Metastable β titanium alloy is an ideal material for lightweight and high strength due to its excellent comprehensive mechanical properties.However,overcoming the trade-off relation between strength and ductility rem...Metastable β titanium alloy is an ideal material for lightweight and high strength due to its excellent comprehensive mechanical properties.However,overcoming the trade-off relation between strength and ductility remains a significant challenge.In this study,the mechanical properties of Ti-38644 alloy were optimized by introducing a heterogeneous bi-grain bi-lamella(BG-BL)structure through a well-designed combination of rolling,drawing and heat treatment.The results demonstrate that the present BG-BL Ti-38644 alloy shows a tensile strength of~1500 MPa and a total elongation of 18%.In particular,the high strength-elongation combination of the BG-BL Ti-38644 alloy breakthroughs the trade-off relation in all the titanium alloys available.The recrystallized grains with low dislocation enhance the ductility of the Ti-38644 alloy,while the highly distorted elongated grains mainly contribute to the high strength.The present study provides a new principle for designing Ti alloys with superior strength and ductility.展开更多
Moult is an essential event in the annual cycle of birds.Moult patterns and strategies of birds are crucial for understanding their life-history trade-offs and adaptations to the environment.However,moult knowledge is...Moult is an essential event in the annual cycle of birds.Moult patterns and strategies of birds are crucial for understanding their life-history trade-offs and adaptations to the environment.However,moult knowledge is still lacking for many Eastern Palaearctic birds,especially large endangered species,mainly because of the difficulty in data collection.Here,we used field photography,a non-invasive method,to detect and score moult in the endangered Crested Ibis(Nipponia nippon)and explored the moult timing variations and moult-breeding tradeoffs.The adult Crested Ibis sequentially moults its primaries outward,and secondaries inward from three foci from April to October.Age(adult versus sub-adult)and breeding status(breeding or not)have a significant effect on moult timing.Moult timing does not differ between the sexes,likely because of similar parental investments in breeding.Crested Ibis exhibits significant moult-breeding overlap,because moult is time constrained and needs to finish before the season of food scarcity in winter.Breeding timing(first egg laying date)has a strong impact on moult duration,with late breeders experiencing a longer moult duration,indicating that the moult intensity is slowed down during the breeding period because of trade-offs between moult and breeding.This reflects that energy allocation of late breeders is challenging during extensive periods of moult-breeding overlap,which might partly contribute to their high breeding failure.Our results strongly suggest the existence of a negative relationship between breeding time on one hand,and fitness and moult on the other:early breeders show higher reproductive output and higher quality plumage,whereas late breeders show lower reproductive output and lower quality plumage.展开更多
Economic development,food security,and ecological preservation are important issues encountered by karst re-gions.Faced with complex natural and social dynamics,we attempted to explore how interdependence within socio...Economic development,food security,and ecological preservation are important issues encountered by karst re-gions.Faced with complex natural and social dynamics,we attempted to explore how interdependence within socio-ecological system(SES)shaped sustainability in this region.A SES framework was constructed and three scenarios were predesigned:economic priority scenario,food security scenario,and ecological protection sce-nario.The System Dynamics model was used to simulate and forecast the evolution across various scenarios within the SES from 2005 to 2035.Through the Production-Possibility Frontiers in combined scenarios,trade-offpotential was identified and quantified.The results showed that the decoupling between social and ecological subsystems can be weaken in economic priority scenario,while coupling between them can be strengthen in food security scenario and ecological protection scenario.Within the SES,combined scenario analyses further suggest that the rocky desertification rate and the urban-rural income ratio exhibit the least trade-offpotential and inten-sity in combined economic priority scenario and ecological protection scenario,and the Soil Conservation and Food Supply demonstrate the least trade-offpotential and intensity in combined economic priority scenario and food security scenario.We can conclude the ecological engineering plays a significant role in alleviating trade-offs within the SES,but the effectiveness is limited.In light of intertwined socio-ecological challenges,combining ecological engineering with adaptive adjustments is a crucial strategy to enhance SES resilience and promote sustainable development in the South China Karst.展开更多
Cultural ecosystem services(CES),which encompass recreational and aesthetic values,contribute to human wellbeing and yet are often underrepresented in forest management planning due to challenges in quantifying these ...Cultural ecosystem services(CES),which encompass recreational and aesthetic values,contribute to human wellbeing and yet are often underrepresented in forest management planning due to challenges in quantifying these services.This study introduces the Recreational and Aesthetic Values of Forested Landscapes(RAFL)index,a novel framework combining six measurable recreational and aesthetic components:Stewardship,Naturalness,Complexity,Visual Scale,Historicity,and Ephemera.The RAFL index was integrated into a Linear Programming(LP)Resource Capability Model(RCM)to assess trade-offs between CES and other ecosystem services,including timber production,wildfire resistance,and biodiversity.The approach was applied in a case study in Northern Portugal,comparing two forest management scenarios:Business as Usual(BAU),dominated by eucalyptus plantations,and an Alternative Scenario(ALT),focused on the conversion to native species:cork oak,chestnut,and pedunculate oak.Results revealed that the ALT scenario consistently achieved higher RAFL values,reflecting its potential to enhance CES,while also supporting higher biodiversity and wildfire resilience compared to the BAU scenario.Results highlighted further that management may maintain steady timber production and wildfire regulatory services while addressing concerns with CES.This study provides a replicable methodology for quantifying CES and integrating them into forest management frameworks,offering actionable insights for decision-makers.The findings highlight the effectiveness of the approach in designing landscape mosaics that provide CES while addressing the need to supply provisioning and regulatory ecosystem services.展开更多
Accurately revealing the spatial heterogeneity in the trade-offs and synergies of land use functions(LUFs)and their driving factors is imperative for advancing sustainable land utilization and optimizing land use plan...Accurately revealing the spatial heterogeneity in the trade-offs and synergies of land use functions(LUFs)and their driving factors is imperative for advancing sustainable land utilization and optimizing land use planning.This is especially critical for ecologically vulnerable inland river basins in arid regions.However,existing methods struggle to effectively capture complex nonlinear interactions among environmental factors and their multifaceted relationships with trade-offs and synergies of LUFs,especially for the inland river basins in arid regions.Consequently,this study focused on the middle reaches of the Heihe River Basin(MHRB),an arid inland river basin in northwestern China.Using land use,socioeconomic,meteorological,and hydrological data from 2000 to 2020,we analyzed the spatiotemporal patterns of LUFs and their trade-off and synergy relationships from the perspective of production,living,ecological functions.Additionally,we employed an integrated Extreme Gradient Boosting(XGBoost)-SHapley Additive exPlanations(SHAP)framework to investigate the environmental factors influencing the spatial heterogeneity in the trade-offs and synergies of LUFs.Our findings reveal that from 2000 to 2020,the production,living,and ecological functions of land use within the MHRB exhibited an increasing trend,demonstrating a distinct spatial pattern of''high in the southwest and low in the northeast''.Significant spatial heterogeneity defined the trade-off and synergistic relationships,with trade-offs dominating human activity-intensive oasis areas,while synergies prevailed in other areas.During the study period,synergistic relationships between production and living functions and between production and ecological functions were relatively robust,whereas synergies in living-ecological functions remained weaker.Natural factors(digital elevation model(DEM),annual mean temperature,Normalized Difference Vegetation Index(NDVI),and annual precipitation)emerged as the primary factors driving the trade-offs and synergies of LUFs,followed by socioeconomic factors(population density,Gross Domestic Product(GDP),and land use intensity),while distance factors(distance to water bodies,distance to residential areas,and distance to roads)exerted minimal influence.Notably,the interactions among NDVI,annual mean temperature,DEM,and land use intensity exerted the most substantial impacts on the relationships among LUFs.This study provides novel perspectives and methodologies for unraveling the mechanisms underlying the spatial heterogeneity in the trade-offs and synergies of LUFs,offering scientific insights to inform regional land use planning and sustainable natural resource management in inland river basins in arid regions.展开更多
