalsoilcrusts. #phyllospheremicroorganisms | #plantlife_history doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Growth status of Erodium oxyrrhynchum with different life-history strategies across various biocrust types. (a) Individuals of E. oxyrrhynchum exhibiting distinct life-history strategies (spring-germinating vs. autumn-germinating); (b) Morphological characteristics of E. oxyrrhynchum growing in plots dominated by different types of biocrusts.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#Denitrification affects nutrient cycling, water purification and the global nitrogen budget in wetlands. Research has found that both direct and indirect effects of wetland plants contribute significantly to denitrification. #ecologicalprocessesandpathways doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

The layout of the structural equation model (SEM) in this study. We have root biomass, plant nitrogen status and substrate oxygen availability estimated from a combination of plant traits. Denitrification enhancement expresses the increase in denitrification by vegetation presence compared to an unvegetated plot, thus accounting for environmental conditions. The hexagon indicates the substrate oxygen composite.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Microbialnecromassnitrogen is the core source of soil nitrogen in #alpinegrasslands, and the contribution of soil properties to its changes is greater than that of plant and microbial factors. #nitrogenadditiongradient | #nonlinearresponse | #mineralprotection doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Warm springs and dry summers weaken radial #stemgrowth dependence on primary growth by increasing phenological synchrony between primary and secondary meristems in #Pinustaiwanensis @unevadareno.bsky.social @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The study collected #morphologicaltrait data of all woody plants with a breast height diameter ≥ 1 cm in the #karstgeomorphology in southwestern China, and analyzed their correlation and variation characteristics. #intraspecificvariation | #interspecificvariation doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Location of the Maolan National Nature Reserve (upper left), showcasing the physiognomy of peak clump depression karst morphology and plot setting (bottom left), and interior views from upper (upper right), middle (middle right), and lower slope positions (bottom right) of karst forests in the distribution map of karst geomorphology (in grey) in Guizhou Province, southwestern China.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Effects of #nitrogenaddition on #radialgrowth and wood anatomy of Betula platyphylla with different #stemdiameters in Dongling Mountain #birch | #woodanatomicalstructure @mapjournals.bsky.social @pku1898.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 #Edgeeffects reduce #plantdiversity through #cascadingeffects on microclimate and soil properties #habitatfragmentation | #magnitudeofedgeinfluence (MEI) | #distanceofedgeinfluence (DEI) @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 #Lifehistory and #bud_position strategies shape stage-specific phenological responses to #globalchange in grasslands #grasslandphenology | #environmentalgradients | #meta_analysis @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 #Standage drives carbon stock in both planted and natural forests across China #Totalvegetationcarbonstorage | #above_groundbiomasscarbon | #below_groundbiomasscarbon | #forestorigin @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Synergistic effects of litter mixing on decomposition process at organ and species levels in a #temperatesteppe #Carbonfractions | #Litterdecomposition | #Mixingeffect | #Nitrogendeposition @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Elevation structures plant growth and defence but not resistance to slug herbivory #Brassicaceae | #chemicaldefence | #functionaltraits | #glucosinolates | #growth_defencetrade_off | #trait_mediatedinteractions @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 #Afforestation enhances #ecosystemstability in the #farming_pastoralecotoneofnorthernChina, but its effects are constrained by water availability #Droughtdisturbance | #Three_NorthShelterForestProject @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Multi-organ stoichiometry of C:N:P reflects shifts in plant adaptation strategies during #secondarysuccession in temperate forests #Nutrientallocation | #Resourceutilizationstrategy | #Forestmanagement @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 How climatic, edaphic, and biotic drivers collectively govern large-scale #grassland #biomassallocation #Abioticandbioticcontrols | #Machinelearning | #Structuralequationmodeling @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Long-term climatic modulation of the hydraulic-mechanical trade-off in xylem of Betula ermanii over 58 yrs #Xylemanatomy | #fiber_vesseltrade_offs | #hydraulicconductivity | #xylemfiberallocation | #treeline @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Forest bioindication via vascular plants: from multilevel frameworks to trait-based analysis #anthropogenicstress | #climatechange | #foresttype | #biologicalorganization | #plantfunctionaltrait | #vegetationmonitoring @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 #Sprouting coincides with reduced adverse effects of #stress on #speciesloss and #productivity in a natural forest #Tiantong | #persistenceniche @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Water uptake strategy of #Robiniapseudoacacia as influenced by #slopepositions in the #Loessgullyregion, China #Soilwater | #Plantwateruptake @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Evolution of competitive and defense plasticity explains the success of an invasive plant Phytolacca americana #enemyrelease | #pathogenaccumulation | #phenotypicplasticity | #competitiveability | #biologicalinvasion @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tao Fang et al. found that the latitudinal growth and reproduction patterns of Phragmites australis in estuarie were primarily influenced by variations in the temperature, precipitation, and light intensity. #allometricgrowth | #commonreed | #growthstrategy doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Study sites. LE, Liaohe estuary; YE, Yellow River estuary; YzE, Yangtze River estuary; ME, Minjiang estuary; NE, Nandu estuary.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Clonal traits covariances were likely to benefit the local adaptation of Spartina alterniflora at low latitudes, and such covariances appeared to be driven by genetic admixture. #biologicalinvasion | #clonalgrowth | #commongarden | #latitudinalgradient | #traitcovariances doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Variation in the number of ramets (solid lines) and mean monthly temperature (dashed lines) in each common garden during 2022.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When changing water conditions, #arbuscularmycorrhizalfungi have a regulatory effect on the growth of Solidago altissima. But without AM fungi, S. altissima was unable to take advantage of increasing #wateravailability. #plantbiomass | #non_commercialplants doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Total biomass (a), C:N ratios (b), total phenolics (c), and root:shoot ratios (d) in response to live AM fungi (purple circles) or sterile AM fungi (yellow triangles) additions across a water gradient. Circles and triangles represent individual data points. Lines are best fit lines surrounded by gray 95% confidence interval.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Leaf water-use efficiency varies by season and successional stage in tropical forests of Thailand #leafgasexchange | #vaporpressuredeficit | #forestsuccession | #carbon_watertrade_off | #leaffunctionaltraits @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Conserving dryland #biodiversity and functioning with threshold zones #Ariditythresholdzone | #Drylandecosystem | #Ecosystemmultifunctionality | #Grazing | #NationalNatureReserves @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Mature bamboo sustains young bamboo growth through internal #nutrientredistribution during long-term #forestrewilding #Plant_soil_microbestoichiometry | #Landabandonment | #Productivity @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Responses of #rhizosphere fungi to #elevationalgradients: distinct diversity and specialization of mycorrhizal and #plant_pathogenicfungi in subalpine forests #mycorrhizalfungi | #networkspecialization | #roottrait @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Microbial community assembly in relation to #microclimate and #intraspecifictraitvariation: A case study from the subtropical forests of Mount Wuyi #Fungal_bacterialinteraction | #Wooddecomposition | #Downedlog @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Changes in the direction and intensity of plasticity bias between plant nitrogen- and water-use efficiency under nitrogen addition and drought #Functionaltraits | #Globalchange @joseppenuelas.bsky.social @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Exploring the physiological mechanism of leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) as plant #NandPlimitation indicators. The results showed that the concentration of most leaf P was more sensitive to changes in leaf N and P than total P. #leafphosphorusfractions doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

