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Soil Contamination Around the Copper Smelter and the Use of Soil Microarthropods as Bioindicators
Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Soil contamination from smelter emissions, including heavy metals (HM), rare earth elements (REEs), and sulfur, poses a significant threat to soil ecosystems. In the immediate vicinity of the Głogów Copper Smelter, HM concentrations were several times higher than in more distant forest stands.
Jacek Malica +10 more
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Assessing Temperature-Induced Changes in Arthropod Communities over One Year: A Comparative Analysis
InsectsUnderstanding how rising temperatures driven by climate change affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning is particularly relevant in fragile island environments.
Sophie Wallon +3 more
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Advances in research on autophagy in the maintenance of insect–microbe symbiosis
New Plant Protection, EarlyView.Autophagy plays a dual regulatory role in insect–microbe symbiotic relationships. Beneficial symbiotic bacteria in insects participate in nutrient exchange via the TOR pathway, whereas pathogenic microbes induce immune defense through the AMPK pathway. Autophagy‐related genes regulate development and pathogen clearance during this process.
Yanbin Wang +5 more
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Molecular basis of arthropod appendage diversity
ABSTRACT Arthropods have an incredible diversity of limbs that are modified for walking, chewing, cleaning, mating, grasping, sensing, and more. Understanding the relationships and evolutionary histories of different limbs is a central task, but their sheer diversity makes this a daunting if not impossible task using ...
Heather S. Bruce, Nipam H. Patel
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Oikos, EarlyView.Elucidating the determinants of parasite infection levels of individuals within a population is a basic but important step for understanding the roles of parasites in natural systems. Among intraspecific studies on vertebrate hosts and metazoan parasites, host body size (length/mass) is probably the most frequently reported factor determining parasite ...
Ryota Hasegawa +7 more
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Effects of diversity on beneficial and pest arthropods
, 2018 Vegetational diversity within agroecosystems can vary in in three basic ways; the species richness of plants, the spatial arrangement of species and the temporal relationship among species. Agroecosystems with greater vegetational diversity are associated with decreased pest abundance and increased natural enemy abundance.
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Fruit use and fruit processing by euphonias, specialized avian frugivores
Oikos, EarlyView.Euphonias (Neotropical passerines in the genera Euphonia and Chlorophonia) form the quintessential example of a specialized avian frugivore, combining a high reliance on fruit as food and the restriction of fruit taxa exploited. To understand their specialization, we explored the integration of fruit morphological and nutritional traits with their ...
Marco A. Pizo +3 more
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Some love them, others hate them: Understanding farmers' tree planting decisions in Scotland
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Agroforestry is increasingly recognized as a sustainable agricultural land use system with potential to sequester carbon, create and repair habitats, enhance biodiversity and offer environmental and socio‐economic benefits, including improved agricultural productivity.
Albert Mvula, Katrin Prager, Josie Geris
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Scientific DataWe present the first dataset collection of arthropod diversity from ten terrestrial sites in the Neotropical Eastern Pacific Bioregion, in the territories of Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and the Galapagos and Cocos Islands.
Ana B. García-Ruilova +16 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Olive farming represents a prime example of a biodiversity‐rich land‐use system in the Mediterranean, deeply rooted in a long history and cultural traditions, yet it faces mounting challenges from climate change, biodiversity loss, and declining economic viability that put its sustainability at risk.
Klara Dietrich +3 more
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