The Keriya River Basin is located in an extremely arid climate zone on the southern edge of the Tarim Basin of Northwest China,exhibiting typical mountain-oasis-desert distribution characteristics.In recent decades,cl...The Keriya River Basin is located in an extremely arid climate zone on the southern edge of the Tarim Basin of Northwest China,exhibiting typical mountain-oasis-desert distribution characteristics.In recent decades,climate change and human activities have exerted significant impacts on the service functions of watershed ecosystems.However,the trade-offs and synergies between ecosystem services(ESs)have not been thoroughly examined.This study aims to reveal the spatiotemporal changes in ESs within the Keriya River Basin from 1995 to 2020 as well as the trade-offs and synergies between ESs.Leveraging the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs(InVEST)and Revised Wind Erosion Equation(RWEQ)using land use/land cover(LULC),climate,vegetation,soil,and hydrological data,we quantified the spatiotemporal changes in the five principal ESs(carbon storage,water yield,food production,wind and sand prevention,and habitat quality)of the watershed from 1995 to 2020.Spearman correlation coefficients were used to analyze the trade-offs and synergies between ES pairs.The findings reveal that water yield,carbon storage,and habitat quality exhibited relatively high levels in the upstream,while food production and wind and sand prevention dominated the midstream and downstream,respectively.Furthermore,carbon storage,food production,wind and sand prevention,and habitat quality demonstrated an increase at the watershed scale while water yield exhibited a decline from 1995 to 2020.Specifically,carbon storage,wind and sand prevention,and habitat quality presented an upward trend in the upstream but downward trend in the midstream and downstream.Food production in the midstream showed a continuously increasing trend during the study period.Trade-off relationships were identified between water yield and wind and sand prevention,water yield and carbon storage,food production and water yield,and habitat quality and wind and sand prevention.Prominent temporal and spatial synergistic relationships were observed between different ESs,notably between carbon storage and habitat quality,carbon storage and food production,food production and wind and sand prevention,and food production and habitat quality.Water resources emerged as a decisive factor for the sustainable development of the basin,thus highlighting the intricate trade-offs and synergies between water yield and the other four services,particularly the relationship with food production,which warrants further attention.This research is of great significance for the protection and sustainable development of river basins in arid areas.展开更多
Reproduction and immune defense are costly functions,and they are expected to tradeoff with each other to drive evolution.The brown planthopper(BPH),Nilaparvata lugens Stål(Hemiptera,Delphacidae),is a global supe...Reproduction and immune defense are costly functions,and they are expected to tradeoff with each other to drive evolution.The brown planthopper(BPH),Nilaparvata lugens Stål(Hemiptera,Delphacidae),is a global superpest that mostly damages rice crops.Yeast-like symbionts(YLS)exist in the abdominal fat body tissue and are tightly associated with the development,growth,and reproduction of BPH.Our previous research demonstrated that mating behavior promotes the release of YLS from the fat body into the hemolymph in the BPH,thereby triggering an immune response.Additionally,the fitness costs related to life-history traits of BPH(such as survival rate)have a strong dependence on the relative abundance of YLS.However,the possible relationship between reproduction and the immune response in BPH has not been identified.In this study,an omics-based approach was used to analyze the transcriptome of fat body tissues in mated and unmated BPH at 72 h post-eclosion,from which two antimicrobial peptide genes,NlDefensin A(NlDfA)and NlDefensin B(NlDfB),were selected since they were highly expressed in mated BPH.Subsequently,the full-length cDNA sequences of the NlDfA and NlDfB genes were cloned and analyzed.qPCR results showed up-regulation of the NlDfA and NlDfB genes in mated BPH when compared to unmated BPH.Spatial-temporal expression analysis indicated that the NlDfA and NlDfB genes were expressed in all tissues and developmental stages,and they were most highly expressed in the fat body at 24 h post-eclosion.Moreover,the symbionts in BPH were significantly inhibited by the in vitro expression of the NlDfA and NlDfB proteins.Furthermore,RNA interference(RNAi)-mediated suppression of NlDfA and NlDfB dramatically increased the relative abundance of YLS in the fat body,while YLS in the hemolymph decreased significantly.These BPHs also displayed some fitness disadvantages in survival,fecundity,hatchability,and possibly the vertical transmission of YLS from hemolymph to egg.Our results indicated that mating could heighten the immunity of BPH by upregulating the expression of the NlDfA and NlDfB genes,which protect the host from pathogen challenges during reproduction.However,the reduced content of YLS may act as a fitness disadvantage in dictating the life-history traits of BPH.This work has significant theoretical and practical implications for the precise green control technology that involves crucial gene targeting,as well as for the“endosymbionts for pest control”strategy in insects.展开更多
Studying the spatiotemporal variations in ecosystem services and their interrelationships on the Loess Plateau against the background of the gully control and land consolidation(GCLC)project has significant implicatio...Studying the spatiotemporal variations in ecosystem services and their interrelationships on the Loess Plateau against the background of the gully control and land consolidation(GCLC)project has significant implications for ecological protection and quality development of the Yellow River Basin.Therefore,in this study,we took Yan'an City,Shaanxi Province of China,as the study area,selected four typical ecosystem services,including soil conservation service,water yield service,carbon storage service,and habitat quality service,and quantitatively evaluated the spatiotemporal variation characteristics and trade-offs and synergies of ecosystem services from 2010 to 2018 using the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs(InVEST)model.We also analysed the relationship between the GCLC project and regional ecosystem service changes in various regions(including 1 city,2 districts,and 10 counties)of Yan'an City and proposed a coordinated development strategy between the GCLC project and the ecological environment.The results showed that,from 2010 to 2018,soil conservation service decreased by 7.76%,while the other three ecosystem services changed relatively little,with water yield service increasing by 0.56% and carbon storage service and habitat quality service decreasing by 0.16% and 0.14%,respectively.The ecological environment of Yan'an City developed in a balanced way between 2010 and 2018,and the four ecosystem services showed synergistic relationships,among which the synergistic relationships between soil conservation service and water yield service and between carbon storage service and habitat quality service were significant.The GCLC project had a negative impact on the ecosystem services of Yan'an City,and the impact on carbon storage service was more significant.This study provides a theoretical basis for the scientific evaluation of the ecological benefits of the GCLC project and the realization of a win-win situation between food security and ecological security.展开更多
