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      Bioactives Overproduction through Operational Strategies in the Ichthyotoxic Microalga Heterosigma akashiwo Culture 

      Macías de la Rosa, Adrián; González Cardoso, Miguel Ángel; Cerón García, María del Carmen; López Rosales, Lorenzo; Gallardo Rodríguez, Juan José; Seoane Parra, Sergio; Sánchez Mirón, Asterio; García Camacho, Francisco (MDPI, 2023-05-20)
      The red tide-forming microalga Heterosigma akashiwo has been associated with massive events of fish deaths, both wild and cultured. Culture conditions are responsible for the synthesis or accumulation of some metabolites ...
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      Biochar reduces the efficiency of nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) mitigating N2O emissions 

      Fuertes Mendizábal, Teresa ORCID; Huérfano Salinas, Enith Ximena ORCID; Vega Mas, Izargi Aida; Torralbo Cerro, Fernando; Menéndez Villanueva, Sergio ORCID; Ippolito, J. A.; Kammann, C.; Wrage-Mönnig, N.; Cayuela, M. L.; Borchard, N.; Spokas, K.; Novak, J.; González Moro, María Begoña; González Murua, María del Carmen Begoña; Estavillo Aurre, José María ORCID (Nature Publishing, 2019-02-20)
      Among strategies suggested to decrease agricultural soil N2O losses, the use of nitrification inhibitors such as DMPP (3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate) has been proposed. However, the efficiency of DMPP might be affected ...
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      Biodegradable Polycarbonate Iongels for Electrophysiology Measurements 

      Yuen, Alexander; Porcarelli, Luca; Hernández Aguirresarobe, Roberto; Sanchez-Sanchez, Ana; Del Agua López, Isabel; Ismailov, Usein; Malliaras, George G.; Mecerreyes Molero, David; Ismailova, Esma; Sardon Muguruza, Haritz (MDPI, 2018-09)
      In recent years, gels based on ionic liquids incorporated into polymer matrices, namely iongels, have emerged as long-term contact media for cutaneous electrophysiology. Iongels possess high ionic conductivity and negligible ...
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      Biological and synthetic approaches to inhibiting nitrification in non‑tilled Mediterranean soils 

      Bozal Leorri, Adrián; Corrochano Monsalve, Mario; Arregui, Luis Miguel; Aparicio Tejo, Pedro M.; González Murua, María del Carmen Begoña (Springer, 2021-10-13)
      [EN] Background: The increasing demand for food production has led to a tenfold increase in nitrogen (N) fertilizer use since the Green Revolution. Nowadays, agricultural soils have been turned into high-nitrifying ...
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      Biological nitrification inhibitor-trait enhances nitrogen uptake by suppressing nitrifier activity and improves ammonium assimilation in two elite wheat varieties 

      Bozal Leorri, Adrián; Subbarao, Guntur V.; Kishii, Masahiro; Urmeneta Garín, Leyre; Kommerell, Victor; Braun, Hans-Joachim; Aparicio Tejo, Pedro M.; Ortiz Monasterio, Iván; González Murua, María del Carmen Begoña; González Moro, María Begoña (Frontiers Media, 2022-11)
      Synthetic nitrification inhibitors (SNI) and biological nitrification inhibitors (BNI) are promising tools to limit nitrogen (N) pollution derived from agriculture. Modern wheat cultivars lack sufficient capacity to exude ...
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      Biotic vs. Abiotic Control of Decomposition: A Comparison of the Effects of Simulated Extinctions and Changes in Temperature 

      Boyero González, María Luz ORCID; Cardinale, Bradley J.; Bastian, Mikis; Pearson, Richard G. (Public Library of Science, 2014-01)
      The loss of species is known to have significant effects on ecosystem functioning, but only recently has it been recognized that species loss might rival the effects of other forms of environmental change on ecosystem ...
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      Can Ammonium Stress Be Positive for Plant Performance? 

      Marino Bilbao, Daniel; Morán Juez, José Fernando (Frontiers Media, 2019-09-24)
      Ammonium (NH3/NH+4) nutrition is considered as a universal stressful situation (recently reviewed in Li et al., 2014; Esteban et al., 2016; Liu and Von Wirén, 2017). Briefly, the most common symptom of ammonium nutrition ...
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      Can environmental constraints determine random patterns of plant species co-occurrence? 

