Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests. [PDF]
Tropical forests are known for their high diversity. Yet, forest patches do occur in the tropics where a single tree species is dominant. Such "monodominant" forests are known from all of the main tropical regions. For Amazonia, we sampled the occurrence
Alonso, Alfonso +99 more
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Mapping the “Supply–Demand–Flow” of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Management in China
This study develops a “supply–demand–flow” framework clarifies how ecosystem services move between regions by distinguishing potential and actual supply and demand. Using integrated biophysical–socioeconomic modeling, nine services in China were mapped.
Yikun Zhang +3 more
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution
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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A review on ethnopharmacology and phytochemistry of Premna mollissima Roth. [PDF]
Background: Premna mollissima Roth. belong to family Lamiaceae is a small deciduous tree commonly called as dusky fire brand bark. It is distributed in tropical or subtropical climate, often in hilly or forested areas of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and ...
Shweta Rawat, Manisha Thapliyal
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Bioinspired Adaptive Leg‐Claw Enables Robust Perching and Grasping for UAVs
Inspired by owl limb morphology and bat roosting behavior, this study presents a bioinspired adaptive leg‐claw mechanism that enables UAVs to perform robust and versatile perching and grasping. The design integrates a four‐link tibial structure, tension‐driven deformable feet, and active control, enabling stable perching on various branches and ...
Tianyu Cheng +6 more
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Key message We elucidated the age trends of narrow-sense heritability and phenotypic/genetic correlations and the age–age genetic correlation of growth ring components of Cryptomeria japonica D.
Yuko Yasuda +5 more
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Which climate indices are relevant for predicting the response of tropical forests to future climate scenarios ? [PDF]
Climate models predict a range of changes in the amazonian region, including increased frequency of extreme climatic events, increased average temperatures, increased atmospheric CO2 and reduced rainfall intensity.
Hérault, Bruno +3 more
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ML Workflows for Screening Degradation‐Relevant Properties of Forever Chemicals
The environmental persistence of per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) necessitates efficient remediation strategies. This study presents physics‐informed machine learning workflows that accurately predict critical degradation properties, including bond dissociation energies and polarizability.
Pranoy Ray +3 more
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High-yield DNA extraction protocol for Azadirachta indica: overcoming metabolite interference
Azadirachta indica (Neem), a tree of significant medicinal and ecological importance, poses challenges in genomic DNA extraction due to its high content of secondary metabolites, including polyphenols and polysaccharides, which impede ...
Rimpee Garg +3 more
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Unfolding Convex Polyhedra via Radially Monotone Cut Trees [PDF]
A notion of "radially monotone" cut paths is introduced as an effective choice for finding a non-overlapping edge-unfolding of a convex polyhedron.
O'Rourke, Joseph
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