This study aims to assess the synergies and trade-offs of regulating ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are non-linearly interconnected and changes in one service can positively or negatively affect another. We ev...This study aims to assess the synergies and trade-offs of regulating ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are non-linearly interconnected and changes in one service can positively or negatively affect another. We evaluated ecosystem services based on biophysical indicators using an expert scoring system that determines the corresponding soil functions and is part of the existing databases available in Slovakia. This methodological combination enabled us to provide unique mapping and assessment of ecosystem services within Slovakia. Correlation analysis between individual regulating ecosystem services and climate regions, slope, texture, and altitude confirm the statistically significant influence of climate and slope in all agricultural land, arable land, and grassland ecosystems. Statistically significant synergistic effects were established between the regulation of the water regime and the regulation of soil erosion within each climate region, apart from the very warm climate region. Only in a very warm climate region was potential of regulating ecosystem services mutually beneficial for soil erosion control and soil cleaning potential (immobilization of inorganic pollutants).展开更多
Global warming impacts plant growth and development,which in turn threatens food security.Plants can clearly respond to warm-temperature(such as by thermomorphogenesis)and high-temperature stresses.At the molecular le...Global warming impacts plant growth and development,which in turn threatens food security.Plants can clearly respond to warm-temperature(such as by thermomorphogenesis)and high-temperature stresses.At the molecular level,many small molecules play crucial roles in balancing growth and defense,and stable high yields can be achieved by fine-tuning the responses to external stimuli.Therefore,it is essential to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying plant growth in response to heat stress and how plants can adjust their biological processes to survive heat stress conditions.In this review,we summarize the heat-responsive genetic networks in plants and crop plants based on recent studies.We focus on how plants sense the elevated temperatures and initiate the cellular and metabolic responses that allow them to adapt to the adverse growing conditions.We also describe the trade-off between plant growth and responses to heat stress.Specifically,we address the regulatory network of plant responses to heat stress,which will facilitate the discovery of novel thermotolerance genes and provide new opportunities for agricultural applications.展开更多
The implementation of long-term shelterbelt programs in the middle reaches of the Yellow River(MRYR),China not only has improved the overall ecological environment,but also has led to the changes of land use pattern,c...The implementation of long-term shelterbelt programs in the middle reaches of the Yellow River(MRYR),China not only has improved the overall ecological environment,but also has led to the changes of land use pattern,causing carbon storage exchanges.However,the relationship between carbon storage and land use change in the MRYR is not concerned,which results in the uncertainty in the simulation of carbon storage in this area.Land use changes directly affect the carbon storage capacity of ecosystems,and as an indicator reflecting the overall state of land use,land use degree has an important relationship with carbon storage.In this study,land use data and the integrated valuation of ecosystem services and trade-offs(InVEST)model were used to assess the trends in land use degree and carbon storage in the MRYR during 1980-2020.The potential impact index and the standard deviation ellipse(SDE)algorithm were applied to quantify and analyze the characteristics of the impact of land use changes on carbon storage.Subsequently,land use transitions that led to carbon storage variations and their spatial variations were determined.The results showed that:(1)the most significant periods of carbon storage changes and land use transitions were observed during 1990-1995 and 1995-2020,with the most changed areas locating in the east of Fenhe River and in northwestern Henan Province;(2)the positive impact of land use degree on carbon storage may be related to the environmental protection measures implemented along the Yellow River,while the negative impact may be associated with the expansion of construction land in plain areas;and(3)the conversion of other land use types to grassland was the primary factor affecting carbon storage changes during 1980-2020.In future land use planning,attention should be given to the direction of grassland conversion,and focus on reasonably limiting the development of construction land.To enhance carbon storage,it will be crucial to increase the area of high-carbon-density land types,such as forest land and grassland under the condition that the area of permanent farmland does not decrease.展开更多
The rapid expansion of tobacco farming poses a significant threat to biodiversity in Yunnan Province,China,a region known for its rich biodiversity.This study aims to understand the trade-offs between tobacco farming ...The rapid expansion of tobacco farming poses a significant threat to biodiversity in Yunnan Province,China,a region known for its rich biodiversity.This study aims to understand the trade-offs between tobacco farming and higher plant species diversity,and to identify priority counties for conservation.We employed an integrated approach combining species distribution modeling,GIS overlay analysis,and empirical spatial regression to em pirically assess the impact of tobacco farming intensity on biodiversity risk.Our findings reveal a compelling negative spatial correlation between tobacco farming expansion and higher plant species diversity.Specifically,southern counties in Wenshan and Honghe prefectures are major priority areas of conservation that exhibit signif icant spatial correlations between biodiversity risks and high tobacco farming intensity.Quantitatively,at county level,a 1%increase in tobacco farming area corresponds to a 0.094%decrease in endemic higher plant species richness across the entire province.These results underscore the need for targeted and region-specific regulations to mitigate biodiversity loss and promote sustainable development in Yunnan Province.The integrated approach used in this study provides a comprehensive assessment of the tobacco-biodiversity trade-offs,offering actionable insights for policymaking.展开更多
Countries worldwide are leveraging the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)for build-ing a more resilient and sustainable future.One solution in this endeavour is transitioning towards a bioecono...Countries worldwide are leveraging the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)for build-ing a more resilient and sustainable future.One solution in this endeavour is transitioning towards a bioeconomy(BE),utilizing renewable resources and low-carbon value chains to meet food,energy,and materials demands.However,BE is neither inherently circular nor sustainable,compromising SDGs’progress.Therefore,we con-ducted a detailed ex-post analysis using correlation,transfer entropy,and network analysis to understand the complex causal interactions between BE and SDGs.Moving beyond correlation,we explored the directional in-fluence of interactions within the BE-SDG nexus.Our findings reveal a robust bidirectional influence between 19 BE criteria and 109 SDG targets across all goals among 48 European countries.While BE can drive progress to-ward SDGs,a balanced distribution of synergies and trade-offs constrains its impact.Collaborative efforts among European countries would effectively drive towards achieving both BE and SDGs.SDG 13 has positive influences from lowered fossil fuel emissions and negative ones due to land use changes and intensified agriculture,which releases stored carbon.Similarly,SDG 15 emerges as a positive influence,as healthy ecosystem services foster a resilient BE.Despite efforts towards SDG 12,Europe’s unsustainable consumption impedes BE supply chains.While BE practices are intended to accelerate sustainability,they fall short of playing a transformational role in achieving the SDGs.A shift towards a cohesive,collaborative strategy that leverages synergies and mitigates trade-offs can enhance the BE’s impact,advancing Europe closer to achieving the 2030 Agenda.展开更多
