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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li, Bo Zhang, Zhang‐Hangjian Chen, Hafiz Hoque   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative genomics of sirenians reveals evolution of filaggrin and caspase-14 upon adaptation of the epidermis to aquatic life

Scientific Reports
The mammalian epidermis has evolved to protect the body in a dry environment. Genes of the epidermal differentiation complex (EDC), such as FLG (filaggrin), are implicated in the barrier function of the epidermis.
Julia Steinbinder, Attila Placido Sachslehner, Karin Brigit Holthaus, Leopold Eckhart   +3 more
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Latitudinal effect on the structure of snake–prey interaction networks is mediated by snake species richness

Ecography, EarlyView.
Despite the growing number of studies on trophic networks in recent decades, there are still important gaps in our understanding of how these networks are structured across broad environmental gradients. These gaps are even greater in some groups of terrestrial vertebrates, such as snakes, requiring a cohesive synthesis of their broader trophic ...
Daniela Pinto‐Coelho, Kate P. Maia, Laura R. V. Alencar, Marcio Martins, Paulo R. Guimarães   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fish Scales: A Multifunctional Biomaterial from Nature

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Fish scales demonstrate nature's solution to impact protection through overlapping multilayered architecture. This biological design combines mineralized surfaces with collagen networks to achieve both flexibility and fracture resistance. The structural principles inspire advanced protective materials and biomedical implants, where damage tolerance ...
Liyao Dong, Xiaojie Sun, Xiguang Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing Transcriptomic Responses to Chemicals Across Six Species Using the EcoToxChip RNASeq Database

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, EarlyView.
Abstract The EcoToxChip project includes RNA‐sequencing data from experiments involving model (Japanese quail, fathead minnow, African clawed frog) and ecological (double‐crested cormorant, rainbow trout, northern leopard frog) species at multiple life stages (whole embryo and adult) exposed to eight chemicals of environmental concern known to perturb ...
Krittika Mittal, Jessica Ewald, Doug Crump, Jessica Head, Markus Hecker, Natacha Hogan, Jianguo Xia, Niladri Basu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a Zebrafish Embryo‐Based Test System for Thyroid Hormone System Disruption: 3Rs in Ecotoxicological Research

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, EarlyView.
Abstract There is increasing concern regarding pollutants disrupting the vertebrate thyroid hormone (TH) system, which is crucial for development. Thus, identification of TH system–disrupting chemicals (THSDCs) is an important requirement in the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) testing framework.
Lisa Gölz, Melanie Blanc‐Legendre, Maximilian Rinderknecht, Laura Behnstedt, Sara Coordes, Luisa Reger, Sacha Sire, Xavier Cousin, Thomas Braunbeck, Lisa Baumann   +9 more
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Relationships between survival and habitat suitability of semi-aquatic mammals. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2020
Barela I, Burger LM, Taylor J, Evans KO, Ogawa R, McClintic L, Wang G.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bridging the Gap Between Human Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Under One Health Perspective by a Cross‐Species Adverse Outcome Pathway Network for Reproductive Toxicity

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, EarlyView.
Cross‐species extrapolation of adverse outcome pathway network on reproductive toxicity under the One Health perspective using new approach methodologies. AOP = adverse outcome pathway. Abstract Although ecotoxicological and toxicological risk assessments are performed separately from each other, recent efforts have been made in both disciplines to ...
Elizabeth Dufourcq Sekatcheff, Jaeseong Jeong, Jinhee Choi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inconsistent Transcriptomic Responses to Hexabromocyclododecane in Japanese Quail: A Comparative Analysis of Results From Four Different Study Designs

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, EarlyView.
Abstract Efforts to use transcriptomics for toxicity testing have classically relied on the assumption that chemicals consistently produce characteristic transcriptomic signatures that are reflective of their mechanism of action. However, the degree to which transcriptomic responses are conserved across different test methodologies has seldom been ...
Paul Béziers, Elena Legrand, Emily Boulanger, Niladri Basu, Jessica D. Ewald, Paula Henry, Markus Hecker, Jianguo Xia, Natalie Karouna‐Renier, Doug Crump, Jessica Head   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing for resilience with ecological structure: Portfolio effects in the Laurentian Great Lakes

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Combined effects of global change, including land conversion, biological invasions, and overexploitation, have degraded the resilience of ecosystems and the services they provide. Here, we identify key ecological structures and processes that can be targeted by management to improve resilience at scales ranging from single species to entire landscapes.
Kayla RS Hale, Timothy J Fernandes, Reilly F O'Connor, Charlotte A Ward, Kevin Cazelles, Joey R Bernhardt, Cindy Chu, Henrique C Giacomini, Alexander Koeberle, Marten A Koops, Stuart A Ludsin, Andrew M Muir, Tom Stewart, Caroline Tucker, Tyler D Tunney, Kevin S McCann   +15 more
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