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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Education•Uppsala, Sweden•
About: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is a education organization based out in Uppsala, Sweden. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Soil water. The organization has 13510 authors who have published 35241 publications receiving 1414458 citations. The organization is also known as: Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet & SLU.
Topics: Population, Soil water, Species richness, Biodiversity, Gene
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Wageningen University and Research Centre1, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences2, University of Jena3, University College Cork4, Autonomous University of Madrid5, Polish Academy of Sciences6, University of Tartu7, University of Göttingen8, Centre national de la recherche scientifique9, University of Rennes10
TL;DR: Of the 13 components of intensification the authors measured, use of insecticides and fungicides had consistent negative effects on biodiversity, and organic farming and other agri-environment schemes aiming to mitigate the negative effects are found.
1,146 citations
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Daniel J. Klionsky1, Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz2, Sara Abdelfatah3, Mahmoud Abdellatif4 +2980 more•Institutions (777)
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a set of guidelines for investigators to select and interpret methods to examine autophagy and related processes, and for reviewers to provide realistic and reasonable critiques of reports that are focused on these processes.
Abstract: In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy. Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered the field. Our knowledge base and relevant new technologies have also been expanding. Thus, it is important to formulate on a regular basis updated guidelines for monitoring autophagy in different organisms. Despite numerous reviews, there continues to be confusion regarding acceptable methods to evaluate autophagy, especially in multicellular eukaryotes. Here, we present a set of guidelines for investigators to select and interpret methods to examine autophagy and related processes, and for reviewers to provide realistic and reasonable critiques of reports that are focused on these processes. These guidelines are not meant to be a dogmatic set of rules, because the appropriateness of any assay largely depends on the question being asked and the system being used. Moreover, no individual assay is perfect for every situation, calling for the use of multiple techniques to properly monitor autophagy in each experimental setting. Finally, several core components of the autophagy machinery have been implicated in distinct autophagic processes (canonical and noncanonical autophagy), implying that genetic approaches to block autophagy should rely on targeting two or more autophagy-related genes that ideally participate in distinct steps of the pathway. Along similar lines, because multiple proteins involved in autophagy also regulate other cellular pathways including apoptosis, not all of them can be used as a specific marker for bona fide autophagic responses. Here, we critically discuss current methods of assessing autophagy and the information they can, or cannot, provide. Our ultimate goal is to encourage intellectual and technical innovation in the field.
1,129 citations
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Aarhus University1, University of Florida2, University of Savoy3, St. Johns River Water Management District4, Brandenburg University of Technology5, University of Washington6, University of Tartu7, University of Liverpool8, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences9, Environment Agency10, University of Konstanz11, Hungarian Academy of Sciences12
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined 35 long-term (5-35 years, mean: 16 years) lake re-oligotrophication studies and found that external total phosphorus loading resulted in lower in-lake TP concentration, lower chlorophyll a (chl a) concentration and higher Secchi depth in most lakes.
Abstract: SUMMARY 1. This synthesis examines 35 long-term (5–35 years, mean: 16 years) lake re-oligotrophication studies. It covers lakes ranging from shallow (mean depth <5 m and/or polymictic) to deep (mean depth up to 177 m), oligotrophic to hypertrophic (summer mean total phosphorus concentration from 7.5 to 3500 l gL )1 before loading reduction), subtropical to temperate (latitude: 28–65� ), and lowland to upland (altitude: 0–481 m). Shallow northtemperate lakes were most abundant. 2. Reduction of external total phosphorus (TP) loading resulted in lower in-lake TP concentration, lower chlorophyll a (chl a) concentration and higher Secchi depth in most lakes. Internal loading delayed the recovery, but in most lakes a new equilibrium for TP
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Wageningen University and Research Centre1, Lancaster University2, Indiana University3, University of Pennsylvania4, Stanford University5, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences6, University of British Columbia7, Utah State University8, University of Tennessee9, University of California, Berkeley10
TL;DR: In this paper, a plant-soil feedback model is proposed to explain succession, invasion, response to climate warming and diversity-productivity relationships in terrestrial ecosystems, and how terrestrial ecosystems respond to global land use and climate change.
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Plant–soil feedbacks is becoming an important concept for explaining vegetation dynamics, the invasiveness of introduced exotic species in new habitats and how terrestrial ecosystems respond to global land use and climate change. Using a new conceptual model, we show how critical alterations in plant–soil feedback interactions can change the assemblage of plant communities. We highlight recent advances, define terms and identify future challenges in this area of research and discuss how variations in strengths and directions of plant–soil feedbacks can explain succession, invasion, response to climate warming and diversity-productivity relationships.
While there has been a rapid increase in understanding the biological, chemical and physical mechanisms and their interdependencies underlying plant–soil feedback interactions, further progress is to be expected from applying new experimental techniques and technologies, linking empirical studies to modelling and field-based studies that can include plant–soil feedback interactions on longer time scales that also include long-term processes such as litter decomposition and mineralization.
Significant progress has also been made in analysing consequences of plant–soil feedbacks for biodiversity-functioning relationships, plant fitness and selection.
To further integrate plant–soil feedbacks into ecological theory, it will be important to determine where and how observed patterns may be generalized, and how they may influence evolution.
Synthesis. Gaining a greater understanding of plant–soil feedbacks and underlying mechanisms is improving our ability to predict consequences of these interactions for plant community composition and productivity under a variety of conditions. Future research will enable better prediction and mitigation of the consequences of human-induced global changes, improve efforts of restoration and conservation and promote sustainable provision of ecosystem services in a rapidly changing world.
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TL;DR: Standardized long-term monitoring, more high-quality empirical studies on different taxa and ecosystems and further development of analytical methods will help to better quantify extinction debt and protect biodiversity.
Abstract: Local extinction of species can occur with a substantial delay following habitat loss or degradation. Accumulating evidence suggests that such extinction debts pose a significant but often unrecognized challenge for biodiversity conservation across a wide range of taxa and ecosystems. Species with long generation times and populations near their extinction threshold are most likely to have an extinction debt. However, as long as a species that is predicted to become extinct still persists, there is time for conservation measures such as habitat restoration and landscape management. Standardized long-term monitoring, more high-quality empirical studies on different taxa and ecosystems and further development of analytical methods will help to better quantify extinction debt and protect biodiversity.
1,114 citations
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Svante Pääbo | 147 | 407 | 84489 |
Lars Klareskog | 131 | 697 | 63281 |
Stephen Hillier | 129 | 1138 | 83831 |
Carol V. Robinson | 123 | 670 | 51896 |
Jun Yu | 121 | 1174 | 81186 |
Peter J. Anderson | 120 | 966 | 63635 |
David E. Clapham | 119 | 382 | 58360 |
Angela M. Gronenborn | 113 | 568 | 44800 |
David A. Wardle | 110 | 409 | 70547 |
Agneta Oskarsson | 106 | 766 | 40524 |
Jack S. Remington | 103 | 481 | 38006 |
Hans Ellegren | 102 | 349 | 39437 |
Per A. Peterson | 102 | 356 | 35788 |
Malcolm J. Bennett | 99 | 439 | 37207 |
Gunnar E. Carlsson | 98 | 466 | 32638 |