Many prey species rely on publicly available personal and social information regarding local predation threats to assess risks and make contextappropriate behavioral decisions.However,in sexually dimorphic species,mal...Many prey species rely on publicly available personal and social information regarding local predation threats to assess risks and make contextappropriate behavioral decisions.However,in sexually dimorphic species,males and females are expected to differ in the perceived costs and/orbenefts associated with predator avoidance decisions.Recent studies suggest that male Trinidadian guppies(Poecilia reticulata)show reducedor absent responses to acute personal information cues,placing them at greater risk of predation relative to females.Our goal here was totest the hypothesis that adult(reproductively active)male guppies rely on social information to limit potential costs associated with their lack ofresponse to risky personal cues.Adult male guppies were exposed to personal chemosensory cues(either conspecifc alarm cues(AC),a novelodor,or a water control)in the presence of a shoal of three females inside a holding container that allowed the transmission of visual but notchemical cues.At the same time,we exposed females to either risk from AC or no risk,resulting in the display of a range of female behavior,from calm to alarmed,available as social information for males.Alarmed females caused male fright activity to increase and male interest infemales to decrease,regardless of the personal cue treatment.These results indicate that male guppies rely more on female information regarding predation risk than their own personal information,probably to balance trade-offs between reproduction and predator avoidance.展开更多
Electrocatalyst activity and stability demonstrate a“seesaw”relationship.Introducing vacancies(Vo)enhances the activity by improving reactant affinity and increasing accessible active sites.However,deficient or exce...Electrocatalyst activity and stability demonstrate a“seesaw”relationship.Introducing vacancies(Vo)enhances the activity by improving reactant affinity and increasing accessible active sites.However,deficient or excessive Vo reduces polysulfide adsorption and lowers catalytic stability.Herein,a novel“heteroatoms synergistic anchoring vacancies”strategy is proposed to address the trade-off between high activity and stability.Phosphorus-doped CoSe_(2)with remained rich selenium vacancies(P-CS-Vo-0.5)was synthesized by producing abundant selenium Vo followed by controlled P atom doping.Atomic-scale microstructure analysis elucidated a dynamic process of surface vacancy generation and the subsequent partial occupation of these vacancies by P atoms.Density functional theory simulations and in situ Raman tests revealed that the Se vacancies provide highly active catalytic sites,accelerating polysulfide conversion,while P incorporation effectively reduces the surface energy of Se vacancies and suppresses their inward migration,enhancing structural robustness.The battery with the optimal P-CS-Vo-0.5 separator delivers an initial discharge capacity of 1306.7 mAh g^(-1)at 0.2C,and maintain 5.04 mAh cm^(-2)at a high sulfur loading(5.7 mg cm^(-2),5.0μL mg^(-1)),achieving 95.1%capacity retention after 80 cycles.This strategy of modifying local atomic environments offers a new route to designing highly active and stable catalysts.展开更多
Functional constraints between different types of antipredator behavior should be common,especially if they are on the opposite sides of the behavioral spectrum such as flight and post-capture immobility.We examined a...Functional constraints between different types of antipredator behavior should be common,especially if they are on the opposite sides of the behavioral spectrum such as flight and post-capture immobility.We examined a potential compromise between post-capture immobility displays and sprint speed in dice snakes(Natrix tessellata),using a field-based approach.We sampled snakes(N=238)from two populations:from a dense island population free of mammal predators,and from a less dense mainland population,preyed upon by both bird and mammal predators.We explored the effects of sexual maturity,temperature,body size,presence of palpable food in the gut,and injuries on the occurrence and duration of post-capture immobility as well as sprint speed.Our results confirm the existence of functional constraints between locomotor performance and post-capture immobility in dice snakes.Faster dice snakes start escaping promptly after release,while slower individuals utilize more passive antipredator behaviors such as death feigning.Local adaptations seem to have great influence on behavioral compromise,since the mammal-free island population exhibited a higher incidence of post-capture immobility and a significantly lower sprint speed,compared to the less dense mainland population.Additionally,immature individuals tended to avoid death feigning and their post-capture immobility lasted shorter compared to adult individuals.It remains to be seen how individuals adjust their behavior to accomodate locomotor constraints,and in which specific phases of the predator-prey interaction these adjustments occur.展开更多
Accurately forecasting ecosystem services is critical for enhancing our understanding and improving management practices within nature reserves,particularly in light of climate change,land use/cover changes,and their ...Accurately forecasting ecosystem services is critical for enhancing our understanding and improving management practices within nature reserves,particularly in light of climate change,land use/cover changes,and their complex interactions.However,existing studies often fail to fully consider vegetation response,constituting a gap in the comprehensive assessment of changes in ecosystem services.Therefore,a coupled model framework integrating climate change,land use change,and vegetation dynamics was developed to allow for the simulation of dynamic ecosystem service scenarios throughout the twenty-first century.The Jiulianshan National Nature Reserve in Jiangxi Province was considered as the study area.The results showed that ecosystem services and their synergistic effects will be optimized under scenarios that emphasize strict protection of ecological lands and incorporating the SSP1-2.6 scenario.However,sustaining optimized ecosystem services poses significant challenges in scenarios characterized by resource-intensive development and ongoing climate warming,as in the SSP5-8.5 scenario.Notably,discernible variations exist in balancing and synergizing the management of ecosystem services across diverse land uses and forest types.Our study underscores the importance of integrating vegetation response into the framework of ecosystem service forecasting,which is essential for assisting nature reserves in effectively addressing the multifaceted risks associated with climate change and rapid socio-economic development.展开更多
Changes in agricultural land use affect ecosystem services and their interactions.However,the differential influences of agricultural land use transitions under different topographical gradients on ecosystem service i...Changes in agricultural land use affect ecosystem services and their interactions.However,the differential influences of agricultural land use transitions under different topographical gradients on ecosystem service interactions remain poorly understood,which limits the integrated management of agricultural systems.The objectives of this study were to analyze the transitional trends of major agricultural land types across distinct topographical gradients and to probe the differential impacts of these transitions on ecosystem service interactions.Using Hangzhou of China as the study area,the analysis focused on four major agricultural land use types(arable land,orchard,tea garden,and abandoned land).The GTWR model was applied to investigate spatiotemporal non-stationarity in the impacts of their transitions on the ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies.The results showed that during 2010–2020,the agricultural land use pattern in plain areas became more diversified and fragmented,while it shifted towards greater homogeneity and contiguity in hilly and mountainous areas.Between 2010–2015 and 2015–2020,the dominant output type of agricultural land use transition was arable land.The dominant input type in plain areas shifted from arable land to orchard,whereas in hilly and mountainous areas,it was orchard and tea garden.The higher synergy between habitat quality and other ecosystem services primarily occurred in plain areas.Over time,the higher synergy between carbon sequestration and soil retention predominantly shifted from mountainous areas to plain areas.A variety of abandoned types across different topographical gradients fostered synergies by reducing the supply capacity of various ecosystem services.Trade-offs between ecosystem services in hilly and mountainous areas could be alleviated by converting arable land into orchard and tea garden.These findings highlight the importance of adopting differentiated,dynamic,and systematic measures for agricultural spatial development in implementing ecosystem management across different topographical gradients.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52321001,52322105,52130002,U2241245,52261135634 and 52371084)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association(CAS,No.2021192)the IMR Innovation Fund(No.2023-ZD01).
