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Experimental Assessment of the Effects of Substrate Choice on the Duration of Chemical Signals in Fecal Scent‐Marks of Free‐Ranging Iberian Wolves

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, Volume 345, Issue 5, Page 462-475, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Chemical communication, typically based on feces, urine, and glandular secretions, often deposited as substrate scent marks, plays a key role in social organization and communication among many mammals, especially carnivores. This study assesses experimentally whether the type of substrate chosen for fecal deposition and the temperature ...
Elisa Espartosa, Jose Martin, Isabel Barja   +2 more
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Enhancing rice ecological production: synergistic effects of wheat-straw decomposition and microbial agents on soil health and yield

Frontiers in Plant Science
AimsThis study evaluated the impact of wheat straw return and microbial agent application on rice field environments.MethodsUsing Rice variety Chuankangyou 2115 and a microbial mix of Bacillus subtilis and Trichoderma harzianum.
Yanfang Wen, Yangming Ma, Ziniu Wu, Yonggang Yang, Xiaojuan Yuan, Kairui Chen, Yongheng Luo, Ziting He, Xinhai Huang, Pengxin Deng, Congmei Li, Zhiyuan Yang, Zongkui Chen, Jun Ma, Yongjian Sun, Yongjian Sun   +15 more
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How vulnerable are amphibians to climate change? A mechanistic perspective

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1550-1560, June 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Amphibians are frequently identified as highly vulnerable to climate change, yet the mechanisms driving this sensitivity remain uncertain. Approaches that explicitly link physiological mechanisms to environmental variation provide powerful tools for forecasting climate ...
Eric A. Riddell, David R. Adams, Molly C. Womack   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sponges are celebrated heterotrophs but also key primary producers on changing coral reefs

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1561-1577, June 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Trophic interactions and nutrient cycling lay at the heart of ecosystem health and biodiversity. In recent years, our understanding of these drivers has been repeatedly challenged by rapid and unanticipated climatic effects, combined with an increasing awareness that ...
Michelle Achlatis, Rene M. van der Zande, Sam Arnold, Alphonsus C. Röttgering, Jeroen Schneider, Mathieu Pernice, Jasper M. de Goeij   +6 more
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Forest type and leaf habit mediate thermal and drought tolerance across a tropical elevational gradient

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1933-1945, June 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Understanding how local climate patterns select for thermal and drought tolerance traits is needed to predict differential responses to climate change across complex ecosystems.
Caitlin N. Terry, Perla Ortiz‐Colín, Jennifer S. Powers, German Vargas G., Adrián Guadamúz, Catherine M. Hulshof   +5 more
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Neighbour detection and pathogen defence during competition for light

, 2012
In dense vegetation plants have to compete for light. Plants at risk of becoming overgrown by neighbours therefore respond with an escape response called the shade avoidance syndrome, a suite of responses that serve to ensure light capture by the ...
Plant Ecophysiology, Sub Plant Ecophysiology, de Wit, M.   +2 more
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The effect of deforestation and land use change on ecophysiology indices of soil carbon and nitrogen [PDF]

مجله جنگل ایران, 2015
Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are the most important greenhouse gases. The changes of these gases are mainly affected by the variability of carbon and nitrogen ecophysiology indices.
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The influence of a cluster‐rooted species on Bossiaea linophylla (Fabaceae) under extremely phosphorus‐impoverished conditions: Phosphorus competition and altered plant–microbe interactions

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1709-1724, June 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Phosphorus (P) limitation may intensify plant competition. However, in severely P‐impoverished soils of south‐western Australia, cluster‐rooted Banksia attenuata (Proteaceae) can facilitate P acquisition of neighbouring species by mobilising tightly bound P from soil ...
Zhao Zhang, Ling‐Ling Chen, Duccio Migliorini, Felipe E. Albornoz, Patrick M. Finnegan, Kosala Ranathunge, Hans Lambers   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A deterministic, c-di-GMP-dependent program ensures the generation of phenotypically similar, symmetric daughter cells during cytokinesis

Nature Communications
Phenotypic heterogeneity in bacteria can result from stochastic processes or deterministic programs. The deterministic programs often involve the versatile second messenger c-di-GMP, and give rise to daughter cells with different c-di-GMP levels by ...
María Pérez-Burgos, Marco Herfurth, Andreas Kaczmarczyk, Andrea Harms, Katrin Huber, Urs Jenal, Timo Glatter, Lotte Søgaard-Andersen   +7 more
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Acute effect of tetracycline on systemic stress markers and organ histopathology in juvenile Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

Toxicology Reports
Antibiotic contamination in aquaculture systems frequently encounter severe threat to aquatic life including fish. This study aimed to evaluate acute toxicological effects of tetracycline in juvenile Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus.
Md Al-Emran, Md Asad Ud Zahan Siddique, Md Sayem Sheikh, Md Ruhul Amin, Most Rifah Tamanna, Purabi Karmoker Puja, Kumari Bristi Rani, AKM Afzal Hossain, Md Abu Rahad, Md Shahjahan   +9 more
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