Browsing by Author "Alatalo, Juha M."

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    • The Adsorption Potential of Cr from Water by ZnO Nanoparticles Synthesized by Azolla pinnata 

      Wenjie, O.; Ahmed, Waqas; Xiuxian, Fu; Lu, Wang; Jiannan, Li; ... more authors (2022 , Article)
      Aqueous solutions containing toxic elements (TEs) (such as hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) can be toxic to humans even at trace levels. Thus, removing TEs from the aqueous environment is essential for the protection of ...

    • Aquaculture sediments amended with biochar improved soil health and plant growth in a degraded soil 

      Sajid, Mehmood; Ahmed, Waqas; Mahmood, Mohsin; Rizwan, Muhammad Shahid; Asghar, Rana Muhammad Ammar; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Sustainable and safe management of aquaculture sediments is of great concern. Biochar (BC) and fishpond sediments (FPS) are rich in organic carbon and nutrients and thus can be used as soil amendments; however, it is not ...

    • Assessment of leaf morphological, physiological, chemical and stoichiometry functional traits for understanding the functioning of Himalayan temperate forest ecosystem 

      Rawat, Monika; Arunachalam, Kusum; Arunachalam, Ayyandar; Alatalo, Juha M.; Pandey, Rajiv ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)
      Leaf functional traits support plant survival and growth in different stress and disturbed conditions and respond according to leaf habit. The present study examined 13 leaf traits (3 morphological, 3 chemical, 5 physiological, ...

    • Bacterial community structure and predicted function in the rhizosphere of wild and cultivated date palms: Effects of Fertilizers on Composition and Functionality 

      Dana A., Abumaali; Al-Hadidi, Sara H.; Ahmed, Talaat; Al-khis, Amer Fayad; Al-Malki, Sowaid Ali; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      This study investigated bacterial diversity in date palm rhizosphere and assessed the influence of different fertilizers on diversity using metagenomics. A total of 6356 Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) and 1164425 ...

    • Can bryophyte groups increase functional resolution in tundra ecosystems? 

      Lett, Signe; Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S.; Becker-Scarpitta, Antoine; Christiansen, Casper T.; During, Heinjo; ... more authors ( Canadian Science Publishing , 2022 , Article Review)
      The relative contribution of bryophytes to plant diversity, primary productivity, and ecosystem functioning increases towards colder climates. Bryophytes respond to environmental changes at the species level, but because ...

    • Changes in air quality during the first-level response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai Municipality, China 

      Bai, Yang; Zhou, Yi; Alatalo, Juha M.; Hughes, Alice C. ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)
      Ongoing rapid urban population growth world-wide has led to serious environmental problems that affect ecosystems and also lower the security and happiness of urban residents about their living environment. The most ...

    • Climatic drivers and ecological implications of variation in the time interval between leaf-out and flowering 

      Liang, Guo; Liu, Xiaowei; Alatalo, Juha M.; Wang, Chuanyao; Xu, Jianchu; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Leaf-out and flowering in any given species have evolved to occur in a predetermined sequence, with the inter-stage time interval optimized to maximize plant fitness. Although warming-induced advances of both leaf-out and ...

    • Collembola at three alpine subarctic sites resistant to twenty years of experimental warming 

      Alatalo, Juha M.; Jägerbrand, Annika K.; Čuchta, Peter ( Nature Publishing Group , 2015 , Article)
      This study examined the effects of micro-scale, site and 19 and 21 years of experimental warming on Collembola in three contrasting alpine subarctic plant communities (poor heath, rich meadow, wet meadow). Unexpectedly, ...

    • The date palm microbiome: A review 

      Dana A., Abumaali; Al-Hadidi, Sara H.; Daly Yahia, Mohamed Nejib; Erfanian, Mohammad Bagher; Ahmed, Talaat A.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a significant crop grown in warm, tropical, and arid regions. The microorganisms associated with plants can have positive and negative effects on the growth and yield of crops. Thus, there ...

    • Diversity of benthic macrofauna and physical parameters of sediments in natural mangroves and in afforested mangroves three decades after compensatory planting 

      Al‑Khayat, Jassim A.; Abdulla, Maryam A.; Alatalo, Juha M. ( Springer , 2018 , Article)
      Mangroves in the Arabian Gulf are under pressure from land use change, leading to compensatory planting at sites without natural mangroves. In this study, we examine the potential long-term success of this form of ...