文摘Metastable β titanium alloy is an ideal material for lightweight and high strength due to its excellent comprehensive mechanical properties.However,overcoming the trade-off relation between strength and ductility remains a significant challenge.In this study,the mechanical properties of Ti-38644 alloy were optimized by introducing a heterogeneous bi-grain bi-lamella(BG-BL)structure through a well-designed combination of rolling,drawing and heat treatment.The results demonstrate that the present BG-BL Ti-38644 alloy shows a tensile strength of~1500 MPa and a total elongation of 18%.In particular,the high strength-elongation combination of the BG-BL Ti-38644 alloy breakthroughs the trade-off relation in all the titanium alloys available.The recrystallized grains with low dislocation enhance the ductility of the Ti-38644 alloy,while the highly distorted elongated grains mainly contribute to the high strength.The present study provides a new principle for designing Ti alloys with superior strength and ductility.
基金provided by the Fundamental Research Funds of Chinese Academy of Forestry(CAFYBB2020SY023)。
文摘Moult is an essential event in the annual cycle of birds.Moult patterns and strategies of birds are crucial for understanding their life-history trade-offs and adaptations to the environment.However,moult knowledge is still lacking for many Eastern Palaearctic birds,especially large endangered species,mainly because of the difficulty in data collection.Here,we used field photography,a non-invasive method,to detect and score moult in the endangered Crested Ibis(Nipponia nippon)and explored the moult timing variations and moult-breeding tradeoffs.The adult Crested Ibis sequentially moults its primaries outward,and secondaries inward from three foci from April to October.Age(adult versus sub-adult)and breeding status(breeding or not)have a significant effect on moult timing.Moult timing does not differ between the sexes,likely because of similar parental investments in breeding.Crested Ibis exhibits significant moult-breeding overlap,because moult is time constrained and needs to finish before the season of food scarcity in winter.Breeding timing(first egg laying date)has a strong impact on moult duration,with late breeders experiencing a longer moult duration,indicating that the moult intensity is slowed down during the breeding period because of trade-offs between moult and breeding.This reflects that energy allocation of late breeders is challenging during extensive periods of moult-breeding overlap,which might partly contribute to their high breeding failure.Our results strongly suggest the existence of a negative relationship between breeding time on one hand,and fitness and moult on the other:early breeders show higher reproductive output and higher quality plumage,whereas late breeders show lower reproductive output and lower quality plumage.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Develop-ment Program of China(Grant No.2022YFF1300701)the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(Grant No.2022JDJQ0015).
文摘Economic development,food security,and ecological preservation are important issues encountered by karst re-gions.Faced with complex natural and social dynamics,we attempted to explore how interdependence within socio-ecological system(SES)shaped sustainability in this region.A SES framework was constructed and three scenarios were predesigned:economic priority scenario,food security scenario,and ecological protection sce-nario.The System Dynamics model was used to simulate and forecast the evolution across various scenarios within the SES from 2005 to 2035.Through the Production-Possibility Frontiers in combined scenarios,trade-offpotential was identified and quantified.The results showed that the decoupling between social and ecological subsystems can be weaken in economic priority scenario,while coupling between them can be strengthen in food security scenario and ecological protection scenario.Within the SES,combined scenario analyses further suggest that the rocky desertification rate and the urban-rural income ratio exhibit the least trade-offpotential and inten-sity in combined economic priority scenario and ecological protection scenario,and the Soil Conservation and Food Supply demonstrate the least trade-offpotential and intensity in combined economic priority scenario and food security scenario.We can conclude the ecological engineering plays a significant role in alleviating trade-offs within the SES,but the effectiveness is limited.In light of intertwined socio-ecological challenges,combining ecological engineering with adaptive adjustments is a crucial strategy to enhance SES resilience and promote sustainable development in the South China Karst.
基金supported by the Forest Research Centre,a research unit funded by Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia I.P.(FCT),Portugal(UIDB/00239/2020)the Associated Laboratory TERRA(LA/P/0092/2020)+4 种基金Additional funding was provided through the Ph.D.grant awarded to Dagm Abate(UI/BD/151525/2021)by two key projects:H2020-MSCA-RISE-2020/101007950,titled“DecisionES-Decision Support for the Supply of Ecosystem Services under Global Change,”funded by the Marie Curie International Staff Exchange Scheme,H2020-LCGD-2020-3/101037419,titled“FIRE-RES-Innovative technologies and socio-ecological economic solutions for fireresilient territories in Europe,”funded by the EU Horizon 2020—Research and Innovation Framework Programmesupported by a project MODFIRE—a multiple criteria approach to integrate wildfire behavior in forest management planning with reference PCIF/MOS/0217/2017a contract from Dr.Susete Marques in the scope of Norma Transitoria—DL57/2016/CP1382/CT15a grant from Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia(FCT),Portugal to Dr.Guerra-Hernandez(CEECIND/02576/2022).
文摘Cultural ecosystem services(CES),which encompass recreational and aesthetic values,contribute to human wellbeing and yet are often underrepresented in forest management planning due to challenges in quantifying these services.This study introduces the Recreational and Aesthetic Values of Forested Landscapes(RAFL)index,a novel framework combining six measurable recreational and aesthetic components:Stewardship,Naturalness,Complexity,Visual Scale,Historicity,and Ephemera.The RAFL index was integrated into a Linear Programming(LP)Resource Capability Model(RCM)to assess trade-offs between CES and other ecosystem services,including timber production,wildfire resistance,and biodiversity.The approach was applied in a case study in Northern Portugal,comparing two forest management scenarios:Business as Usual(BAU),dominated by eucalyptus plantations,and an Alternative Scenario(ALT),focused on the conversion to native species:cork oak,chestnut,and pedunculate oak.Results revealed that the ALT scenario consistently achieved higher RAFL values,reflecting its potential to enhance CES,while also supporting higher biodiversity and wildfire resilience compared to the BAU scenario.Results highlighted further that management may maintain steady timber production and wildfire regulatory services while addressing concerns with CES.This study provides a replicable methodology for quantifying CES and integrating them into forest management frameworks,offering actionable insights for decision-makers.The findings highlight the effectiveness of the approach in designing landscape mosaics that provide CES while addressing the need to supply provisioning and regulatory ecosystem services.
基金funded by the University Teachers Innovation Fund Project of Gansu Province(2025A-001)the Northwest Normal University Young Teachers'Scientific Research Ability Improvement Plan(NWNULKQN2024-20).
