We are very happy to share that the first paper
from Cristina Escolar´s PhD (Warming
reduces the growth and diversity of biological soil crusts in a semi-arid
environment: implications for ecosystem structure and functioning) has
received an evaluation in F1000Prime.
The evaluation has been made by Dr. Eric Post, from Pennsylvania
State University, and can be read in F1000Prime. In the case you
do not have a subscription to F1000, here is the recommendation made by Dr.
Post:
The relationships
between species richness and diversity and ecosystem function are receiving
increasing attention in the context of climate change. Experimental approaches
to the study of how climate change might alter diversity, and how this, in
turn, might affect ecosystem function, are especially valuable when conducted
in natural, field settings. The authors of this study employed a passive
warming treatment by using open-topped chambers to investigate the effect of
warming on diversity and function in a relatively under-studied system, a biological
soil crust community, at a field site on the Iberian Peninsula. The results of
their three-year experiment revealed a significant decrease in the cover of
biological soil crusts on so-called 'crust plots' (as opposed to 'bare plots'),
as well as significant declines in richness and diversity, in response to
warming. The authors speculate that these declines are likely to alter
ecosystem functioning in this system.
Post E: F1000Prime Recommendation
of [Escolar C et al., Philos Trans R Soc Lond, B, Biol Sci 2012,
367(1606):3087-99]. In F1000Prime, 27 Nov 2012; DOI: 10.3410/f.717963915.793465669
F1000Prime.com/717963915#eval793465669
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