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Habitat use and relative abundance of the Spotted Paca Cuniculus paca (Linnaeus, 1766) (Rodentia: Cuniculidae) and the Red-rumped Agouti Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae) in Guatopo National Park, Venezuela

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2015
The Spotted Paca Cuniculus paca and the Red-rumped Agouti Dasyprocta leporina are affected by habitat loss and hunting.  In Venezuela, their conservation status is unknown, even within protected areas.
Elinor Jax, Sofía Marín, Adriana Rodríguez-Ferraro, Emiliana Isasi-Catalá   +3 more
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Spatial Relation of Bumblebees (Hymenoptera-Apidae) with Host-Plant and their Conservation Issues: An Outlook from Urban Ecosystem of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal [PDF]

, 2019
Ecology and conservation status of bumblebee species remains poorly understood, especially in rapidly degrading urban ecosystems, which is important considering the role of bumblebees in the pollinations. We collected more than 200 bumblebee (Bombus
Baniya, Pratikshya, Bhusal, Daya Ram, Dulal, Sabina, Ghimire, Kishor Chandra, Thakuri, Sudeep   +4 more
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Optimal Grazing Exclusion Duration to Enhance Soil Carbon Sequestration in Degraded Grasslands

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Across China, grazing exclusion reaches the national mean soil organic carbon recovery benchmark sooner in high‐MAP regions (> 500 mm), but recovery is much slower where MAP < 300 mm. Scaling this strategy to 70% of China's degraded grasslands would sequester about 1.52 Pg of soil carbon over 10 years—roughly 17% of annual global fossil‐fuel emissions.
Bin Zhang, Chongzhi Sun, Dongmei Xue, Paul Christiaan Struik, Tongrui Zhang, Jiayue Liu, Tingting Xing, Ziyang Liu, Shiming Tang, Ke Jin   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bioinspired Adaptive Leg‐Claw Enables Robust Perching and Grasping for UAVs

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
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, Shaokun Wang, Jiehan Zou, Guiwen Shi, Zhongxue Gan, I‐Ming Chen, Guo‐Niu Zhu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

Applied Vegetation Science, 2020
Aim The EUNIS Habitat Classification is a widely used reference framework for European habitat types (habitats), but it lacks formal definitions of individual habitats that would enable their unequivocal identification.
M. Chytrý, L. Tichý, S. Hennekens, Ilona Knollová, J. Janssen, J. Rodwell, T. Peterka, C. Marcenó, F. Landucci, J. Danihelka, M. Hájek, Jürgen Dengler, P. Novák, Dominik Zukal, B. Jiménez‐Alfaro, L. Mucina, S. Abdulhak, S. Aćić, E. Agrillo, F. Attorre, E. Bergmeier, I. Biurrun, S. Boch, J. Bölöni, G. Bonari, T. Braslavskaya, H. Bruelheide, J. A. Campos, A. Čarni, L. Casella, M. Čuk, R. Ćušterevska, Els De Bie, Pauline Delbosc, O. Demina, Y. Didukh, D. Dítě, T. Dziuba, J. Ewald, R. Gavilán, J. Gégout, G. Giusso del Galdo, V. Golub, N. Goncharova, F. Goral, U. Graf, A. Indreica, Maike Isermann, Ute Jandt, F. Jansen, J. Jansen, Anna Jasková, Martin Jiroušek, Z. Kącki, Veronika Kalníková, A. Kavgacı, L. Khanina, Andrey Yu. Korolyuk, M. Kozhevnikova, Anna A. Kuzemko, F. Küzmič, O. Kuznetsov, M. Laiviņš, I. Lavrinenko, O. Lavrinenko, M. Lebedeva, Zdeňka Lososová, T. Lysenko, Lise Maciejewski, C. Mardari, A. Marinšek, M. Napreenko, V. Onyshchenko, A. Pérez‐Haase, R. Pielech, V. Prokhorov, V. Rašomavičius, M. P. Rodríguez Rojo, S. Rūsiņa, J. Schrautzer, J. Šibík, U. Šilc, Ž. Škvorc, V. Smagin, Z. Stančić, A. Stanisci, E. Tikhonova, T. Tonteri, Domas Uogintas, M. Valachovič, K. Vassilev, D. Vynokurov, W. Willner, S. Yamalov, Douglas Evans, Mette Palitzsch Lund, Rania Spyropoulou, E. Tryfon, J. Schaminée   +98 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Offsetting Nature? Habitat Banking and Biodiversity Offsets in the English Land Use Planning System [PDF]

, 2012
Land use planning is a key arena for the spectacles of localism and marketisation being staged by our self-proclaimed greenest government ever. A new “presumption in favour of sustainable development” aims to encourage housebuilding and other development
Hannis, M., Sullivan, Sian
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Estimating offsets for avian displacement effects of anthropogenic impacts [PDF]

, 2019
Biodiversity offsetting, or compensatory mitigation, is increasingly being used in temperate grassland ecosystems to compensate for unavoidable environmental damage from anthropogenic developments such as transportation infrastructure, urbanization, and ...
Arnett E. B., Claassen R., Cowardin L. M., Cowardin L. M., Fernandez‐Bellon D., Johnson G. D., Johnson R. R., Kantrud H. A., Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), Nebraska Wind and Wildlife Working Group (NWWWG), Niemuth N. D., Prairie Pothole Joint Venture (PPJV), Prairie Pothole Joint Venture (PPJV), Reynolds R. E., U.S. Energy Information Administration (USEIA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Winkelman J. E.   +17 more
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Programmable Semi‐Interpenetrating Living Materials With Robust Stability for Versatile Bioremediation and Biotherapeutics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A semi‐interpenetrating engineered living material (sIHSELM), fabricated via thermosensitive hydroxybutyl chitosan and covalent protein self‐assembly, demonstrates exceptional mechanical properties and environmental stability. Shielding bacteria from harsh conditions, sIHSELM exhibits remarkable efficacy in ulcerative colitis treatment and pollutants ...
Zixian Bao, Shengfeng Yang, Dandan Hu, Jiezheng Liu, Bo Jiang, Xinyue Sui, Qingsheng Qi, Lai Li, Guang Zhao   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Aphid Density and Plant Taxa on Predatory Ladybeetle Abundance at Field and Landscape Scales

Insects, 2020
In agroecosystems, predatory ladybeetles play an important role in restraining aphid population growth and suppressing aphid populations. They can adapt to various habitats and make use of various aphid species associated with multiple host plants during
Hongsheng Pan, Bing Liu, Coline C. Jaworski, Long Yang, Yongqiang Liu, Nicolas Desneux, Eva Thomine, Yanhui Lu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineering Microbial Particles for Next‐Generation Biomedical Platforms

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Microbe‐derived particles (MDPs), which include extracellular vesicles, outer membrane vesicles, inclusion bodies, polysaccharide particles, and virus‐like particles, represent a rapidly expanding category of bioinspired nanomaterials. With their natural origin, intrinsic biocompatibility, and highly programmable functionality, MDPs serve as a ...
Yuting Li, Yunjie Lu, Ziyan Huang, Jianjiang Chen, Yanbin Liu, Lei Qin, Chao Wang, Yumin Wu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source