文摘Accurately revealing the spatial heterogeneity in the trade-offs and synergies of land use functions(LUFs)and their driving factors is imperative for advancing sustainable land utilization and optimizing land use planning.This is especially critical for ecologically vulnerable inland river basins in arid regions.However,existing methods struggle to effectively capture complex nonlinear interactions among environmental factors and their multifaceted relationships with trade-offs and synergies of LUFs,especially for the inland river basins in arid regions.Consequently,this study focused on the middle reaches of the Heihe River Basin(MHRB),an arid inland river basin in northwestern China.Using land use,socioeconomic,meteorological,and hydrological data from 2000 to 2020,we analyzed the spatiotemporal patterns of LUFs and their trade-off and synergy relationships from the perspective of production,living,ecological functions.Additionally,we employed an integrated Extreme Gradient Boosting(XGBoost)-SHapley Additive exPlanations(SHAP)framework to investigate the environmental factors influencing the spatial heterogeneity in the trade-offs and synergies of LUFs.Our findings reveal that from 2000 to 2020,the production,living,and ecological functions of land use within the MHRB exhibited an increasing trend,demonstrating a distinct spatial pattern of''high in the southwest and low in the northeast''.Significant spatial heterogeneity defined the trade-off and synergistic relationships,with trade-offs dominating human activity-intensive oasis areas,while synergies prevailed in other areas.During the study period,synergistic relationships between production and living functions and between production and ecological functions were relatively robust,whereas synergies in living-ecological functions remained weaker.Natural factors(digital elevation model(DEM),annual mean temperature,Normalized Difference Vegetation Index(NDVI),and annual precipitation)emerged as the primary factors driving the trade-offs and synergies of LUFs,followed by socioeconomic factors(population density,Gross Domestic Product(GDP),and land use intensity),while distance factors(distance to water bodies,distance to residential areas,and distance to roads)exerted minimal influence.Notably,the interactions among NDVI,annual mean temperature,DEM,and land use intensity exerted the most substantial impacts on the relationships among LUFs.This study provides novel perspectives and methodologies for unraveling the mechanisms underlying the spatial heterogeneity in the trade-offs and synergies of LUFs,offering scientific insights to inform regional land use planning and sustainable natural resource management in inland river basins in arid regions.
基金financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region(2022D01C77)the PhD Programs Foundation of Xinjiang University(BS202105).
文摘The Keriya River Basin is located in an extremely arid climate zone on the southern edge of the Tarim Basin of Northwest China,exhibiting typical mountain-oasis-desert distribution characteristics.In recent decades,climate change and human activities have exerted significant impacts on the service functions of watershed ecosystems.However,the trade-offs and synergies between ecosystem services(ESs)have not been thoroughly examined.This study aims to reveal the spatiotemporal changes in ESs within the Keriya River Basin from 1995 to 2020 as well as the trade-offs and synergies between ESs.Leveraging the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs(InVEST)and Revised Wind Erosion Equation(RWEQ)using land use/land cover(LULC),climate,vegetation,soil,and hydrological data,we quantified the spatiotemporal changes in the five principal ESs(carbon storage,water yield,food production,wind and sand prevention,and habitat quality)of the watershed from 1995 to 2020.Spearman correlation coefficients were used to analyze the trade-offs and synergies between ES pairs.The findings reveal that water yield,carbon storage,and habitat quality exhibited relatively high levels in the upstream,while food production and wind and sand prevention dominated the midstream and downstream,respectively.Furthermore,carbon storage,food production,wind and sand prevention,and habitat quality demonstrated an increase at the watershed scale while water yield exhibited a decline from 1995 to 2020.Specifically,carbon storage,wind and sand prevention,and habitat quality presented an upward trend in the upstream but downward trend in the midstream and downstream.Food production in the midstream showed a continuously increasing trend during the study period.Trade-off relationships were identified between water yield and wind and sand prevention,water yield and carbon storage,food production and water yield,and habitat quality and wind and sand prevention.Prominent temporal and spatial synergistic relationships were observed between different ESs,notably between carbon storage and habitat quality,carbon storage and food production,food production and wind and sand prevention,and food production and habitat quality.Water resources emerged as a decisive factor for the sustainable development of the basin,thus highlighting the intricate trade-offs and synergies between water yield and the other four services,particularly the relationship with food production,which warrants further attention.This research is of great significance for the protection and sustainable development of river basins in arid areas.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U21A20223 and 32302354)the Zhejiang Provincial Programs for Science and Technology Development,China(2022C02047).
文摘Reproduction and immune defense are costly functions,and they are expected to tradeoff with each other to drive evolution.The brown planthopper(BPH),Nilaparvata lugens Stål(Hemiptera,Delphacidae),is a global superpest that mostly damages rice crops.Yeast-like symbionts(YLS)exist in the abdominal fat body tissue and are tightly associated with the development,growth,and reproduction of BPH.Our previous research demonstrated that mating behavior promotes the release of YLS from the fat body into the hemolymph in the BPH,thereby triggering an immune response.Additionally,the fitness costs related to life-history traits of BPH(such as survival rate)have a strong dependence on the relative abundance of YLS.However,the possible relationship between reproduction and the immune response in BPH has not been identified.In this study,an omics-based approach was used to analyze the transcriptome of fat body tissues in mated and unmated BPH at 72 h post-eclosion,from which two antimicrobial peptide genes,NlDefensin A(NlDfA)and NlDefensin B(NlDfB),were selected since they were highly expressed in mated BPH.Subsequently,the full-length cDNA sequences of the NlDfA and NlDfB genes were cloned and analyzed.qPCR results showed up-regulation of the NlDfA and NlDfB genes in mated BPH when compared to unmated BPH.Spatial-temporal expression analysis indicated that the NlDfA and NlDfB genes were expressed in all tissues and developmental stages,and they were most highly expressed in the fat body at 24 h post-eclosion.Moreover,the symbionts in BPH were significantly inhibited by the in vitro expression of the NlDfA and NlDfB proteins.Furthermore,RNA interference(RNAi)-mediated suppression of NlDfA and NlDfB dramatically increased the relative abundance of YLS in the fat body,while YLS in the hemolymph decreased significantly.These BPHs also displayed some fitness disadvantages in survival,fecundity,hatchability,and possibly the vertical transmission of YLS from hemolymph to egg.Our results indicated that mating could heighten the immunity of BPH by upregulating the expression of the NlDfA and NlDfB genes,which protect the host from pathogen challenges during reproduction.However,the reduced content of YLS may act as a fitness disadvantage in dictating the life-history traits of BPH.This work has significant theoretical and practical implications for the precise green control technology that involves crucial gene targeting,as well as for the“endosymbionts for pest control”strategy in insects.
基金supported by the Innovation Capability Support Program of Shaanxi Province,China(2023-CX-RKX-102)the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province,China(2022FP-34)+1 种基金the Open Foundation of the Key Laboratory of Natural Resource Coupling Process and Effects(2023KFKTB008)the Open Fund of Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Land Consolidation,China(300102352502).
文摘Studying the spatiotemporal variations in ecosystem services and their interrelationships on the Loess Plateau against the background of the gully control and land consolidation(GCLC)project has significant implications for ecological protection and quality development of the Yellow River Basin.Therefore,in this study,we took Yan'an City,Shaanxi Province of China,as the study area,selected four typical ecosystem services,including soil conservation service,water yield service,carbon storage service,and habitat quality service,and quantitatively evaluated the spatiotemporal variation characteristics and trade-offs and synergies of ecosystem services from 2010 to 2018 using the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs(InVEST)model.We also analysed the relationship between the GCLC project and regional ecosystem service changes in various regions(including 1 city,2 districts,and 10 counties)of Yan'an City and proposed a coordinated development strategy between the GCLC project and the ecological environment.The results showed that,from 2010 to 2018,soil conservation service decreased by 7.76%,while the other three ecosystem services changed relatively little,with water yield service increasing by 0.56% and carbon storage service and habitat quality service decreasing by 0.16% and 0.14%,respectively.The ecological environment of Yan'an City developed in a balanced way between 2010 and 2018,and the four ecosystem services showed synergistic relationships,among which the synergistic relationships between soil conservation service and water yield service and between carbon storage service and habitat quality service were significant.The GCLC project had a negative impact on the ecosystem services of Yan'an City,and the impact on carbon storage service was more significant.This study provides a theoretical basis for the scientific evaluation of the ecological benefits of the GCLC project and the realization of a win-win situation between food security and ecological security.
