A Dynamic Analysis of the Role of the Planetary- and Synoptic-Scale in the Summer of 2010 Blocking Episodes over the European Part of Russia by Anthony R. Lupo, Igor I. Mokhov, Merseid G. Akperov, Alexander V. Chernokulsky, H. Athar

“…The excessive heat resulted in forest and peat fires, impacted terrestrial ecosystems, greatly increased pollution in urban areas, and increased mortality rates in the region. …”
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Unexpected species diversity in the understanding of selenium-containing soil invertebrates by Bin Mao, XiangLiang Fang, HongLing Lei, YunLi Xiao, Yue Fu

“…Soil invertebrates are essential to the functionality and services of terrestrial ecosystems, yet their community composition in this region remains under-explored. …”
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Declining precipitation frequency may drive earlier leaf senescence by intensifying drought stress and enhancing drought acclimation by Xinyi Zhang, Xiaoyue Wang, Constantin M. Zohner, Josep Peñuelas, Yang Li, Xiuchen Wu, Yao Zhang, Huiying Liu, Pengju Shen, Xiaoxu Jia, Wenbin Liu, Dashuan Tian, Prajal Pradhan, Adandé Belarmain Fandohan, Dailiang Peng, Chaoyang Wu

“…Abstract Precipitation is an important factor influencing the date of foliar senescence, which in turn affects carbon uptake of terrestrial ecosystems. However, the temporal patterns of precipitation frequency and its impact on foliar senescence date remain largely unknown. …”
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The Micro-food Web: Communities in Various Compositions of Composted Organic Matter by Maharning Ardhini R., Ryandini Dini, Ardli Erwin R., Khafida Wilda

“…The micro-food web decomposer is the primary community of the soil food web responsible for organic matter transformation in terrestrial ecosystems, providing minerals for plant growth. …”
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Assessment of Rainfall Frequencies from Global Precipitation Datasets by Xueyi Yin, Ziyang Zhang, Zhi Lin, Jun Yin

“…Rainfall is of vital importance to terrestrial ecosystems and its intermittent characteristics have a profound impact on plant growth, soil biogeochemical cycles, and water resource management. …”
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Analysis of Climate Change Affecting German Forests by Combination of Meteorological and Phenological Data within a GIS Environment by Winfried Schröder, Roland Pesch, Gunther Schmidt, Cordula Englert

“…Therefore, geostatistics proved to be a useful tool to overcome some of the methodological problems related to the regional assessments of global change impacts on terrestrial ecosystems.…”
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Modeling compositional heterogeneity resolves deep phylogeny of flowering plants by Yongli Wang, Yan-Da Li, Shuo Wang, Erik Tihelka, Michael S. Engel, Chenyang Cai

“…Angiosperms experienced one of the most remarkable radiations of land plants and are now the dominant autotrophs in terrestrial ecosystems. Recent phylogenomic studies based on large-scale data from plastid, mitochondrial, or nuclear transcriptomes/genomes and increased taxon sampling have provided unprecedent resolution into the phylogeny of flowering plants. …”
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Proposed Relationships Between Climate, Biological Soil Crusts, Human Health, and in Arid Ecosystems by Marieke L. Ramsey, Daniel R. Kollath, Anita J. Antoninka, Bridget M. Barker

“…Drylands are the most degraded terrestrial ecosystems on the globe and support a disproportionately large human population. …”
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Opinion: Understanding the impacts of agriculture and food systems on atmospheric chemistry is instrumental to achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals by A. P. K. Tai, A. P. K. Tai, A. P. K. Tai, L. Luo, B. Luo

“…In this opinion article, we first succinctly review our current understanding of agricultural and food-system emissions of Nr and other atmospherically relevant compounds; their fates and impacts on air quality, human health, and terrestrial ecosystems; and how such emissions can be potentially mitigated through better cropland management, livestock management, and whole-food-system transformation. …”
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Exploring shape diversity and sexual dimorphism in two populations of Nigma conducens through geometric morphometrics by Safa M. El-masry, Tarek G. Ismail, Asmaa N. Mustafa

“…Abstract Background Spiders are highly adaptable hunters found in nearly all terrestrial ecosystems and play an important role in biological control by preying on pest insects. …”
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Pollinator species richness and abundance across diverse habitat-types on Terceira Island (Azores, Portugal) by Mário Boieiro, Raúl Oliveira, Ricardo Costa, Paulo Borges