      García-Baquero Moneo, Gonzalo ORCID; Crujeiras, Rosa M. (Wiley Blackwell, 2015-03)
      Plant community ecologists use the null model approach to infer assembly processes from observed patterns of species co-occurrence. In about a third of published studies, the null hypothesis of random assembly cannot be ...
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      Can Parietin Transfer Energy Radiatively to Photosynthetic Pigments? 

      Fernández Marín, Beatriz; Artetxe Aspiunza, Unai; Becerril Soto, José María ORCID; Martínez-Abaigar, Javier; Núñez-Olivera, Encarnación; García Plazaola, José Ignacio ORCID (MDPI, 2018-07)
      The main role of lichen anthraquinones is in protection against biotic and abiotic stresses, such as UV radiation. These compounds are frequently deposited as crystals outside the fungal hyphae and most of them emit visible ...
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      Can understorey native woodland plant species regenerate under exotic pine plantations using natural succession? 

      Onaindia Olalde, Miren; Ametzaga Arregi, Ibone ORCID; San Sebastian, Mikel; Mitxelena, Anaís; Rodríguez Loinaz, Gloria; Peña Pajares, Lorena; Alday, Josu G. (Elsevier, 2013-08-26)
      Forestry industry in many European countries has begun to focus on sustainable forest management practices, and consequently, a greater emphasis is now being placed on the restoration and enhancement of native woodlands ...
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      Carotenoids and their derivatives: A “Swiss Army knife-like” multifunctional tool for fine-tuning plant-environment interactions 

      Gómez Sagasti, María Teresa ORCID; López Pozo, Marina; Artetxe Aspiunza, Unai; Becerril Soto, José María ORCID; Hernández Hernández, Antonio ORCID; García Plazaola, José Ignacio ORCID; Esteban Terradillos, Raquel ORCID (Elsevier, 2023-03)
      Plants have to cope with different biotic and abiotic stresses, such as the attacks of pathogens and herbivores, high irradiance, droughts, salt stress or nutrient deficiencies throughout their lifetime. These environmental ...
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      Changes in environmental CO2 concentration can modify Rhizobium-soybean specificity and condition plant fitness and productivity 

      Sanz Sáez de Jauregui, Álvaro; Pérez López, Usue ORCID; Del Canto Romero, Arantza; Ortiz Barredo, María Amaia; Mena Petite, Miren Amaia ORCID; Aranjuelo Michelena, Iker; Muñoz Rueda, Alberto ORCID; Lacuesta Calvo, Maria Teresa ORCID (Elsevier, 2019-02-10)
      (EN) Over the past 10 years, it has been demonstrated in the literature that legume responses to elevated [CO2], whether positive, negative, or null, are in part dependent on the Rhizobium species and genotypes that establish ...
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      Climate and Human Pressure Constraints Co-Explain Regional Plant Invasion at Different Spatial Scales 

      Campos Prieto, Juan Antonio ORCID; García-Baquero Moneo, Gonzalo ORCID; Caño Pérez, Lidia; Biurrun Galarraga, Miren Idoia ORCID; García Mijangos, Itziar ORCID; Loidi Arregui, Javier José ORCID; Herrera Gallastegui, María Mercedes (Public Library Science, 2016-10-14)
      Alien species invasion represents a global threat to biodiversity and ecosystems. Explaining invasion patterns in terms of environmental constraints will help us to assess invasion risks and plan control strategies. We aim ...
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      Climate reverses directionality in the richness–abundance relationship across the World’s main forest biomes 

      Madrigal González, Jaime; Calatayud, Joaquín; Ballesteros Cánovas, Juan; Escudero, Adrián; Cayuela, Luis; Rueda, Marta; Ruiz Benito, Paloma; Herrero Méndez, Asier; Aponte, Cristina; Sagardia, Rodrigo; Plumptre, Andrew J.; Dupire, Sylvain; Espinosa, Carlos I.; Tutubalina, Olga; Mynt, Moe; Pataro, Luciano; López Sáez, Jerome; Macía, Manuel J.; Abegg, Meinrad; Zavala, Miguel A.; Quesada Román, Adolfo; Vega Araya, Mauricio; Golubeva, Elena; Timokhina, Yuliya; Stoffel, Markus (Nature, 2020-11-06)
      More tree species can increase the carbon storage capacity of forests (here referred to as the more species hypothesis) through increased tree productivity and tree abundance resulting from complementarity, but they can ...
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      Climate-induced plasticity in leaf traits of riparian plants 

