Multiple scales of fear: foraging behaviour of white‐naped jays in semiarid landscapes
Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 4, April 2026.Animals must constantly balance the need to find resources with the risk of predation. Not only avoiding direct encounters with predators but also assessing the overall risk of their environment using cues, social information or habitat traits at multiple spatial and temporal scales.
Maria Carolina Beiriz +2 more
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Choosing courtship over caution: male jumping spiders delay anti-predator responses. [PDF]
Front ZoolScriba M +3 more
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PLDC‐Net: A Domain‐Specific Base Model for Plant Leaf Disease Classification Domain Adaptation Tasks
Plant Direct, Volume 10, Issue 4, April 2026.ABSTRACT Plant diseases are the cause of heavy losses of crop production and, therefore, a big contributor to food shortages. Identifying these diseases as early as possible is important to limit the negative effects that these diseases have on the yields, as slow response time will lead to the spread of diseases and further loss.
David J. Richter, Kyungbaek Kim
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Fusion protein based strategies for developing insect-resistant crops. [PDF]
Funct Integr GenomicsKeerthana M +13 more
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CNS Neuroscience &Therapeutics, Volume 32, Issue 4, April 2026.
Junqiu Zhou +3 more
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Harnessing Cold Plasma Technology: Advancements and Applications in Sustainable Agriculture
Plasma Processes and Polymers, Volume 23, Issue 4, April 2026.Developing cold plasma as an efficient tool to improve pre‐ and post‐harvest traits in sustainable agriculture. ABSTRACT Cold plasma, a non‐thermal, partially ionized gas, is emerging as a versatile tool with strong potential to improve sustainable agriculture through pre‐ and post‐harvest stages.
Deepak Dilip +3 more
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Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal three new species of <i>Gibellula</i> (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) from spiders. [PDF]
MycoKeysChang CX +4 more
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Robotics‐assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape‐level biodiversity insights
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 260-274, April 2026.Deploying and maintaining sensors is often a major bottleneck in collecting rapid biodiversity data. We tested whether autonomous hopping drones equipped with acoustic recorders could collect reliable biodiversity data in Costa Rica. Using 26,000+ hours of existing audio from 341 sites, with machine learning detections of 19 bird species and spider ...
Peggy A. Bevan +5 more
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Regulatory RNA Patterns Associated with Bee Evolution Should Be Interpreted with Caution, but Correlational Studies Should Not Be Entirely Dismissed. [PDF]
Genome Biol EvolBrenman-Suttner D, Zayed A.
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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 27, Issue 4, April 2026.Abstract Many intraplate volcanic chains are explained as hotspot trails formed by plate motion over mantle plumes, yet some deviate from this model. The Rodrigues Ridge, a volcanic lineament extending eastward from the Réunion hotspot track toward the Central Indian Ridge (CIR), is one such case.
Julien Seghi +10 more
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