文摘This study aims to assess the synergies and trade-offs of regulating ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are non-linearly interconnected and changes in one service can positively or negatively affect another. We evaluated ecosystem services based on biophysical indicators using an expert scoring system that determines the corresponding soil functions and is part of the existing databases available in Slovakia. This methodological combination enabled us to provide unique mapping and assessment of ecosystem services within Slovakia. Correlation analysis between individual regulating ecosystem services and climate regions, slope, texture, and altitude confirm the statistically significant influence of climate and slope in all agricultural land, arable land, and grassland ecosystems. Statistically significant synergistic effects were established between the regulation of the water regime and the regulation of soil erosion within each climate region, apart from the very warm climate region. Only in a very warm climate region was potential of regulating ecosystem services mutually beneficial for soil erosion control and soil cleaning potential (immobilization of inorganic pollutants).
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32171945,32301760)the Program for Innovative Research Team(in Science and Technology)in University of Henan Province,China(22IRTSTHN023)+2 种基金the Scientific and Technological Research Project of Henan Province,China(242102111116)the National Science Foundation for Postdoctoral Scientists of China(2023M731003)the Postdoctoral Research Subsidize Fund of Henan Province,China(HN2022139)。
文摘Global warming impacts plant growth and development,which in turn threatens food security.Plants can clearly respond to warm-temperature(such as by thermomorphogenesis)and high-temperature stresses.At the molecular level,many small molecules play crucial roles in balancing growth and defense,and stable high yields can be achieved by fine-tuning the responses to external stimuli.Therefore,it is essential to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying plant growth in response to heat stress and how plants can adjust their biological processes to survive heat stress conditions.In this review,we summarize the heat-responsive genetic networks in plants and crop plants based on recent studies.We focus on how plants sense the elevated temperatures and initiate the cellular and metabolic responses that allow them to adapt to the adverse growing conditions.We also describe the trade-off between plant growth and responses to heat stress.Specifically,we address the regulatory network of plant responses to heat stress,which will facilitate the discovery of novel thermotolerance genes and provide new opportunities for agricultural applications.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52079103)the Outstanding Youth Science Fund of Xi'an University of Science and Technology(2024YQ2-02).
文摘The implementation of long-term shelterbelt programs in the middle reaches of the Yellow River(MRYR),China not only has improved the overall ecological environment,but also has led to the changes of land use pattern,causing carbon storage exchanges.However,the relationship between carbon storage and land use change in the MRYR is not concerned,which results in the uncertainty in the simulation of carbon storage in this area.Land use changes directly affect the carbon storage capacity of ecosystems,and as an indicator reflecting the overall state of land use,land use degree has an important relationship with carbon storage.In this study,land use data and the integrated valuation of ecosystem services and trade-offs(InVEST)model were used to assess the trends in land use degree and carbon storage in the MRYR during 1980-2020.The potential impact index and the standard deviation ellipse(SDE)algorithm were applied to quantify and analyze the characteristics of the impact of land use changes on carbon storage.Subsequently,land use transitions that led to carbon storage variations and their spatial variations were determined.The results showed that:(1)the most significant periods of carbon storage changes and land use transitions were observed during 1990-1995 and 1995-2020,with the most changed areas locating in the east of Fenhe River and in northwestern Henan Province;(2)the positive impact of land use degree on carbon storage may be related to the environmental protection measures implemented along the Yellow River,while the negative impact may be associated with the expansion of construction land in plain areas;and(3)the conversion of other land use types to grassland was the primary factor affecting carbon storage changes during 1980-2020.In future land use planning,attention should be given to the direction of grassland conversion,and focus on reasonably limiting the development of construction land.To enhance carbon storage,it will be crucial to increase the area of high-carbon-density land types,such as forest land and grassland under the condition that the area of permanent farmland does not decrease.
文摘The rapid expansion of tobacco farming poses a significant threat to biodiversity in Yunnan Province,China,a region known for its rich biodiversity.This study aims to understand the trade-offs between tobacco farming and higher plant species diversity,and to identify priority counties for conservation.We employed an integrated approach combining species distribution modeling,GIS overlay analysis,and empirical spatial regression to em pirically assess the impact of tobacco farming intensity on biodiversity risk.Our findings reveal a compelling negative spatial correlation between tobacco farming expansion and higher plant species diversity.Specifically,southern counties in Wenshan and Honghe prefectures are major priority areas of conservation that exhibit signif icant spatial correlations between biodiversity risks and high tobacco farming intensity.Quantitatively,at county level,a 1%increase in tobacco farming area corresponds to a 0.094%decrease in endemic higher plant species richness across the entire province.These results underscore the need for targeted and region-specific regulations to mitigate biodiversity loss and promote sustainable development in Yunnan Province.The integrated approach used in this study provides a comprehensive assessment of the tobacco-biodiversity trade-offs,offering actionable insights for policymaking.
基金funding from the German Federal Ministry of Ed-ucation and Research(BMBF)for the BIOCLIMAPATHS project(Grant No.01LS1906A)under the Axis-ERANET callfunding from the European Research Council(ERC)Starting Grant 2022 for the BEYONDSDG project(Grant No.101077492)。
文摘Countries worldwide are leveraging the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)for build-ing a more resilient and sustainable future.One solution in this endeavour is transitioning towards a bioeconomy(BE),utilizing renewable resources and low-carbon value chains to meet food,energy,and materials demands.However,BE is neither inherently circular nor sustainable,compromising SDGs’progress.Therefore,we con-ducted a detailed ex-post analysis using correlation,transfer entropy,and network analysis to understand the complex causal interactions between BE and SDGs.Moving beyond correlation,we explored the directional in-fluence of interactions within the BE-SDG nexus.Our findings reveal a robust bidirectional influence between 19 BE criteria and 109 SDG targets across all goals among 48 European countries.While BE can drive progress to-ward SDGs,a balanced distribution of synergies and trade-offs constrains its impact.Collaborative efforts among European countries would effectively drive towards achieving both BE and SDGs.SDG 13 has positive influences from lowered fossil fuel emissions and negative ones due to land use changes and intensified agriculture,which releases stored carbon.Similarly,SDG 15 emerges as a positive influence,as healthy ecosystem services foster a resilient BE.Despite efforts towards SDG 12,Europe’s unsustainable consumption impedes BE supply chains.While BE practices are intended to accelerate sustainability,they fall short of playing a transformational role in achieving the SDGs.A shift towards a cohesive,collaborative strategy that leverages synergies and mitigates trade-offs can enhance the BE’s impact,advancing Europe closer to achieving the 2030 Agenda.
基金supported by Concordia University and funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(Discovery Grant to G.E.B.,and an E.W.R.SteacieMemorial Fellowship to M.C.O.F.).
