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2020
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Trygve S. AamlidAbstract
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Paul Eric AspholmAbstract
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Bente Føreid Emilio Humberto Alvarenga Castellanos Julia Maria Szocs Marianna MakadiAbstract
Purpose Sorption could be a way to concentrate nutrients in diluted waste streams to bring more nutrients back to agriculture. The aim of this work was to model the fate of sorbed NH4+ content in liquid waste streams by adding nitrogen (N) sorbed to a sorbent, zeolite, and study its effect on early growth and potential leaching losses. Methods A pot experiment with two soil types and wheat as test crop was conducted. Mineral N in soil was measured, and a leaching experiment performed. 15N labelled ammonium was sorbed to zeolite. The fertilizer effect was then compared to ammonium fertilizer applied the conventional way, with and without zeolite. Results Early uptake of sorbed ammonium was reduced by 56% compared to ammonium applied conventionally, and soil uptake compensated only very early. Nitrate concentration in leachates was reduced by 12% in sandy soil when N was applied sorbed to zeolite. However, leaching of water through the profile increased 71% when N was applied sorbed to zeolite, so that there was only a tendency to lower N losses when N was applied sorbed to zeolite. Conclusion Ammonium-N sorbed to zeolite is less plant available than conventionally applied N but may also be less prone to leaching losses.
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Siv Skar R. Pineda-Martos A. Timpe B. Pölling K. Bohn M. Külvik C. Delgado C.M.G. Pedras T.A. Paço M. Ćujic N. Tzortzakis A. Chrysargyris A. Peticila G. Alencikiene H. Monsees R. JungeAbstract
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Sebastian EiterAbstract
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Elena Albertsen Øystein H. Opedal Geir Hysing Bolstad Rocio Perez-Barrales Thomas F Hansen Christophe Pelabon William Scott ArmbrusterAbstract
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Elena Albertsen Øystein Hjorthol Opedal Geir Hysing Bolstad Rocío Pérez-Barrales Thomas F Hansen Christophe Pelabon William Scott ArmbrusterAbstract
Spatiotemporal variation in natural selection is expected, but difficult to estimate. Pollinator‐mediated selection on floral traits provides a good system for understanding and linking variation in selection to differences in ecological context. We studied pollinator‐mediated selection in five populations of Dalechampia scandens (Euphorbiaceae) in Costa Rica and Mexico. Using a nonlinear path‐analytical approach, we assessed several functional components of selection, and linked variation in pollinator‐mediated selection across time and space to variation in pollinator assemblages. After correcting for estimation error, we detected moderate variation in net selection on two out of four blossom traits. Both the opportunity for selection and the mean strength of selection decreased with increasing reliability of cross‐pollination. Selection for pollinator attraction was consistently positive and stronger on advertisement than reward traits. Selection on traits affecting pollen transfer from the pollinator to the stigmas was strong only when cross‐pollination was unreliable and there was a mismatch between pollinator and blossom size. These results illustrate how consideration of trait function and ecological context can facilitate both the detection and the causal understanding of spatiotemporal variation in natural selection.