Assessing the spatiotemporal distribution of bufonid herpesvirus 1 (BfHV1) in Europe [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAdverting biodiversity loss is one of the most urgent challenges of our time. The ongoing amphibian extinction crisis is the result of a multitude of factors, with emerging infectious diseases having played a key role.
Philipp Böning +8 more
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Correction: Significance of vertical transmission of arboviruses in mosquito-borne disease epidemiology [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsOliver Chinonso Mbaoma +2 more
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CheloniansTraits: a comprehensive trait database of global turtles and tortoises [PDF]
Scientific DataTurtles and tortoises (chelonians) possess a variety of ecological characteristics, including long lifespans and protective shells, which have enabled them to survive and adapt to environmental challenges since the Triassic period.
Jiang Wang +5 more
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Morphology of lentic and lotic tadpoles from Madagascar
BMC Zoology, 2021 Background The morphology of anuran larvae is suggested to differ between species with tadpoles living in standing (lentic) and running (lotic) waters.
Jörn Laudor +5 more
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Ericaceous vegetation of the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia will prevail in the face of climate change
Scientific Reports, 2022 Climate change impacts the structure, functioning, and distribution of species and ecosystems. It will shift ecosystem boundaries, potentially affecting vulnerable ecosystems, such as tropical Africa's high mountain ecosystems, i.e., afroalpine ...
Yohannes O. Kidane +4 more
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Biovera-Epi: A new database on species diversity, community composition and leaf functional traits of vascular epiphytes along gradients of elevation and forest-use intensity in Mexico [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 This data paper describes a new, comprehensive database (BIOVERA-Epi) on species distributions and leaf functional traits of vascular epiphytes, a poorly studied plant group, along gradients of elevation and forest-use intensity in the central part of ...
Valeria Guzmán-Jacob +5 more
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Plants, People, Planet, 2022 Societal Impact Statement Confronting the ongoing biodiversity crisis and our incomplete taxonomic knowledge on the world's plants requires well‐trained experts able to recognize and identify species.
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A near-natural experiment on factors influencing larval drift in Salamandra salamandra
Scientific Reports, 2022 The larval stage of the European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) inhabits both lentic and lotic habitats. In the latter, they are constantly exposed to unidirectional water flow, which has been shown to cause downstream drift in a variety of taxa.
Malwina Schafft +3 more
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COVID‐19 infection in CVID patients: What we know so far
Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, 2021 Introduction In patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), immunological response is compromised. Knowledge about COVID‐19 in CVID patients is sparse. We, here, synthesize current research addressing the level of threat COVID‐19 poses to CVID
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Chikungunya Beyond the Tropics: Where and When Do We Expect Disease Transmission in Europe?
Viruses, 2021 Chikungunya virus disease (chikungunya) is a mosquito-borne infectious disease reported in at least 50 countries, mostly in the tropics. It has spread around the globe within the last two decades, with local outbreaks in Europe. The vector mosquito Aedes
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