Large yellow croaker is an economically important fish in China and East Asia. Despite its economic importance, genome-wide adaptions of domesticated large yellow croaker are largely unknown.
Tetsuo Kon +15 more
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A generalized framework for analyzing taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional community structure based on presence-absence data [PDF]
Community structure as summarized by presence–absence data is often evaluated via diversity measures by incorporating taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional information on the constituting species.
Pavoine, Sandrine +2 more
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Burial-induced changes in the seed preferences of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Seeds of many species of plants may survive for a long time in the soil and germinate when brought to the surface, but whether they are subsequently eaten by seed predators is unknown. We examined the preferences of three species of carabids (Coleoptera:
Pavel SASKA +3 more
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Not just scratching the surface: distinct radular motion patterns in Mollusca
The radula is the organ for mechanical food processing and an important autapomorphy of Mollusca. Its chitinous membrane, embedding small radular teeth, is moved by the set of muscles resulting in an interaction with the ingesta, tearing it and ...
Carolin Scheel +3 more
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Dramatic Increases of Soil Microbial Functional Gene Diversity at the Treeline Ecotone of Changbai Mountain. [PDF]
The elevational and latitudinal diversity patterns of microbial taxa have attracted great attention in the past decade. Recently, the distribution of functional attributes has been in the spotlight.
Chu, Haiyan +7 more
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How Biodiversity, Climate and Landscape Drive Functional Redundancy of British Butterflies
Biodiversity promotes the functioning of ecosystems, and functional redundancy safeguards this functioning against environmental changes. However, what drives functional redundancy remains unclear.
Maria Lazarina +3 more
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Effects of abandonment on plant diversity in seminatural grasslands along soil and climate gradients [PDF]
Questions: What are the effects of abandonment on plant diversity in semi-natural grasslands? Do the effects of abandonment on taxonomic and functional diversity vary along environmental gradients of climate and soil?
Hovstad, Knut Anders +3 more
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Plant phylogeny posters – useful digital teaching tools for botanical education
Visual documentation and presentation are essential for botanical education. Wallcharts and posters depicting plant structures and evolutionary relationships as phylogenetic trees have served as essential tools in teaching.
Nyambayar Dashzeveg +5 more
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Functional diversity of motoneurons in the oculomotor system [PDF]
Extraocular muscles contain two types of muscle fibers according to their innervation pattern: singly innervated muscle fibers (SIFs), similar to most skeletal muscle fibers, and multiply innervated muscle fibers (MIFs).
Blumer, Roland +4 more
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Radular force performance of stylommatophoran gastropods (Mollusca) with distinct body masses
The forces exerted by the animal’s food processing structures can be important parameters when studying trophic specializations to specific food spectra.
Wencke Krings +4 more
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