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Living on the edge: Habitat characteristics of northern myotis at the periphery of its distribution

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Northern myotis selected tall trees with minimal decay, in patches with other roosting options. In our study area, these trees occurred in narrow bands within an agricultural matrix, differing from contiguous forest at the core of the species' distribution. Nevertheless, bats selected the tallest trees in the densest patches available.
Jacob J. E. Melhuish, Andrea R. Litt, Michael J. Borgreen, Heather F. Harris   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Landscape drivers of scaled quail occurrence across a broad spatiotemporal scale: implications for habitat management

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Combining large‐scale avian surveys with remote sensing products revealed landscape variables that likely limit scaled quail occurrence at the ecoregion scale in Texas. Promoting management practices that address ecoregion‐specific limiting factors may be key to averting further declines.
Benjamin W. Hoose, Mike Frisbie, Toryn L. J. Schafer, X. Ben Wu, Roel R. Lopez, Brian L. Pierce   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moderate Biochar–Compost Mixture Is More Effective in Improving Biomass, Nutrient Fluxes, and Photosynthetic Outputs for Sustainable Land Restoration and Soil Fertility

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil nutrient depletion severely constrains crop productivity in degraded and saline environments. Strategies such as biochar–compost integration could be useful for sustainable agriculture and land restoration on a global scale. This study evaluated the effects of biochar (1% Bc), compost (1% Co), and their blends (0.5% Bc + 0.5% Co and 1% Bc 
Zainul Abideen, Maria Hasnain, Hans Werner Koyro, Brent L. Nielsen, Irfan Aziz, Nadia Sharif, Rabab Fatima Rizvi, Hamada E. Ali   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Patterns, Driving Forces, and Potential Grain Losses of Non‐Grain Production of Farmland in Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration, China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The expansion of farmland non‐grain production (NGP) poses a potential threat to food security and agricultural land protection, particularly in mountainous urban agglomerations. However, the utilization patterns, driving mechanisms, and associated production‐loss effects of farmland NGP in this specific regional context remain insufficiently ...
Xiaoliang Ma, Chun Li, Shanshan Chen, Yiting Wang, Zhiqiang Lin, Liding Chen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proximity to wind turbines altered plant–pollinator dynamics in prairie and sagebrush ecosystems in Wyoming, USA

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Wind turbines influence several abiotic conditions in the environments they are sited in and may influence the behavior and movement of insect pollinators. It is unknown how operating turbines influence plant–pollinator interactions. To investigate if pollination dynamics could be affected by the presence of wind turbines, we recorded videos of ...
Michelle Weschler, Brenna Martin, Lusha Tronstad   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Macro‐ and micromorphological insights into Iranian Onobrychis subgenus Onobrychis Miller (Fabaceae): exploring fruit traits for taxonomic clarity

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
This study provides a comprehensive examination of fruit morphology and micromorphology characteristics of 28 populations of Onobrychis subgenus Onobrychis taxa from Iran, using both light and scanning electron microscopy. For each trait, 25 replicates were analyzed, encompassing a wide range of qualitative and quantitative traits.
Seyed Mehdi Talebi, Narjes Azizi, Raheleh Tabaripour   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Let's Talk About Bone Cylinders. Taphonomy of Carnivores and Humans

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACTBone cylinders are a distinctive structure predominantly produced by durophagous carnivoran species during the consumption of long bones, in which the diaphyseal canal remains intact while both epiphyses are removed or consumed. This study evaluates the significance of this morphology, traditionally attributed to extant and extinct hyena ...
Darío Herranz‐Rodrigo
wiley   +1 more source

Dung-associated arthropods influence foraging ecology and habitat selection in Black-necked Cranes (Grus nigricollis) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2019
Liu W, Wu Y, DuBay SG, Zhao C, Wang B, Ran J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Asynchronous population trends stabilize mesopredatory coral reef fish communities in the face of global change

Oikos, EarlyView.
Biodiversity can underpin stability in communities, allowing them to withstand environmental fluctuations without changes in aggregate properties like total abundance or biomass. We investigated the influence of biodiversity on two crucial population‐level mechanisms governing abundance stability in mesopredatory coral reef fishes: 1) ‘community ...
Rucha Karkarey, Eva Maire, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Valeriano Parravicini, Simon. J. Brandl, Jeremy Carlot, Mehdi Adjeroud, Rohan Arthur, Teresa Alcoverro, Shaun. K. Wilson, Jordan Goetze, Thomas H. Holmes, Julien Wickel, Dan. A. Exton, Sally A. Keith   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alike but still different: coexistence of four raptor species explained by breeding habitat segregation

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding how species competing for similar resources coexist and influence each other has been, and still is, one of the big questions of community ecology. This question has often been tackled by comparing ecological niches of species pairs, although usually more than just two species compete for the same resources.
Kai‐Philipp Gladow, Jonas Beck, Patrick B. Langthaler, Nayden Chakarov, Oliver Krüger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source