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A cost‐effective DNA extraction protocol for long‐read sequencing in non‐model plants

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Third‐generation sequencing has revolutionized genomics, enabling in‐depth analysis of genome sequence, structure, and epigenetic features. Yet, extracting high‐quality DNA for long‐read sequencing remains a bottleneck—particularly in non‐model plants, such as mature trees growing in natural environments, which often contain abundant ...
Sofia Gaischuk, Cintia F. Marchetti, Ezequiel Petrillo, Fernando A. Rabanal, Detlef Weigel, Nicolás Bellora, M. Verónica Arana   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial pattern and driving factors of biomass carbon density for natural and planted coniferous forests in mountainous terrain, eastern Loess Plateau of China

Forest Ecosystems, 2020
Background Understanding the spatial pattern and driving factors of forest carbon density in mountainous terrain is of great importance for monitoring forest carbon in support of sustainable forest management for mitigating climate change.
Lina Sun, Mengben Wang, Xiaohui Fan
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Historical variability of deciduous trees and deciduous forests in northern Sweden [PDF]

, 2004
The aim of the work underlying this thesis was to study the historical variability of deciduous trees and deciduous forests in northern Sweden. To ascertain the effects of forest fires and human activities on the historical variability of deciduous trees,
Hellberg, Erik
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Off‐target metagenomics: Leveraging whole genome sequencing to study the bacteriome of the liverwort Calasterella californica

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise The recovery of non‐target organism reads, especially when whole organisms are sampled, constitutes a great opportunity for studying microbial communities. The increase in whole genome sequencing feasibility and the development of new marker‐based pipelines enable the use of short reads to study bacterial communities associated with ...
Ixchel S. González‐Ramírez, Michael J. Song, Elijah C. Mehlferber, Brent D. Mishler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forest fires under the lens: needleleaf index - a novel tool for satellite image analysis

npj Natural Hazards
High-resolution coniferous forest area datasets are needed to understand spatiotemporal variations in forest capacity1–3; however, separating coniferous forests from other vegetation covers remains challenging because of their similar spectral ...
Afshin Amiri, Keyvan Soltani, Silvio Jose Gumiere, Hossein Bonakdari   +3 more
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Finite element analysis of feeding in red and gray squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris and Sciurus carolinensis)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Invasive gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) have replaced the native red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) across much of Great Britain over the last century. Several factors have been proposed to underlie this replacement, but here we investigated the potential for dietary competition in which gray squirrels have better feeding performance than ...
Philip G. Cox, Peter J. Watson
wiley   +1 more source

Species diversity and biomass of the herbaceous layer in three forest types of Eastern Shandong, China

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
IntroductionThis study focused on coniferous forests, conifer-broadleaf forests, and broadleaf forests in eastern Shandong to investigate the characteristics of understory herbaceous species diversity and biomass, as well as their coupling relationships ...
Yu Qin, Guanghui Yang, Guangze Jin, Chen Pang, Junteng Cui, Jiechao Zhong, Yun Zhao, Yujun Song, Pengfei Geng   +8 more
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A perspective from the Mesozoic: Evolutionary changes of the mammalian skull and their influence on feeding efficiency and high‐frequency hearing

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The complex evolutionary history behind modern mammalian chewing performance and hearing function is a result of several changes in the entire skeletomuscular system of the skull and lower jaw. Lately, exciting multifunctional 3D analytical methods and kinematic simulations of feeding functions in both modern and fossil mammals and their ...
Julia A. Schultz
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a macroecology for human‐altered ecosystems

Ecography, EarlyView.
Although anthropogenically‐induced ecological disruptions are fundamentally important in defining ecosystem properties, they are largely overlooked by macroecological theory. Anthropogenic disruptions and their effects are generally not comparable to one another, nor to disturbances that are part of natural disturbance regimes.
Erica A. Newman, Mark Q. Wilber, Alexandre Génin, Oriana E. Chafe, Henry F. Houskeeper, Steven Lee, Eric L. Berlow, John Harte   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Algorithm of the Forest Formation Process in Spruce Forests, Taking into Account Forestry Measures

Лесной журнал
The study contributes to solving the problem of an uncontrolled increase in the area of derivative deciduous stands in place of indigenous coniferous forests. The aim has been to develop a method for creating an algorithm for the forest formation process,
Nikolay N. Terinov, Vladimir V. Pobedinsky, Eduard F. Gerts, Andrey V. Mekhrentsev, Alina F. Urazova, Yuri V. Efimov   +5 more
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