文摘Many prey species rely on publicly available personal and social information regarding local predation threats to assess risks and make contextappropriate behavioral decisions.However,in sexually dimorphic species,males and females are expected to differ in the perceived costs and/orbenefts associated with predator avoidance decisions.Recent studies suggest that male Trinidadian guppies(Poecilia reticulata)show reducedor absent responses to acute personal information cues,placing them at greater risk of predation relative to females.Our goal here was totest the hypothesis that adult(reproductively active)male guppies rely on social information to limit potential costs associated with their lack ofresponse to risky personal cues.Adult male guppies were exposed to personal chemosensory cues(either conspecifc alarm cues(AC),a novelodor,or a water control)in the presence of a shoal of three females inside a holding container that allowed the transmission of visual but notchemical cues.At the same time,we exposed females to either risk from AC or no risk,resulting in the display of a range of female behavior,from calm to alarmed,available as social information for males.Alarmed females caused male fright activity to increase and male interest infemales to decrease,regardless of the personal cue treatment.These results indicate that male guppies rely more on female information regarding predation risk than their own personal information,probably to balance trade-offs between reproduction and predator avoidance.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFA1602700 and 2022YFB2502104)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22375089)the Key Research and Development Program of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology of China(BE2022332).
文摘Electrocatalyst activity and stability demonstrate a“seesaw”relationship.Introducing vacancies(Vo)enhances the activity by improving reactant affinity and increasing accessible active sites.However,deficient or excessive Vo reduces polysulfide adsorption and lowers catalytic stability.Herein,a novel“heteroatoms synergistic anchoring vacancies”strategy is proposed to address the trade-off between high activity and stability.Phosphorus-doped CoSe_(2)with remained rich selenium vacancies(P-CS-Vo-0.5)was synthesized by producing abundant selenium Vo followed by controlled P atom doping.Atomic-scale microstructure analysis elucidated a dynamic process of surface vacancy generation and the subsequent partial occupation of these vacancies by P atoms.Density functional theory simulations and in situ Raman tests revealed that the Se vacancies provide highly active catalytic sites,accelerating polysulfide conversion,while P incorporation effectively reduces the surface energy of Se vacancies and suppresses their inward migration,enhancing structural robustness.The battery with the optimal P-CS-Vo-0.5 separator delivers an initial discharge capacity of 1306.7 mAh g^(-1)at 0.2C,and maintain 5.04 mAh cm^(-2)at a high sulfur loading(5.7 mg cm^(-2),5.0μL mg^(-1)),achieving 95.1%capacity retention after 80 cycles.This strategy of modifying local atomic environments offers a new route to designing highly active and stable catalysts.
基金supported by the Prespa-Ohrid Nature Trust and the Aage V.Jensen Foundation via PrespaNet's"Prespa Project(2021-2024)"the Rufford Foundation(grant number 30090-1)the Ministry of Science,Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia(grant numbers451-03-0133012020-14/2627,451-03-47/2023-01/200178,451-03-47/2023-01/200007).
文摘Functional constraints between different types of antipredator behavior should be common,especially if they are on the opposite sides of the behavioral spectrum such as flight and post-capture immobility.We examined a potential compromise between post-capture immobility displays and sprint speed in dice snakes(Natrix tessellata),using a field-based approach.We sampled snakes(N=238)from two populations:from a dense island population free of mammal predators,and from a less dense mainland population,preyed upon by both bird and mammal predators.We explored the effects of sexual maturity,temperature,body size,presence of palpable food in the gut,and injuries on the occurrence and duration of post-capture immobility as well as sprint speed.Our results confirm the existence of functional constraints between locomotor performance and post-capture immobility in dice snakes.Faster dice snakes start escaping promptly after release,while slower individuals utilize more passive antipredator behaviors such as death feigning.Local adaptations seem to have great influence on behavioral compromise,since the mammal-free island population exhibited a higher incidence of post-capture immobility and a significantly lower sprint speed,compared to the less dense mainland population.Additionally,immature individuals tended to avoid death feigning and their post-capture immobility lasted shorter compared to adult individuals.It remains to be seen how individuals adjust their behavior to accomodate locomotor constraints,and in which specific phases of the predator-prey interaction these adjustments occur.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32160292, 32471681, and 32201575)Jiangxi “Double Thousand Plan”(jxsq2020101080)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (20224BAB205008, 20224BAB213033, and 20242BAB2538)Jiangxi Province Science and Technology+Water Resources” Joint Plan Project (2023KSG01001 and 2022KSG01010)
文摘Accurately forecasting ecosystem services is critical for enhancing our understanding and improving management practices within nature reserves,particularly in light of climate change,land use/cover changes,and their complex interactions.However,existing studies often fail to fully consider vegetation response,constituting a gap in the comprehensive assessment of changes in ecosystem services.Therefore,a coupled model framework integrating climate change,land use change,and vegetation dynamics was developed to allow for the simulation of dynamic ecosystem service scenarios throughout the twenty-first century.The Jiulianshan National Nature Reserve in Jiangxi Province was considered as the study area.The results showed that ecosystem services and their synergistic effects will be optimized under scenarios that emphasize strict protection of ecological lands and incorporating the SSP1-2.6 scenario.However,sustaining optimized ecosystem services poses significant challenges in scenarios characterized by resource-intensive development and ongoing climate warming,as in the SSP5-8.5 scenario.Notably,discernible variations exist in balancing and synergizing the management of ecosystem services across diverse land uses and forest types.Our study underscores the importance of integrating vegetation response into the framework of ecosystem service forecasting,which is essential for assisting nature reserves in effectively addressing the multifaceted risks associated with climate change and rapid socio-economic development.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42201281,42471320 and 42407652)the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province,China(2208085QD102)。
文摘Changes in agricultural land use affect ecosystem services and their interactions.However,the differential influences of agricultural land use transitions under different topographical gradients on ecosystem service interactions remain poorly understood,which limits the integrated management of agricultural systems.The objectives of this study were to analyze the transitional trends of major agricultural land types across distinct topographical gradients and to probe the differential impacts of these transitions on ecosystem service interactions.Using Hangzhou of China as the study area,the analysis focused on four major agricultural land use types(arable land,orchard,tea garden,and abandoned land).The GTWR model was applied to investigate spatiotemporal non-stationarity in the impacts of their transitions on the ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies.The results showed that during 2010–2020,the agricultural land use pattern in plain areas became more diversified and fragmented,while it shifted towards greater homogeneity and contiguity in hilly and mountainous areas.Between 2010–2015 and 2015–2020,the dominant output type of agricultural land use transition was arable land.The dominant input type in plain areas shifted from arable land to orchard,whereas in hilly and mountainous areas,it was orchard and tea garden.The higher synergy between habitat quality and other ecosystem services primarily occurred in plain areas.Over time,the higher synergy between carbon sequestration and soil retention predominantly shifted from mountainous areas to plain areas.A variety of abandoned types across different topographical gradients fostered synergies by reducing the supply capacity of various ecosystem services.Trade-offs between ecosystem services in hilly and mountainous areas could be alleviated by converting arable land into orchard and tea garden.These findings highlight the importance of adopting differentiated,dynamic,and systematic measures for agricultural spatial development in implementing ecosystem management across different topographical gradients.
