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Origin, evolution and biogeographic dynamics of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Southwestern Europe

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
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Crafting Colonial Companions: Zionist Botany in Palestine, 1900‐1930s**

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
In the early twentieth century, agricultural research played an important role in the Zionist movement's efforts to increase Palestine's productivity and to facilitate large‐scale Jewish settlement. Recent historiography has started to recognize the importance of agronomists and botanists as central actors in the broader project of Jewish‐Zionist ...
Mona Bieling
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Paving the way to a better artichoke

California Agriculture, 1992
Significant yield increases were achieved when a seed-propagated, thornless artichoke cultivar was developed for winter production in coastal and desert regions of Southern California and Arizona.
Wayne L. Schrader, Keith Mayberry, David Cudney   +2 more
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Comparative Assessment of Landsat‐8 and SPOT‐7 Satellite Data With Field Spectral Measurements for Estimating Plant Diversity in Sandy Grasslands

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
We compared Landsat‐8 OLI, SPOT, and hyperspectral data for estimating vascular plant diversity in China's Hunshandak Sandland. SPOT data showed the strongest correlation with alpha diversity, followed by hyperspectral data, with Landsat‐8 performing the weakest.
Ying Ye, Jianxiong Lan, Xiaoyue Zhang, Yu Peng   +3 more
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Gyriosomus granulipennis Pizarro-Araya & Flores 2004 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): An extreme case to preserve Gyriosomus granulipennis Pizarro-Araya & Flores 2004 (Coleóptera: Tenebrionidae): Un caso extremo a conservar

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2012
The Choros Archipelago includes three islands: Choros, Damas and Gaviota and it is part of The Pingüino de Humboldt National Reserve. These insular ecosystems are within the Chilean transitional coastal (25°-32° S).
JAIME PIZARRO-ARAYA, OLIVIA E. VERGARA, GUSTAVO E. FLORES   +2 more
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Flight of the dragons: a global review of migration in Odonata

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insects are the most abundant and ecologically important animal migrants. Yet, we know relatively little about the patterns and processes underlying insect migration. Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) comprise the ancient insect order Odonata, whose ancestors were the first organisms to fly on Earth.
Johanna S.U. Hedlund, Myles Menz, Jason W. Chapman, Alexander Hayward   +3 more
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Mechanistic drivers of cyanobacterial dominance and eukaryotic algal decline in estuarine ecosystems: integrating nutrient stoichiometry and thermal stratification [PDF]

Estuarine Management and Technologies
Cyanobacteria in estuarine ecosystems outcompete eukaryotic algae through the synergistic interaction of nutrient flexibility, buoyancy control, and thermal stratification.
R. Nandakumar, Mani Jayaprakashvel, Balaji Prasath Barathan   +2 more
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Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +1 more
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Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón, José A. Sánchez‐Zapata, Travis L. DeVault, Wayne M. Getz, Zebensui Morales‐Reyes, Daniel Redondo‐Gómez, Lara Naves‐Alegre, Solange A. Batista‐Nunes, Esther Sebastián‐González, Juan M. Pérez‐García, Kelly A. Waters, Thijs van Overveld, Craig Smith, Nuria Selva, Thomas A. Schlacher, Graeme Ruxton, Jesús Rodríguez, Martina‐M. Quaggiotto, Paula L. Perrig, Norman Owen‐Smith, Thomas M. Newsome, Isabel Navas, Yoshihiro Nakashima, Ana Mateos, Carlos Martínez‐Carrasco, Daniel Martín‐Vega, Berta Martín‐López, Antoni Margalida, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Adam Kane, Kevin Healy, Akane Hashizume, Antonio J. García‐Fernández, José A. Donázar, M. Eric Benbow, James C. Beasley, Philip S. Barton, Kathleen A. Alexander, Eneko Arrondo   +38 more
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Water Productivity and Seasonal Performance of Floating-Root Hydroponic Lettuce Under Coastal Desert Conditions in Northern Chile

Horticulturae
Water scarcity increasingly constrains horticultural production in coastal desert regions. This study provides a site-specific characterization of the seasonal performance and water productivity of a pilot-scale floating-root hydroponic lettuce system ...
Cornelio Contreras-Seguel, Nicolás Verdugo-Vásquez, Verónica Arancibia-Araya, Constanza Jana-Ayala, Alejandra Durán-Delgado, Nicolle Castillo-Araya   +5 more
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