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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Sedum shunhuangense (Crassulaceae), a new species from Hunan, China [PDF]

PhytoKeys
We describe and illustrate Sedum shunhuangense, a new species from Hunan, China. The species is morphologically similar to S. alfredii and S. yangjifengensis but differs in having subequal sepals, papillate seeds, and alternate leaves with caducous lower
Zi-Lin Feng, Xiao-Wen Liao, Du Deng, Long-Ping Tang, Shi-Yong Meng, Lei Wu   +5 more
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The Third‐Generation Magnetic Super‐Stable Mineralizer: Complete Removal and Separation of Multiple Heavy Metal Pollutants

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The 3rd‐generation magnetic super‐stable mineralizer M‐MgAl‐700 features a core‐shell structure, strong superparamagnetism, large surface area, and abundant oxygen defects. It achieves exceptional Cd(II) and As(V) mineralization capacities, reducing both pollutants in co‐contaminated water and soil to meet national standards.
Haoran Wang, Menghan Huang, Ruihua Mao, Xiaohan Zhang, Zhaohui Wu, Xiaofeng Pang, Tong Lin, Dongyuan Cui, Sai An, Yu‐Fei Song   +9 more
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Gut microbiota: a new frontier in understanding and protecting endangered plateau schizothorax fish

Frontiers in Microbiology
IntroductionAgainst the backdrop of global biodiversity decline, the role of gut microbiota in endangered species conservation remains underexplored. Endemic fish species in Xizang are critical to plateau ecosystems, yet many face severe survival threats.
Hongbo Pan, Haiping Liu, Haiping Liu, Haiping Liu, Fei Liu, Fei Liu, Jianmei Xie, Jianmei Xie, Yan Zhou, Qize Zheng, Mingxiong Guo, Mingxiong Guo   +11 more
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Conservation of the endangered freshwater mussel Solenaia carinata (Bivalvia, Unionidae) in China

Nature Conservation, 2018
Despite the diversity and economic and ecological value of freshwater mussels, relatively little is known about their biology (especially for species outside of Europe and North America).
Yan-Ling Cao, Xiong-Jun Liu, Rui-Wen Wu, Tao-tao Xue, Long Li, Chun-Hua Zhou, Shan Ouyang, Xiao-Ping Wu   +7 more
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
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Development and validation of a species-specific environmental DNA (eDNA) primer for endangered Asian arowana, Scleropages formosus (Teleostei: Osteoglossidae) for law enforcement and wild population monitoring

MethodsX
The Asian Arowana, Scleropages formosus (Müller and Schlegel, 1844) is a large majestic freshwater teleost, crowned as the king of aquariums with its bright charismatic appearance and magnificent swimming performance.
Nurul Affiqah Edora Mohd-Azhar, Haslawati Baharuddin, Mohamad-Sufiyan Salmi, Noor Faizah Ismail, Amatul-Samahah Md. Ali, Syazwan Saidin, Adibah Abu-Bakar   +6 more
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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Mapping Laz and Homshetsma in the Black Sea region: Kemalpaşa

Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi
This study presents a detailed examination of the nouns used by the Laz and Homshetsma-speaking communities in the Kemalpaşa district of Artvin, Türkiye.
Ahmet Batuhan ÇELİK, Rıdvan GÜVEN, Mehmet AKKUŞ   +2 more
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Linking community structure and climate vulnerability in desert plant assemblages of southern California

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Desert plant assemblages in southern California provide an opportunity to link patterns of community structure with climate‐driven vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. California sustains an exceptionally diverse flora of approximately 4300 plant species, with 31% identified as endemic.
Hector Zumbado‐Ulate, Luis E. Barrios, Danelle A. Baronia, G. Darrel Jenerette, Lynn C. Sweet   +4 more
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