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About: Lancaster University is a education organization based out in Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 13080 authors who have published 44563 publications receiving 1692277 citations. The organization is also known as: The University of Lancaster & Lancaster University.
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TL;DR: The possible role of photorespiration under stress conditions, such as drought, high salt concentrations and high light intensities encountered by alpine plants, is discussed.
Abstract: Photorespiration results from the oxygenase reaction catalysed by ribulose–1,5–bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. In this reaction glycollate–2–phosphate is produced and subsequently metabolized in the photorespiratory pathway to form the Calvin cycle intermediate glycerate–3–phosphate. During this metabolic process, CO2 and NH3 are produced and ATP and reducing equivalents are consumed, thus making photorespiration a wasteful process. However, precisely because of this inefficiency, photorespiration could serve as an energy sink preventing the overreduction of the photosynthetic electron transport chain and photoinhibition, especially under stress conditions that lead to reduced rates of photosynthetic CO2 assimilation. Furthermore, photorespiration provides metabolites for other metabolic processes, e.g. glycine for the synthesis of glutathione, which is also involved in stress protection. In this review, we describe the use of photorespiratory mutants to study the control and regulation of photorespiratory pathways. In addition, we discuss the possible role of photorespiration under stress conditions, such as drought, high salt concentrations and high light intensities encountered by alpine plants.
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Universidade Federal de Lavras1, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi2, Lancaster University3, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária4, Cornell University5, University of Canberra6, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research7, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz8, Federal University of Pará9, Universidade Federal de Viçosa10, University of Exeter11, National Institute for Space Research12, University of São Paulo13, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso14, Stockholm Environment Institute15, International Institute of Minnesota16
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a large data set of plants, birds and dung beetles (1,538, 460 and 156 species, respectively) sampled in 36 catchments in the Brazilian state of Para.
Abstract: Concerted political attention has focused on reducing deforestation, and this remains the cornerstone of most biodiversity conservation strategies. However, maintaining forest cover may not reduce anthropogenic forest disturbances, which are rarely considered in conservation programmes. These disturbances occur both within forests, including selective logging and wildfires, and at the landscape level, through edge, area and isolation effects. Until now, the combined effect of anthropogenic disturbance on the conservation value of remnant primary forests has remained unknown, making it impossible to assess the relative importance of forest disturbance and forest loss. Here we address these knowledge gaps using a large data set of plants, birds and dung beetles (1,538, 460 and 156 species, respectively) sampled in 36 catchments in the Brazilian state of Para. Catchments retaining more than 69–80% forest cover lost more conservation value from disturbance than from forest loss. For example, a 20% loss of primary forest, the maximum level of deforestation allowed on Amazonian properties under Brazil’s Forest Code, resulted in a 39–54% loss of conservation value: 96–171% more than expected without considering disturbance effects. We extrapolated the disturbance-mediated loss of conservation value throughout Para, which covers 25% of the Brazilian Amazon. Although disturbed forests retained considerable conservation value compared with deforested areas, the toll of disturbance outside Para’s strictly protected areas is equivalent to the loss of 92,000–139,000 km2 of primary forest. Even this lowest estimate is greater than the area deforested across the entire Brazilian Amazon between 2006 and 2015 (ref. 10). Species distribution models showed that both landscape and within-forest disturbances contributed to biodiversity loss, with the greatest negative effects on species of high conservation and functional value. These results demonstrate an urgent need for policy interventions that go beyond the maintenance of forest cover to safeguard the hyper-diversity of tropical forest ecosystems.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the existence of a Representative Elementary Area (REA) in the context of hydrologic modeling at the catchment scale and found that it is strongly influenced by the topography.
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TL;DR: An architectural framework for resilience and survivability in communication networks is provided and a survey of the disciplines that resilience encompasses is provided, along with significant past failures of the network infrastructure.
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David Miller | 203 | 2573 | 204840 |
H. S. Chen | 179 | 2401 | 178529 |
John Hardy | 177 | 1178 | 171694 |
Yang Gao | 168 | 2047 | 146301 |
Gavin Davies | 159 | 2036 | 149835 |
David Tilman | 158 | 340 | 149473 |
David Cameron | 154 | 1586 | 126067 |
A. Artamonov | 150 | 1858 | 119791 |
Steven Williams | 144 | 1375 | 86712 |
Carmen García | 139 | 1503 | 96925 |
Milos Lokajicek | 139 | 1511 | 98888 |
S. R. Hou | 139 | 1845 | 106563 |
Roger Jones | 138 | 998 | 114061 |
Alan D. Baddeley | 137 | 467 | 89497 |
Pavel Shatalov | 136 | 1097 | 91536 |