Traits such as spines & water storage vessels allow #cacti to thrive in #aridecosystems. These traits are also useful indicators of #ecosystemintegrity. Paredes Cubas & colleagues from @universidadjaen explore 12 standardised measures of functional traits in #Cactaceae 🌵🔗https://buff.ly/Rc1J5K4

Spatial Structuring of Soil Fungal Diversity Associated with Ziziphus lotus (Rhamnaceae) in Arid Agricultural Soils

#FungalDiversity
#aridecosystems
#communitystructure
#diversity
#fungi
#spatialdistribution
#soil
#Ziziphus

www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/13...

Nayla L Aliscioni et al. assessed the #Survival rate and #ResproutingCapacity of cacti from different growth forms one year after a wildfire in the #CórdobaMountains, central Argentina.

#ChacoForests | #CactiGrowthForms | #AridEcosystems

@mapjournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

🌾 7-year study in N China finds drought shifts C:N:P in plants, litter & soil microbes, reducing productivity and ecosyst resilience. Plant traits like leaf N, C, and height influence these effects #NutrientCycling #AridEcosystems
Zhaobin Song @jpreixach.bsky.social @csic.es @creaf.cat @iec.cat