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Understanding bio‐based polymers: A study of origins, properties, biodegradation and their impact on health and the environment

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This review provides an overview of bio‐based polymer sources, their unique functional properties and their environmental impact, and addresses their role as sustainable alternatives. It discusses end‐of‐life options, including composting and anaerobic digestion for renewable energy.
Sabina Kolbl Repinc, Blaž Stres, Mirica Karlovits, Igor Karlovits, Petra Jerič, Ondrej Panák, Anja Verbič, Blaž Likozar, Uroš Novak   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant Diversity Affects Rodents’ Selection of Different-Sized Seeds

Diversity
Environmental changes may affect animal hoarding behavior through changes to plant diversity. Food hoarding behavior in small mammals can affect the seed dispersal process and thus the regeneration of the plant population.
Jiming Cheng, Yingqun Feng, Ningli Wang, Chao Zhang, Jiahui Liu, Xinyue Chen, Xingfu Yan, Yonghong Luo   +7 more
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Temporal and spatial dynamics of competitive parapatry in chewing lice

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
We synthesize observations from 1979 to 2016 of a contact zone involving two subspecies of pocket gophers (Thomomys bottae connectens and T. b. opulentus) and their respective chewing lice (Geomydoecus aurei and G.
David J. Hafner, Mark S. Hafner, Theresa A. Spradling, Jessica E. Light, James W. Demastes   +4 more
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Effects of breeding success, age and sex on breeding dispersal of a reintroduced population of the Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) in Ningshan County, China

Avian Research, 2018
Background Breeding dispersal is an important ecological process that affects species’ population dynamics and colonization of new suitable areas. Knowledge of the causes and consequences of breeding dispersal is fundamental to our understanding of avian
Rong Dong, Xinping Ye, Lin Zhong, Xia Li, Min Li, Huaqiang Wang, Xiaoping Yu   +6 more
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Isolation‐by‐distance and isolation‐by‐oceanography in Maroon Anemonefish (Amphiprion biaculeatus)

Evolutionary Applications, 2023
Obtaining dispersal estimates for a species is key to understanding local adaptation and population dynamics and to implementing conservation actions. Genetic isolation‐by‐distance (IBD) patterns can be used for estimating dispersal, and these patterns ...
Kyra S. Fitz, Humberto R. Montes Jr., Diane M. Thompson, Malin L. Pinsky   +3 more
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Mechanochemical Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured ErB4 and NdB4 Rare‐Earth Tetraborides

Advanced Engineering Materials, Volume 27, Issue 6, March 2025.
ErB4 and NdB4 nanostructured powders are produced by mechanochemical synthesis. 5 h mechanical alloying and 4 M HCl acid leaching are used in the production. ErB4 and NdB4 powders exhibit maximum magnetization of 0.4726 emu g−1 accompanied with an antiferromagnetic‐to‐paramagnetic phase transition at about TN = 18 K and 0.132 emu g−1 with a maximum at ...
Burçak Boztemur, Faruk Kaya, Bora Derin, Mustafa Lütfi Öveçoğlu, Ju Li, Duygu Ağaoğulları   +5 more
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Oilbirds disperse large seeds at longer distance than extinct megafauna

Scientific Reports, 2021
The extinction of megafauna in the Neotropics is thought to have reduced the potential of large seeds to be dispersed over long distances by endozoochory (ingestion by animals), but some seed dispersal systems have not been considered.
Pablo R. Stevenson, Laura Cardona, Sasha Cárdenas, Andrés Link   +3 more
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Homologous self-organising scale-invariant properties characterise long range species spread and cancer invasion [PDF]

, 2007
The invariance of some system properties over a range of temporal and/or spatial scales is an attribute of many processes in nature1, often characterised by power law functions and fractal geometry2.
Bo Hu, Diana D. E. Marco, Marcelo M. A. Montemurro, Sergio S. A. Cannas, Shiyuan Cheng   +4 more
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Revisiting Stability Criteria in Ball‐Milled High‐Entropy Alloys: Do Hume–Rothery and Thermodynamic Rules Equally Apply?

Advanced Engineering Materials, Volume 27, Issue 6, March 2025.
The stability criteria affecting the formation of high‐entropy alloys, particularly focusing in supersaturated solid solutions produced by mechanical alloying, are analyzed. Criteria based on Hume–Rothery rules are distinguished from those derived from thermodynamic relations. The formers are generally applicable to mechanically alloyed samples.
Javier S. Blázquez, Alejandro F. Manchón‐Gordón, Antonio Vidal‐Crespo, Rafael Caballero‐Flores, Jhon J. Ipus, Clara F. Conde   +5 more
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Framing seascape connectivity modeling to prioritize marine conservation effort in China’s coastal sea

Frontiers in Marine Science
Anthropogenic disturbances and climate change are projected to become leading drivers of biodiversity loss and ecological connectivity degradation in marine ecosystems.
Yiyang Kang, Yiyang Kang, Yuxuan Lin, Zhixue Chen, Xinyi Zhang, Yi Li   +5 more
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