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Weather systems and their contribution to seasonal rainfall in Australia
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.Closed low‐pressure systems (including tropical cyclones) contribute to most of the summer rainfall over northern Australia. In southern Australia, winter rainfall is mainly associated with Rossby wave breaking, cyclones, and warm conveyor belts. Summer and winter rainfall patterns can be explained by changes in large‐scale flow and associated weather ...
Chenhui Jin +3 more
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TAXON, EarlyView.Abstract Allium oreophilum, hitherto the representative of the monotypic A. subg. Porphyroprason from the second evolutionary lineage of Allium, is studied in detail. Over about 150 years, A. oreophilum was regarded as a somewhat polymorphous species with two synonyms, all described in the 19th century.
Nikolai Friesen +13 more
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Identification of scat samples from three terrestrial mustelids in Taiwan: a simple method
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Among the five species of the Mustelidae found in Taiwan, four terrestrial species are potentially sympatric. These species include yellow‐throated marten Martes flavigula, Siberian weasel Mustela sibirica, Taiwan least weasel Mustela nivalis formosana, and Chinese ferret‐badger Melogale moschata.
Nian‐Hong Jang‐Liaw +6 more
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Red pandas on the move: weather and disturbance effects on habitat specialists
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Challenging weather events can make winters harsh for habitat and diet specialists. They may also incur high energetic costs due to reduced availability of food resources and elevated predation risk. Using GPS satellite collars we tracked the movement of the red panda Ailurus fulgens in the Himalayas, and evaluated the effects of weather and ...
Damber Bista +5 more
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Flowering phenology is central to plant reproductive success and can relate to morphological traits such as size and quality of flowers, but phenology–trait associations of flowers remain unclear.
Mustaqeem Ahmad +2 more
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Insight Into Body Size Evolution in Aves: Based on Some Body Size–Related Genes
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.These findings provide new insights into the genetic determinants of body size evolutionary mechanisms in Aves. ABSTRACT Birds exhibit remarkable variations in body size, making them an ideal group for the study of adaptive evolution. However, the genetic mechanisms underlying body size evolution in avian species remain inadequately understood.
Chaoyang Luo +8 more
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An inventory of subglacial overdeepenings in southern Germany and Austria
Boreas, EarlyView.We present an inventory and morphometric characterization of >100 individual overdeepened basins in southern Germany and Austria compiled from heterogeneous sources. Arrangement and dimensions of overdeepenings are compared to those of their western Alpine counterparts, to catchment topographies and bedrock lithologies, and to modelled ice‐flow ...
Lukas Gegg +5 more
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Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant and ecologically important
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Insect migrants are hugely abundant, with recent studies identifying the megadiverse order Diptera as the major component of many migratory assemblages. Despite this, their migratory behaviour has been widely overlooked in favour of more ‘charismatic’ migrant insects such as butterflies, dragonflies, and moths.
Will L. Hawkes +2 more
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Biodiversity in mountain soils above the treeline
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biological diversity in mountain ecosystems has been increasingly studied over the last decade. This is also the case for mountain soils, but no study to date has provided an overall synthesis of the current state of knowledge. Here we fill this gap with a first global analysis of published research on cryptogams, microorganisms, and fauna in ...
Nadine Praeg +36 more
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Thousands of plants, fungi, and lichen species are traded every year. Although sustainable use is critical for livelihoods and biodiversity conservation, insufficient data prevent detailed sustainability assessments for most species. How can the sustainability of trade in such data‐deficient species be enhanced?
Carsten Smith‐Hall +6 more
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