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Monitoring mercury across the National Wildlife Refuge System using a biosentinel approach

The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 4, May 2026.
We measured mercury concentrations in 1,356 dragonfly larvae collected from 30 National Wildlife Refuges across the United States and found wide variability among refuges, spanning the full range reported for other protected lands. Using a management‐focused mercury impairment index, 80% of refuges contained sites classified as moderate or higher risk.
Jennifer L. Wilkening, James J. Willacker, Emily S. Khazan, Colleen Flanagan Pritz, Sarah J. Nelson, Catherine Collins, Katherine Ko, Colleen Emery, Collin A. Eagles Smith   +8 more
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Incorporating soil biological and functional attributes to advance ecological restoration

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 735-746, May 2026.
Earth is currently experiencing a mass extinction crisis, predominantly driven by anthropogenic activities, with land use change causing widespread loss and degradation of native ecosystems and indigenous species. There is an urgent need to halt this trend and restore degraded habitat to preserve biodiversity and protect threatened plants and animals ...
Uffe N. Nielsen, Dylan Bristol, Chongzhe Zhang, Paola Raupp   +3 more
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Benthic Macroinvertebrate Recovery After Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades: Implications for Biomonitoring

River Research and Applications, Volume 42, Issue 4, Page 824-836, May 2026.
ABSTRACT During the past decade, major upgrades have been made to the Kitchener and Waterloo wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the Grand River watershed in Ontario, Canada. As part of efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of these investments (>$450 M CDN), a benthic macroinvertebrate (BMI) monitoring program was initiated by sampling upstream and
Sean McLay, Mark R. Servos, Leslie M. Bragg, Dominika Celmer‐Repin, Hadi A. Dhiyebi, Azar Fattahi, Keegan A. Hicks, Edward M. Krynak, Mitchell Kay, Adam G. Yates   +9 more
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Understanding the Distribution of Muscidae Flies and Their Role as Vectors of Bacterial Pathogens in South Africa: A Review Using BOLD Barcoding Data

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT The role of Muscidae flies as vectors of bacterial pathogens with veterinary and public health significance necessitates accurate species identification and distribution mapping. This review analysed records from the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) national Diptera checklist ...
Veronica Phetla, Monica Mwale, Oriel Thekisoe, Maropeng Charles Monyama   +3 more
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The value of regeneration for insect fauna associated with leaf litter in the Brazilian savanna: A comparative study of biomass and trophic structure

Annals of Applied Biology, Volume 188, Issue 3, Page 875-888, May 2026.
This study demonstrates the ecological value of natural regeneration in the Brazilian Cerrado by analysing the biomass, richness and trophic structure of leaf litter insects across pasture (P), regenerating (R) and native (N) areas. We found that R areas supported insect communities more similar to N habitats than to Ps, with higher richness, greater ...
Thalita Moraes Miranda Ribeiro de Souza, Rodrigo Aranda   +1 more
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Cave Dependency Limits Climate‐Driven Range Shifts in African Cave‐Roosting Bats

Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Climate and land‐use change threaten the persistence of Africa's cave‐roosting bats, yet their future distributions remain poorly understood. We present the first continental‐scale assessment of climate‐driven range shifts for cave‐dwelling bats in sub‐Saharan Africa, using Miniopteridae as an obligate cave‐dependent model taxon, by ...
Mariëtte Pretorius, Mark Keith
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WILD BEES (HYMENOPTERA: APOIDEA) AS BIOINDICATORS IN THE NEOTROPICS

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2008
The present is a review about the use of wild bees as an indicator group in biodiversity and fragmentation studies. It describes the criteria used for the selection of bioindicator groups and it discusses the available information to evaluate if wild ...
Enrique Reyes-Novelo, Virginia Meléndez-Ramírez, Hugo Delfín-González, Ricardo Ayala   +3 more
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Environmental Contamination Affects Associated Bacterial Communities in a Neotropical Arboreal Ant

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.
Environmental stressors such as contamination from mining tailings can alter microbial communities associated with insects, including social ants. Ants, as widespread and ecologically influential insects with stable microbial associations, offer a relevant model to examine these effects.
Marília R. Bitar, Aristóteles Góes‐Neto, Paulo S. Oliveira, Corrie S. Moreau, Sérvio P. Ribeiro   +4 more
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Enhanced autosuccession after wildfire in a transitional sub-Mediterranean forest ecosystem: evidence from the Kras Plateau (Slovenia). [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Čarni A, Breg Valjavec M, Čahojová L, Jakob A.   +3 more
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Seasonal dynamics in terrestrial insect communities after the impact of the Brumadinho tailings dam disaster

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 19, Issue 3, Page 634-646, May 2026.
Despite severe habitat loss, insect species richness, seasonal fluctuations in richness and temporal β‐diversity did not differ significantly among forests adjacent to the mudflow and reference sites. We found higher wet‐season species richness for ants, bees, butterflies and dung beetles, while termites showed no seasonal change; β‐diversity was ...
Frederico Neves, Inácio Gomes, Pedro Giovâni da Silva, Marina Beirão, Cassiano Sousa Rosa, Flávio Castro, José Eustáquio Santos Júnior, Mariana Moura, Adriano Paglia, Tiago Dornas, Fábio Vieira, Ricardo Solar   +11 more
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