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Utilisation of Oxford Nanopore sequencing to generate six complete gastropod mitochondrial genomes as part of a biodiversity curriculum

Scientific Reports, 2022
High-throughput sequencing has enabled genome skimming approaches to produce complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) for species identification and phylogenomics purposes.
Mattia De Vivo, Hsin-Han Lee, Yu-Sin Huang, Niklas Dreyer, Chia-Ling Fong, Felipe Monteiro Gomes de Mattos, Dharmesh Jain, Yung-Hui Victoria Wen, John Karichu Mwihaki, Tzi-Yuan Wang, Ryuji J. Machida, John Wang, Benny K. K. Chan, Isheng Jason Tsai   +13 more
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Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity

Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2018
In the 12 years since Dudgeon et al. (2006) reviewed major pressures on freshwater ecosystems, the biodiversity crisis in the world's lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams and wetlands has deepened.
Andrea J. Reid, A. Carlson, I. Creed, E. Eliason, P. Gell, Pieter T. J. Johnson, K. Kidd, T. MacCormack, J. Olden, S. Ormerod, J. Smol, W. Taylor, K. Tockner, J. Vermaire, D. Dudgeon, S. Cooke   +15 more
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Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) metabarcoding of Foraminifera communities using taxon-specific primers [PDF]

PeerJ, 2022
Foraminifera are a species-rich phylum of rhizarian protists that are highly abundant in most marine environments. Molecular methods such as metabarcoding have revealed a high, yet undescribed diversity of Foraminifera. However, so far only one molecular
Jan-Niklas Macher, Dimitra Maria Bloska, Maria Holzmann, Elsa B. Girard, Jan Pawlowski, Willem Renema   +5 more
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The biodiversity and ecosystem service contributions and trade-offs of forest restoration approaches

Science, 2022
Forest restoration is being scaled up globally to deliver critical ecosystem services and biodiversity benefits; however, there is a lack of rigorous comparison of cobenefit delivery across different restoration approaches.
Fangyuan Hua, L. A. Bruijnzeel, P. Meli, Phillip A Martin, Jun Zhang, Shinichi Nakagawa, Xinran Miao, Weiyi Wang, C. McEvoy, J. Peña-Arancibia, P. Brancalion, Philip Smith, D. Edwards, A. Balmford   +13 more
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The direct drivers of recent global anthropogenic biodiversity loss

Science Advances, 2022
Effective policies to halt biodiversity loss require knowing which anthropogenic drivers are the most important direct causes. Whereas previous knowledge has been limited in scope and rigor, here we statistically synthesize empirical comparisons of ...
Pedro Jaureguiberry, N. Titeux, M. Wiemers, D. Bowler, L. Coscieme, Abigail S. Golden, Carlos A. Guerra, U. Jacob, Yasuo Takahashi, J. Settele, Sandra Díaz, Z. Mólnar, A. Purvis   +12 more
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Biodiversity impacts and conservation implications of urban land expansion projected to 2050

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
Significance Understanding the impacts of urbanization and the associated urban land expansion on species is vital for informed urban planning that minimizes biodiversity loss.
R. Simkin, K. Seto, R. McDonald, W. Jetz
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Defining “Biodiversity”; Assessing Biodiversity [PDF]

Monist, 2002
This paper analyzes the concept of biodiversity in conservation biology and assesses potential methods for its measurement.
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As old as the hills: Pliocene palaeogeographical processes influence patterns of genetic structure in the widespread, common shrub Banksia sessilis

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
The impact of Quaternary glaciation on the development of phylogeographic structure in plant species is well documented. In unglaciated landscapes, phylogeographic patterns tend to reflect processes relating to persistence and stochasticity, yet other ...
Heidi Maria Nistelberger, Sarah‐Louise Tapper, David J. Coates, Shelley L. McArthur, Margaret Byrne   +4 more
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Morphometric and morphological characterization of chicken resources adapted to pastoral and agropastoral areas of southern Ethiopia

Genetic Resources, 2021
Thirteen qualitative and six quantitative variables taken from 303 adult chickens (95 cocks and 208 hens) from three locations/districts were used to phenotypically characterize the indigenous chicken populations in pastoral areas of South Omo Zone ...
Amine Mustefa, Hizkel Kenfo, Teklewold Belayhun, Abebe Hailu, Abraham Assefa   +4 more
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Reforming society via biodiversity, biodiversity as a public policy Reforming society via biodiversity, biodiversity as a public policy [PDF]

Sciences, Eaux & Territoires, 2011
The French Ecology ministry looks back over several years of public policies for biodiversity conservation. The glass is only half full with mixed results in the field, but significant progress in public debates and some encouraging developments.
Odile Gauthier
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