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Home and away: allometry and climate drive morphology of European rabbits in their native and introduced range

Oikos, EarlyView.
Climatic conditions shape phenotypic evolution by driving adaptations that optimise organismal function. Invasive species provide valuable systems to study these processes, as they often encounter novel climatic conditions in their introduced ranges. The European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus, native to the Iberian Peninsula, has established populations
Rishab Pillai, Natasha Lee Hiotis, Christine Böhmer, Cécile Callou, Thomas J. Nelson, Irina Ruf, Thomas J. Sanger, Julia Schaar, Kévin Le Verger, Madeleine Geiger, Brian Kraatz, Emma Sherratt   +11 more
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The integrated reproductive response: the scope for seasonal phenotypic flexibility shapes reproductive outcomes across fish populations

Oikos, EarlyView.
Across north‐temperate environments, rapid environmental change has disrupted the seasonal life histories of resident organisms, decreasing the reliability of environmental cues. Flexible responses capable of buffering the effects of unpredictable environmental variation to defend performance and reproductive outcomes may thus be key to species‐ and ...
Timothy J. Fernandes, Sofia Pereira, Brian J. Shuter, Bailey C. McMeans   +3 more
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A new model for evaluating maintenance energy requirements in dogs: allometric equation from 319 pet dogs. [PDF]

J Nutr Sci, 2017
Divol G, Priymenko N.
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Warming and predation drive rapid evolution of ecosystem functioning but not functional traits

Oikos, EarlyView.
Global environmental change can rapidly reshape phenotypic trait distributions through adaptive and neutral processes. Yet, disentangling their relative contributions remains a major challenge, particularly for traits underpinning ecosystem functioning.
Laure Olazcuaga, Emma Couranjou, Laura Fargeot, Allan Raffard, Romain Bertrand, Murielle Richard, Kéoni Saint‐Pé, Jérôme G. Prunier, Simon Blanchet   +8 more
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Species-specific allometric models for reducing uncertainty in estimating above ground biomass at Moist Evergreen Afromontane Forest of Ethiopia

Scientific Reports
An allometric equation is used to convert easily measured tree variables into biomass. However, limited species-specific biomass equations are available for native tree species grown in various biomes of Ethiopia. The available pantropic generic equation
Abu Mulatu, Mesele Negash, Zerihun Asrat
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Integrating vision, audition and olfaction traits: a roadmap for contrasting sensory ecologies of birds and rodents

Oikos, EarlyView.
Sensory ecology seeks to understand how organisms detect and use information from their environment, yet comparative analyses across multiple sensory modalities remain rare. Here, we present a roadmap for contrasting the sensory ecologies of birds and rodents using surrogate morphological and acoustic traits associated with vision, audition, and ...
Raphaël Proulx, Josyane Brouillard, Laurie Provençal, Frédérick Girard, Jessica Bertolacci, Youri Simard   +5 more
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Informing the potential of mature temperate forests as natural climate solutions: Changed fine root biomass and morphology under elevated CO2

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The land carbon sink absorbs approximately 25% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, with forests accounting for most. Managing forests as Natural Climate Solutions is therefore a societal imperative, requiring models of where and how long carbon resides within these ecosystems. We investigated the effects of elevated CO2 on fine roots, the primary source of
Grace Handy, Angeliki Kourmouli, Marie Arnaud, Carolina Mayoral, Richard J. Norby, Michaela K. Reay, Sami Ullah, Iain P. Hartley, R. Liz Hamilton, Robert Grzesik, Andy R. Smith, Elena Vanguelova, A. Rob MacKenzie, Adriane Esquivel‐Muelbert   +13 more
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Peri‐urban agroforestry for climate mitigation in West Africa: Structural diversity and functional traits as key drivers of carbon storage

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Peri‐urban areas in West Africa are expanding rapidly, often with limited planning and growing exposure to climate risks. Our study shows that agroforestry systems in these landscapes, especially diverse home gardens, can store substantial amounts of carbon when they include structurally complex stands and species with traits that favor biomass ...
Sèdoami Flora Dogbo, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Sylvanus Mensah, Gafarou Agoundé, Kangbéni Dimobe, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo, Jens Gebauer, Constant Yves Adou Yao, Romain Glèlè Kakaï   +8 more
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Within‐tree spatial heterogeneity of sap flow velocities and wood properties and its effect on the uncertainty of tree level sap flux estimates

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
As forests are important for biodiversity and recreation and provide vital resources globally, it is essential that their health can be accurately monitored, for example, by using sap flow probes to measure tree water uptake. We investigated whether sap flow measurements might differ at various locations within the same tree due to variation in wood ...
Stefan Seeger, Markus Weiler, Martin Maier   +2 more
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An integrated forest‐to‐market approach to promote lesser‐known timber species (LKTS) in a domestic timber market in the Congo Basin

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
In the Congo Basin, domestic timber markets account for ~40% of timber consumption, yet demand is concentrated on a few high‐value species also sought after on international markets, raising concerns about their long‐term availability. We combine market, wood, and forest data to assess the potential of lesser‐known timber species (LKTS) to support a ...
Mbusa Wasukundi, Marie Caroline Momo Solefack, Chadrack Kafuti, Hans Beeckman, Nils Bourland, Jean‐Pierre Mate Mweru, Benoît Jourez, Kévin Liévens, Michael Monnoye, Félix Laurent, Falonne Osiveri, Robin Doucet, Paul Katembo Vikanza, Silvia Ferrari, Jean Gérard, Nestor Luambua, Joris Van Acker, Jan Van den Bulcke, Wannes Hubau, Tom De Mil   +19 more
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