“…Insect pollinators play a key ecological role and a valuable ecosystem service being crucial to having basic information on their abundance, distribution and ecology and a good knowledge on the status of their populations, if we aim to ensure the long-term sustainability of terrestrial ecosystems. Furthermore, island ecosystems are facing significant pressures from land-use and climatic changes and, from the increasing arrival of alien species to these remote areas, presenting a pressing need to assess the effects of these factors on island pollinators and pollination.Here, we present an inventory of the pollinator species found in different habitat-types of Terceira along a gradient of disturbance and encompassing 30 sites distributed throughout the island. …”
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Atmospheric Methane Condition over the South Sumatera Peatland during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Muhammad Rendana, Wan Mohd Razi Idris, Sahibin Abdul Rahim

“…As one of the primary sources of methane (CH4) emissions in terrestrial ecosystems, peatlands also contribute to atmospheric greenhouse gases. …”
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Unveiling the mechanism of micro-and-nano plastic phytotoxicity on terrestrial plants: A comprehensive review of omics approaches by Asad Jamil, Ambreen Ahmad, Muhammad Moeen-ud-din, Yihao Zhang, Yuxuan Zhao, Xiaochen Chen, Xiaoyu Cui, Yindong Tong, Xianhua Liu

“…Micro-and-nano plastics (MNPs) are pervasive in terrestrial ecosystems and represent an increasing threat to plant health; however, the mechanisms underlying their phytotoxicity remain inadequately understood. …”
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Evaluation of Urban Composite Carbon Sink Value: A Case Study of Shenyang by Tiemao SHI, Di WANG, Yu TANG, Peiying LI

“…The proportion of carbon sink value contributed by vegetation and soil decreased from 43.61% and 46.15% in 2003 to 34.70% and 36.62% respectively, whereas the proportion contributed by buildings increased from 10.24% to 28.70%.ConclusionThe important contribution of urban space to carbon sinks in terrestrial ecosystems should not be ignored. Although the total composite carbon sink value of urban areas is slightly inferior to that of other terrestrial ecosystems such as forests, it has a certain advantage in average annual growth. …”
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Determining Dominant Factors of Vegetation Change with Machine Learning and Multisource Data in the Ganjiang River Basin, China by Zhiming Xia, Kaitao Liao, Liping Guo, Bin Wang, Hongsheng Huang, Xiulong Chen, Xiangmin Fang, Kuiling Zu, Zhijun Luo, Faxing Shen, Fusheng Chen

“…Vegetation is a fundamental component of terrestrial ecosystems, and accurately assessing the effects of seasonal climate variations, extreme weather events, and land use changes on vegetation dynamics is crucial. …”
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Adapting a country-specific Dragonfly Biotic Index: Framework for seven Central European countries and transboundary pattern analysis by Eva Bílková, Hana Šigutová, Petr Pyszko, Veronika Prieložná, Aleš Dolný

“…Freshwater diversity is experiencing a significant crisis due to anthropogenic pressures and climate change, with losses exceeding those in terrestrial ecosystems. The Dragonfly Biotic Index (DBI) offers an effective tool for assessing the health and ecological integrity of freshwater habitats through the presence/absence data of odonate species, which respond diversely to environmental changes. …”
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How does planting structure change affect the agricultural net carbon sink? Evidence from the Jiangsu coastal economic Belt by Xiaomei Shen, Rong Yan, Mingdong Jiang

“…As one of the terrestrial ecosystems, the agroecosystem is an essential source of both greenhouse gas absorption and emission. …”
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Carabid beetles as indicators of stream zonation by Franziska Middendorf, Bernhard Eitzinger, Martin H. Entling, Jens Schirmel

“…Due to the strong connectivity between watercourses and adjacent terrestrial ecosystems, riparian communities might also show characteristic changes along stream courses. …”
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Recognition of Changes in Air and Soil Temperatures at a Station Typical of China’s Subtropical Monsoon Region (1961–2018) by Ming-jin Zhan, Lingjun Xia, Longfei Zhan, Yuanhao Wang

“…The findings provide a basis for understanding and assessing climate change impact on terrestrial ecosystems.…”
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Azolla Plant Production and Their Potential Applications by Gamachis Korsa, Digafe Alemu, Abate Ayele

“…In the modern world, lifestyle changes, the nature of work, and food habits increase the incidence of serious diseases in animals, and human activity influences the environment, such as the use of chemical fertilizers for agriculture, large terrestrial ecosystems all over the biosphere, such as deforestation of plants, which could not sink from atmospheric CO2, and the production of fuels for energy, which would increase the need for fossil fuels but would also deliver low energy fuels at a high energy cost. …”
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