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Opportunity cost estimates for spatial conservation prioritisation across terrestrial Europe

Scientific Data
Opportunity costs of conservation represent the foregone economic benefits from using land for nature conservation rather than alternative activities. Considering opportunity costs therefore helps in identifying cost-effective solutions in conservation ...
Douglas Spencer, Alexandra Marques, Clara J. Veerkamp, Martijn van der Marel, Peter Verburg, Moreno Di Marco, Martin Jung, Heini Kujala, Louise O’Connor, Piero Visconti, Aafke M. Schipper   +10 more
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Monitoring of the eggs of the Karkloof blue butterfly, Orachrysops ariadne, for its conservation management

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2013
The Endangered Orachrysops ariadne (Butler 1898) (Karkloof blue butterfly) is endemic to the Endangered Moist Midlands Grassland in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and is extant at four sites. The results from the monitoring of the eggs laid by O.
Adrian J. Armstrong, Sharon L. Louw
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Environmental DNA provides higher resolution assessment of riverine biodiversity and ecosystem function via spatio-temporal nestedness and turnover partitioning

Communications Biology, 2021
Rapidly assessing biodiversity is essential for environmental monitoring; however, traditional approaches are limited in the scope needed for most ecological systems.
M. Seymour, François K. Edwards, B. Cosby, Iliana Bista, P. Scarlett, F. Brailsford, H. Glanville, M. de Bruyn, G. Carvalho, S. Creer   +9 more
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
wiley   +1 more source

Iron‐Mediated Release of Aged Dissolved Organic Carbon From Waterlogged Peatland Under Warming

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study conducts a five‐year in situ warming experiment in high‐altitude peatlands to examine dissolved organic carbon (DOC) release. The study shows that warming promotes the release of plant‐derived modern DOC in drained peatlands, but amplifies aquatic export of century‐old DOC from waterlogged peatlands via Fe‐mediated DOC mobilization—a ...
Guohua Dai, Zhiying Yang, Zongguang Liu, Wanjia Hu, Lixiao Ma, Enze Kang, Wanqing Luo, Yunpeng Zhao, Chengzhu Liu, Juan Jia, Ting Liu, Chen He, Quan Shi, Jianliang Liu, Yongheng Gao, Huai Chen, Hailong Zhang, Meixun Zhao, Xiaojuan Feng   +18 more
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A simple biodiversity assessment scheme supporting nature-friendly farm management

, 2019
Farmers are important actors for regional development and biodiversity protection. Agri-environment-climate measures (AECM) are therefore a central tool of the European Union to support its biodiversity conservation policy.
E. Tasser, Johannes Rüdisser, M. Plaikner, A. Wezel, S. Stöckli, A. Vincent, Heike Nitsch, Monika Dubbert, Valerie Moos, J. Walde, D. Bogner   +10 more
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Rapid assessment of the biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires to guide urgent management intervention and recovery and lessons for other regions

Diversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity, 2021
The incidence of major fires is increasing globally, creating extraordinary challenges for governments, managers and conservation scientists. In 2019–2020, Australia experienced precedent‐setting fires that burned over several months, affecting seven ...
S. Legge, J. Woinarski, B. Scheele, S. Garnett, M. Lintermans, D. Nimmo, N. Whiterod, D. Southwell, G. Ehmke, A. Buchan, Jenny Gray, D. Metcalfe, M. Page, L. Rumpff, S. Leeuwen, Dick Williams, S. Ahyong, D. G. Chapple, M. Cowan, Md Anwar Hossain, M. Kennard, Stewart L. Macdonald, H. Moore, J. Marsh, R. McCormack, D. Michael, Nicola J. Mitchell, David A. Newell, T. Raadik, R. Tingley   +29 more
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Two Routes to Land: Genomic Underpinnings of Parallel Aerial Egg Deposition in Aquatic Old‐World Pila and New‐World Pomacea (Ampullariidae)

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Comparative genomics of Gondwana‐diverged Pila and Pomacea reveals parallel evolution of aerial oviposition. Convergent chromosomal rearrangements reshape regulatory landscapes within topologically associating domains. Lineage‐specific gene family expansions and viral‐derived perivitelline proteins (PV1) underpin desiccation resistance.
Yufei Zhou, Huawei Mu, Xueying Nie, Yue Gao, Hui Wang, Ling Fang, Tiangang Luan, Monthon Ganmanee, Jian‐Wen Qiu, Jin Sun, Jack Chi‐Ho Ip   +10 more
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T2T Genome Assembly and Multi‐Omics Data Reveal Terrestrial Adaptation and Mucus Biosynthesis in Tropical Leatherleaf Slug (Laevicaulis alte)

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A gap‐free genome assembly and multi‐omics comparison of the terrestrial slug Laevichaulis alte with an aquatic relative reveal that expansion of the VEGF family orchestrates mucus production, lipid metabolism, and immune defense—highlighting key molecular innovations for conquering life on land.
Gang Wang, Shaofang He, Zhongkai Wang, Aobo Pang, Xiaoli Sun, Rongchen Liu, Fang Wang, Sisi Chen, Zhijuan Bian, Dongcheng Wei, Liuhan Wu, Siyao Zhao, Qiuting Ji, Yiqi Sun, Niying Sun, Yushinta Fujaya, Boping Tang, Kianann Tan, Daizhen Zhang, Lianfu Chen   +19 more
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Correcting Apparent Priming Bias Unveils Fertilizer Nitrogen‐Risk Archetypes of Surplus and Depletion Across Asian Rice Systems

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Correcting the apparent priming effect resolves systematic biases in Asian rice fertilizer nitrogen accounting. Net soil retention drops below 7%, while 48% of fertilizer escapes, inflicting US$98.53 billion in annual reactive‐nitrogen damages. High‐resolution mapping uncovers N‐risk archetypes across 42% of the rice area, delivering a spatially ...
Xiuyun Liu, Siyuan Cai, Longlong Xia, Jagdish K. Ladha, Xiaoyuan Yan, Xu Zhao   +5 more
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