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Task‐Oriented Path Planning Towards Autonomous Sensor Network Deployment in Rainforest Canopies

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
An informative path planner for drone‐based deployment of wireless sensor networks in rainforest canopies is presented, addressing key challenges in large‐scale biodiversity monitoring. By integrating canopy surface detection with connectivity‐aware sampling under strict flight constraints, the approach enables efficient and reliable aerial sensor ...
Rita Santos Raminhos, Salua Hamaza
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Metabarcoding of zooplankton to derive indicators of pelagic ecosystem status

South African Journal of Science, 2022
Zooplankton play a key role in marine food webs and carbon cycling and are useful indicators of climaterelated changes and ocean health in pelagic ecosystems.
Jenny A. Huggett, Johan C. Groeneveld, Sohana P. Singh, Sandi Willows-Munro, Ashrenee Govender, Riaan Cedras, Shaun H.P. Deyzel   +6 more
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
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Leveraging genomes to support conservation and bioeconomy policies in a megadiverse country

Cell Genomics
Summary: The biodiversity crisis is a global phenomenon, and measures to monitor, stop, and revert the impacts on species’ extinction risk are urgently needed.
Sibelle Torres Vilaça, Amanda F. Vidal, Ana Carolina D’Oliveira Pavan, Bruno Marques Silva, Carolina S. Carvalho, Cintia Povill, Danielle Luna-Lucena, Gisele L. Nunes, Henrique Vieira Figueiró, Izabela Santos Mendes, Jose Augusto P. Bittencourt, Lara Gomes Côrtes, Lucas Eduardo Costa Canesin, Renato R.M. Oliveira, Roberta P. Damasceno, Santelmo Vasconcelos, Silvia B. Barreto, Valeria Tavares, Guilherme Oliveira, Amely Branquinho Martins, Alexandre Aleixo   +20 more
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Biodiversity and ecosystem functions depend on environmental conditions and resources rather than the geodiversity of a tropical biodiversity hotspot

Scientific Reports, 2021
Biodiversity and ecosystem functions are highly threatened by global change. It has been proposed that geodiversity can be used as an easy-to-measure surrogate of biodiversity to guide conservation management.
Christine I. B. Wallis, Yvonne C. Tiede, Erwin Beck, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Roland Brandl, David A. Donoso, Carlos I. Espinosa, Andreas Fries, Jürgen Homeier, Diego Inclan, Christoph Leuschner, Mark Maraun, Katrin Mikolajewski, Eike Lena Neuschulz, Stefan Scheu, Matthias Schleuning, Juan P. Suárez, Boris A. Tinoco, Nina Farwig, Jörg Bendix   +19 more
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Iron‐Mediated Release of Aged Dissolved Organic Carbon From Waterlogged Peatland Under Warming

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study conducts a five‐year in situ warming experiment in high‐altitude peatlands to examine dissolved organic carbon (DOC) release. The study shows that warming promotes the release of plant‐derived modern DOC in drained peatlands, but amplifies aquatic export of century‐old DOC from waterlogged peatlands via Fe‐mediated DOC mobilization—a ...
Guohua Dai, Zhiying Yang, Zongguang Liu, Wanjia Hu, Lixiao Ma, Enze Kang, Wanqing Luo, Yunpeng Zhao, Chengzhu Liu, Juan Jia, Ting Liu, Chen He, Quan Shi, Jianliang Liu, Yongheng Gao, Huai Chen, Hailong Zhang, Meixun Zhao, Xiaojuan Feng   +18 more
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Two Routes to Land: Genomic Underpinnings of Parallel Aerial Egg Deposition in Aquatic Old‐World Pila and New‐World Pomacea (Ampullariidae)

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Comparative genomics of Gondwana‐diverged Pila and Pomacea reveals parallel evolution of aerial oviposition. Convergent chromosomal rearrangements reshape regulatory landscapes within topologically associating domains. Lineage‐specific gene family expansions and viral‐derived perivitelline proteins (PV1) underpin desiccation resistance.
Yufei Zhou, Huawei Mu, Xueying Nie, Yue Gao, Hui Wang, Ling Fang, Tiangang Luan, Monthon Ganmanee, Jian‐Wen Qiu, Jin Sun, Jack Chi‐Ho Ip   +10 more
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Research infrastructure challenges in preparing essential biodiversity variables data products for alien invasive species

Environmental Research Letters, 2019
Essential biodiversity variables (EBV) are information products for assessing biodiversity change. Species populations EBVs are one class of EBVs that can be used to monitor the spread of invasive species.
Alex R Hardisty, Lee Belbin, Donald Hobern, Melodie A McGeoch, Rebecca Pirzl, Kristen J Williams, W Daniel Kissling   +6 more
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T2T Genome Assembly and Multi‐Omics Data Reveal Terrestrial Adaptation and Mucus Biosynthesis in Tropical Leatherleaf Slug (Laevicaulis alte)

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A gap‐free genome assembly and multi‐omics comparison of the terrestrial slug Laevichaulis alte with an aquatic relative reveal that expansion of the VEGF family orchestrates mucus production, lipid metabolism, and immune defense—highlighting key molecular innovations for conquering life on land.
Gang Wang, Shaofang He, Zhongkai Wang, Aobo Pang, Xiaoli Sun, Rongchen Liu, Fang Wang, Sisi Chen, Zhijuan Bian, Dongcheng Wei, Liuhan Wu, Siyao Zhao, Qiuting Ji, Yiqi Sun, Niying Sun, Yushinta Fujaya, Boping Tang, Kianann Tan, Daizhen Zhang, Lianfu Chen   +19 more
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From Data to Decision: Leveraging Essential Variables in Standardizing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Monitoring and Reporting

Conservation Letters
Fragmented systems for monitoring and assessing biodiversity and ecosystem services limit the ability to track progress at local and national scales in international multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs).
HyeJin Kim, Balint Czúcz, Patricia Balvanera, Simon Ferrier, Michael J. Gill, Frank E. Muller‐Karger, Jillian Campbell, Rebecca Chaplin‐Kramer, Matthew Child, Gary N. Geller, Henrique M. Pereira, Laetitia M. Navarro   +11 more
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