    • Ecosystem service supply and demand: Theory and management application 

      Bai, Yang; Wang, Min; Li, Hui; Huang, Shen Fa; Alatalo, Juha M. ( ACTA ECOLOGICA SINICA , 2017 , Article)
      Ecosvstem service is a very important issue for current, sustainable scientific research. Environmental protection and management requirements are increasing and policymakers hope to incorporate ecological service information ...

    • Effects of ambient climate and three warming treatments on fruit production in an alpine, subarctic meadow community 

      Alatalo, Juha M.; Jägerbrand, Annika K.; Dai, Junhu; Mollazehi, Mohammad D.; Abdel-Salam, Abdel-Salam G.; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2021 , Article)
      Premise Climate change is having major impacts on alpine and arctic regions, and inter‐annual variations in temperature are likely to increase. How increased climate variability will impact plant reproduction is ...

    • Effects of Coupling Water and Fertilizer on Agronomic Traits, Sugar Content and Yield of Sugarcane in Guangxi, China 

      Wu, Weixiong; Fu, Wuxiang; Alatalo, Juha M.; Ma, Zhanxia; Bai, Yang ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      This work is a contribution to applied water and fertilizer coupling efforts aiming at increasing crop productivity on sugarcane plantations through the analysis of average cane yields obtained following main agronomic ...

    • Effects of incorporating pine-woodchip biochar with reduced NP fertilizer on calcareous soil characteristics, organic carbon, NPK availability, and maize productivity 

      Akbar, Waqas Ali; Rahim, Hafeez Ur; Irfan, Muhammad; Alatalo, Juha M.; Mudasssir, Muhammad; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Purpose: One of the successful and sustainable methods to restore low-fertility soils over the past few decades has been the integrated effect of biochar made from various feedstocks and chemical fertilizers. However, the ...

    • Framework of basin eco-compensation standard valuation for cross-regional water supply – a case study in northern China 

      Chen, Junyu; Liu, Gang; Wang, Huimin; Alatalo, Juha M.; Yang, Zhangqian; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      Basin eco-compensation (BEC) helps balance development opportunities and ecological protection. With rising demand for water and severe ecological problems driven by rapid economic growth, an appropriate BEC standard is ...

    • Global maps of soil temperature 

      Lembrechts, Jonas J.; van den Hoogen, Johan; Aalto, Juha; Ashcroft, Michael B.; De Frenne, Pieter; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2022 , Article)
      Research in global change ecology relies heavily on global climatic grids derived from estimates of air temperature in open areas at around 2 m above the ground. These climatic grids do not reflect conditions below vegetation ...

    • Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi 

      Tedersoo, Leho; Mikryukov, Vladimir; Zizka, Alexander; Bahram, Mohammad; Hagh-Doust, Niloufar; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2022 , Article)
      Fungi are highly diverse organisms, which provide multiple ecosystem services. However, compared with charismatic animals and plants, the distribution patterns and conservation needs of fungi have been little explored. ...

    • The Global Soil Mycobiome consortium dataset for boosting fungal diversity research 

      Tedersoo, Leho; Mikryukov, Vladimir; Anslan, Sten; Bahram, Mohammad; Khalid, Abdul Nasir; ... more authors ( Springer , 2021 , Article)
      Fungi are highly important biotic components of terrestrial ecosystems, but we still have a very limited understanding about their diversity and distribution. This data article releases a global soil fungal dataset of the ...

    • Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails 

      Potapov, Anton M.; Guerra, Carlos A.; van den Hoogen, Johan; Babenko, Anatoly; Bellini, Bruno C.; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2023 , Article)
      Soil life supports the functioning and biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems. Springtails (Collembola) are among the most abundant soil arthropods regulating soil fertility and flow of energy through above- and belowground ...

    • A green method for removing chromium (VI) from aqueous systems using novel silicon nanoparticles: Adsorption and interaction mechanisms 

      Sajid, Mehmood; Mahmood, Mohsin; Núñez-Delgado, Avelino; Alatalo, Juha M.; Elrys, Ahmed S.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      In the present study, we used the horsetail plant (Equisetum arvense) as a green source to synthesize silicon nanoparticles (GS-SiNPs), considering that it could be an effective adsorbent for removing chromium (Cr (VI)) ...