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Multiproxy evidence for leaf-browsing and closed habitats in extinct proboscideans (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from Central Chile. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2018
Proboscideans are so-called ecosystem engineers and are considered key players in hypotheses about Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions. However, knowledge about the autoecology and chronology of the proboscideans in South America is still open to ...
González-Guarda E   +12 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Recruitment limitation in three large‐seeded plant species in a tropical moist forest

open access: yesBiotropica, Volume 54, Issue 2, Page 418-430, March 2022., 2022
Recruitment limitation results from three mechanisms: (i) lack of seed sources (i.e., source limitation), (ii) failure of available seeds to reach recruitment sites (i.e., dispersal limitation), and (iii) failure of arrived seeds to establish at a location (i.e., establishment limitation).
Carol X. Garzon‐Lopez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An illicit artisanal fishery for North Pacific white sharks indicates frequent occurrence and high mortality in the Gulf of California

open access: yesConservation Letters, Volume 14, Issue 4, July/August 2021., 2021
Abstract Large sharks shape ecosystems across their geographic ranges and have become a top research and conservation priority. Eastern North Pacific (ENP) white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) aggregations off the United States and Mexico are well described, but their population status is currently uncertain.
Daniel J. Madigan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PLANT STRESS TOLERANCE

open access: yesЮг России: экология, развитие, 2018
. Aim. The aim is to study the threshold sensitivity to salinization of the environment of individual isolated structures for evaluating the salt tolerance of plants. Methods.
Abdulmalik G. Yusufov
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation on some autecology characteristics of Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori in south of Iran [PDF]

open access: yesتحقیقات جنگل و صنوبر ایران, 2013
Moringa peregrina is a tree or shrub componend sub-tropical vegetation and extending from Dead sea and is scattered in Red sea and spread throughout northern Somalia and around the Arabian Peninsula to mouth of the Persian Gulf, Oman, UAE, Iran, Pakistan.
Hashem Keneshloo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Caatinga, northeastern Brazil: Detailed and updated overview [PDF]

open access: yesVertebrate Zoology, 2022
The Caatinga is the largest seasonal dry tropical forest in South America and it has been historically neglected in terms of its biodiversity. Regarding lizards, different studies led to the current knowledge of diversity and endemism in Caatinga, but ...
Lucas Rafael Uchôa   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Ecology of the diatom Aulacoseira pusilla in oligotrophic mountain lakes, with implications for paleoclimate reconstructions

open access: yesArctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2022
Diatoms in lake sediments are used in paleoclimate reconstructions, particularly in treeless areas such as arctic and alpine regions. Some diatom species in the Aulacoseira group are often thought to bloom as lakes turnover (i.e., mix), suggesting links ...
Edna Luz Pedraza Garzon   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecology and conservation biology of the Baw Baw frog Philoria frosti (Anura: Myobatrachidae): distribution, abundance, autoecology and demography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
© 2004 Dr. Gregory J. HollisThe decline of amphibian populations around the world is a well documented phenomenon. The Baw Baw Frog Philoria frosti belongs to a group of high-elevation, mountain-top amphibians in Australia that have undergone recent ...
Hollis, Gregory J.
core   +1 more source

Terrace springs: habitat haven for macrobenthic fauna in the lower plain of the River Ticino (Lombardy, Northern Italy)

open access: yesNatural History Sciences, 2018
Springs are important environments between hypogean and epigean habitats; the interaction between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems is an important factor for their biotic communities.
Renato Sconfietti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phytosociological research on temporary ponds in Apulia (southern Italy)

open access: yesMediterranean Botany, 2020
The ephemeral hygrophilous vegetation occurring in the temporary ponds of Apulia (southern Italy) weres studied following the phytosociological approach.
Valeria Tomaselli   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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