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Drought and soil macrofauna functional diversity effects on Mediterranean tree growth in an Ecotron ecosystem experiment

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The intensity, frequency and severity of drought events are projected to increase in the Mediterranean region under ongoing climate change. This may impact plant growth and survival in Mediterranean forests leading to altered ecosystem dynamics. The functional diversity
Justine Laoué, Alexandru Milcu, Johanne Nahmani, Sandra Barantal, Sylvain Coq, Nathalie Fromin, Emmanuel S. Gritti, Lenka Kovácsová, Stephan Hättenschwiler   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Elevational Gradient on Biomass Allocation Patterns of Moso Bamboo Forests in Central-Southern Jiangxi, China. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Li S, Fan J, Liu X, Liu J, Huang Z, Zhang J, Liu G.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Volumetric Comparison of Overall Brain and Neuropil Size Between Social and Non‐social Spiders: Exploring the Social Brain Hypothesis

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Brain size may be influenced by the cognitive demands of sociality (social brain hypothesis). We used microCT to compare CNS and brain volumes in social versus solitary huntsman and crab spiders. Social huntsman spiders had larger arcuate and mushroom bodies, while social crab spiders had larger visual neuropils.
Vanessa Penna‐Gonçalves, Donald James Mclean, Nikolas J. Willmott, Michael B. J. Kelly, Jay R. Black, Elizabeth C. Lowe, Marie E. Herberstein   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biomass Allocation and Allometric Relationships Among Major Plant Formations in the Alpine Peat Swamp Wetlands of the Yellow River on the Gannon Plateau, Gansu Province, China. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Kang MP, Zhao CZ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing the Presence, Pattern, and Environmental Correlates of Seasonal Skin Thickening in Anurans

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Histological sections, like that of the ventral pectoral skin of Lithobates pipiens, were measured to assess variation in skin thickness throughout the year in three North American anuran species. After correcting for individual body size, we test whether skin thickness changes throughout the year and which factors (environment or life history) explain
Collin S. VanBuren, Lily K. Bentley, David B. Norman, Nadia B. Fröbisch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geographic phenotype variation in neotropical South American grasshoppers (Acrididae: Orthoptera): patterns along environmental gradients. [PDF]

J Insect Sci
Remis MI, Gómez Cendra P, Rosetti N, Colombo P.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Climatic–Anthropogenic Synergy Drives Escalating Minimum Area Requirements and Connectivity‐Protection Mismatch in a Karst‐Endemic Primate

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Climate change and anthropogenic activities drive antagonistic degradation of landscape connectivity for endangered François’ langur (1987–2024), causing 48.8% habitat loss, north‐south fragmentation, and centroid migration (1.2 km/yr). Despite protected areas buffering connectivity, static management fails dynamic priority habitats; we propose ...
Guangmei Yang, Heqin Cao, Tuo Shen, Jipeng Tian, Yixin Diao, Haijun Su   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Parsimonious, Accurate, Predictive Model for Avian Egg Geometry. [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Orszulik ST.
europepmc   +1 more source

Hox Gene Variation Drives Morphological Specialization of Humpback Grouper Cromileptes altivelis

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Cromileptes altivelis exhibits a distinctive “sunken head and humpback” morphology, formed through cranial remodeling. Genetic analyses identified unique amino acid variants in Hoxa7a and Hoxa10b, with functional tests confirming their role in enhancing osteoblast activity and driving cranial remodeling.
Xiaoying Cao, Zhaowei Zhong, Lisheng Wu, Quanyin Liu, Shaoxiong Ding   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Mean Temperature of the Coldest Season is the Main Factor Influencing the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Biomass in the Desert Shrubland of Western Inner Mongolia. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Li Z, Jiao R, Li Z, Liang C, Liu T, Liang W, Han Z, Li K, Zhang Y, Feng Y, Wang G.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source