$Response of P-fraction allocation proportions to nutrient limitation: the P-use strategy of coordination vs. trade-off.$

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

How interannual #rainfall variability and #mycorrhizaltype modulated #conspecificnegativedensitydependence and #seedlingsurvival in a tropical forest？Haikun Liu et al. conducted research on this issue. #speciescoexistence doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Response of seedling survival to conspecific density and heterospecific neighbour across rainfall gradients for different mycorrhizal associations.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The study proposed the KnowSim method to predict the distribution of lower-level vegetation classification units such as #vegetationalliances, particularly for rare or narrow-niche communities. #expertecologicalknowledge | #geographicsimilarity | #limitedsamples doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Overall workflow of the KnowSim method at each prediction site.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#Liana diversity decreased along the #secondaryforestsuccession. #Foreststructure is the main driver of liana community structural and functional assembly during forest succession. #communitystructure | #functionaltraits | #soilproperties doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Changes in community-weighted mean trait values for the liana community in different successional stages.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

With increasing local precipitation, the effect of climate change trade-off values shifts from negative to positive, whereas the effect of #humanactivities shifts from positive to negative. #long_termmonitoring | #climatechange | #plantnutrients #precipitationgradient doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Influence pathways and flux of trade-off values between plant above- and below-ground C, N, P stocks by PLS-PM and VPA.

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Journal of Plant Ecology @jpecol.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Leaf and root of #Machiluspauhoi both exhibit different #resourceacquisitionstrategies when mixed with evergreen broad-leaved tree species compared to deciduous ones in a mid-subtropical region of China @csic.es @creaf.cat @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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