Elferra M. Swart

TL;DR: In this article, an experiment involving long-term (8 years plus) artificial warming of sub-arctic peatland shows that warming by about 1 °C stimulated ecosystem respiration rates by more than 50%, the bulk of the increase deriving from longterm, recalcitrant carbon towards the bottom of the active layer above the permafrost.

TL;DR: The results suggest largely predictable differences in responses of species and groups of species to environmental change, Nevertheless, they stress the critical need to account for adjustments in below-ground mass allocation to understand the assembly and responses of communities in changing environments.

TL;DR: It is shown that, in the great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis, receipt of specific SFPs reduces both sperm transfer and paternity success in a subsequent insemination event, demonstrating for the first time that hermaphrodites alter their mates' male as well as female reproductive output.

TL;DR: It is reported that young and small snails tend to mate as males first, though old and large snails do not seem to be better females.

TL;DR: Results show that seminal fluid proteins affect female reproductive output in this simultaneous hermaphrodite, highlighting their importance for sexual selection.