      Rubio Ríos, Juan; Pérez Viñuela, Javier ORCID; Salinas Bonillo, María Jacoba; Fenoy Castilla, Encarnación; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID; Casas Jiménez, José Jesús (Wiley, 2022-04)
      [EN] Aim Leaf litter inputs from riparian vegetation and its decomposition play a key role in energy and nutrient transfer in many stream ecosystems. Instream leaf litter decomposition is driven by both leaf traits and ...
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      Climate-trait relationships exhibit strong habitat specificity in plant communities across Europe 

      Kambach, Stephan; Sabatini, Francesco Maria; Attorre, Fabio; Biurrun Galarraga, Miren Idoia ORCID; Boenisch, Gerhard; Bonari, Gianmaria; Čarni, Andraž; Carranza, María Laura; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Chytrý, Milan; Dengler, Jürgen; Garbolino, Emmanuel; Golub, Valentin; Güler, Behlül; Jandt, Ute; Jansen, Jan; Jašková, Anni; Jiménez Alfaro, Borja; Karger, Dirk Nikolaus; Kattge, Jens; Knollová, Ilona; Midolo, Gabriele; Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold; Pielech, Remigiusz; Rašomavičius, Valerijus; Rūsiņa, Solvita; Šibík, Jozef; Stančić, Zvjezdana; Stanisci, Angela; Svenning, Jens-Christian; Yamalov, Sergey; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.; Bruelheide, Helge (Nature, 2023)
      Ecological theory predicts close relationships between macroclimate and functional traits. Yet, global climatic gradients correlate only weakly with the trait composition of local plant communities, suggesting that important ...
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      Co-benefits and trade-offs between biodiversity, carbon storage and water flow regulation 

      Onaindia Olalde, Miren; Fernández de Manuel, Beatriz; Madariaga Garamendi, Iosu; Rodríguez Loinaz, Gloria (Elsevier, 2012-12-05)
      The trade-offs between biodiversity, carbon storage and water flow regulation were analysed in a biosphere reserve area. With the aim of proposing criteria for conservation plans that would include ecosystem services and ...
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      Co-creación de conocimiento para la inclusión del enfoque de servicios de los ecosistemas en la ordenación del territorio del País Vasco 

      Onaindia Olalde, Miren; Peña López, Lorena ORCID; Fernández de Manuel, Beatriz; Méndez Fernández, Leire ORCID; Viota, María; Ametzaga Arregi, Ibone ORCID (Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre, 2020-04)
      El tipo de desarrollo sostenible al que aspiramos necesita, entre otras cosas, una base de conocimiento científico, acuerdos sociales y decisiones políticas que encaminen la gestión hacia una ruta de sostenibilidad. Por ...
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      Co-Creation of Knowledge for Ecosystem Services Approach to Spatial Planning in the Basque Country 

      Onaindia Olalde, Miren; Peña López, Lorena ORCID; Fernández de Manuel, Beatriz; Méndez Fernández, Leire ORCID; Viota, María; Ametzaga Arregi, Ibone ORCID (MDPI, 2020-06-30)
      Sustainable development has to be based on scientific knowledge, social agreements, and political decisions. This study aimed to analyse the implementation of the ecosystem services approach (ESA) in the spatial planning ...
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      Combined dynamics of the 500–600 nm leaf absorption and chlorophyll fluorescence changes in vivo: Evidence for the multifunctional energy quenching role of xanthophylls 

      Van Wittenberghe, Shari; Laparra, Valero; García Plazaola, José Ignacio ORCID; Fernández Marín, Beatriz; Porcar Castell, Albert; Moreno Méndez, José (Elsevier, 2021-02-01)
      Carotenoids (Cars) regulate the energy flow towards the reaction centres in a versatile way whereby the switch between energy harvesting and dissipation is strongly modulated by the operation of the xanthophyll cycles. ...