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Varying hydraulic strategies within leaves, stems and roots of coexisting desert shrubs

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Effective and continuous root‐to‐leaf hydraulic transport is crucial for plant survival and growth during drought. However, the capacity to resist hydraulic dysfunction remains understudied in leaves and roots, especially for desert shrubs.
Wenyue Zhao, Xibin Ji, Rui Chen, Lishan Shan, Hai Zhou, Bowen Jin, Liwen Zhao, Dongsheng Li   +7 more
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The emergence and complexification of symbolic practices in the Homo lineage: an archaeological and cognitive perspective Émergence et complexification des pratiques symboliques dans la lignée Homo : une approche archéologique et cognitive

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Recent archaeological discoveries, reviewed in this essay, challenge traditional views on the emergence of human symbolic cognition. Once believed to have originated in Europe around 40,000 years ago, new evidence shows it emerged much earlier across diverse regions.
Francesco d'Errico, Ivan Colagè, Larissa M. Straffon, Andrea Bender   +3 more
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Climatic–Anthropogenic Synergy Drives Escalating Minimum Area Requirements and Connectivity‐Protection Mismatch in a Karst‐Endemic Primate

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Climate change and anthropogenic activities drive antagonistic degradation of landscape connectivity for endangered François’ langur (1987–2024), causing 48.8% habitat loss, north‐south fragmentation, and centroid migration (1.2 km/yr). Despite protected areas buffering connectivity, static management fails dynamic priority habitats; we propose ...
Guangmei Yang, Heqin Cao, Tuo Shen, Jipeng Tian, Yixin Diao, Haijun Su   +5 more
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Spatial Heterogeneity of Metabolic Response to Drought Stress in Medicago lupulina L. Leaves

Metabolites
Background: Drought stress is a primary environmental constraint limiting crop growth and productivity. Current drought-related plant research predominantly focuses on whole-leaf analyses, neglecting the spatial heterogeneity of metabolites within leaf ...
Xinglin Wang, Ning Lv, Yuyun Xu, Xingpan Meng, Yukun Jin, Hongbin Gao, Fei Li, Yin Yi, Lunxian Liu, Tie Shen   +9 more
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The Climate Niche Pressure on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau Predominates the Diversification of Advertisement Calls in Frogs (Leptobrachella)

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The diversification of advertisement calls is largely driven by climatic niche differentiation. Our results provide acoustic evidence for studies on ecological speciation in anurans.
Tuo Shen, Shize Li, Jing Liu, Lang Mu, Guangmei Yang, Yixin Diao, Haijun Su, Bin Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endophytic fungal community structure and diversity in paphiopedilum barbigerum across different habitats

Plant Signaling & Behavior
Objective This study aimed to investigate the response patterns of root-associated fungal communities in the rare and endangered species Paphiopedilum barbigerum across different habitat types, and to identify key taxonomic groups that differentiate ...
Yu Wu, Ping Yu, Fan Tian, Lang Huang, Shan Du, Cheng jiang Tan, Yuan mei Jia   +6 more
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Clostridium butyricum: a promising approach to enhancing intestinal health in poultry

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
The intestinal tract is essential for the overall health and productivity of animals, including poultry. Clostridium butyricum (C. butyricum) is a probiotic bacterium that has been shown to be a promising candidate for improving intestinal function and ...
Xiaopeng Tang, Yan Zeng, Meijun Li
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Gut Microbiota of Gray Snub‐Nosed Monkeys: Adaptation to Seasonal Variations Through Energy Compensation and Thermogenesis

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Based on metagenome‐assembled genomes (MAGs), the gut microbiota of the gray snub‐nosed monkeys recovered 1229 non‐redundant MAGs. The gut microbiota showed an enhanced capacity to produce energy substrates with increased conversion activity of these substrates during winter.
Yue Sun, Mingyi Zhang, Xiaochen Wang, Xiaolong Huang, Yanze Yu, Huijuan Pan, Haibo Li, Lei Shi, Wei Yang, Chen Zhang, Bo Ding, Xun Liu, Jianfeng Li, Changjiang Qian, Boxing Cheng, Chao Zhang, Jingcheng Ran, Ming Li   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protective effects of Curcumin-Zinc complex on inflammatory damage of IPEC-J2 cells induced by bacterial lipopolysaccharide

AMB Express
The present study aimed to investigate the potential mitigative effects of the Curcumin-Zinc Complex (Cur-Zn) on bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory damage in porcine small intestinal epithelial cells (IPEC-J2).
Xiaopeng Tang, Yan Zeng, Meijun Li
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Analysis of Land Use Patterns in Pure Karst, Non-karst and Subkarst Areas Based on Terrain Gradient

Shuitu baochi yanjiu, 2021
To explore the spatial distribution characteristics of topographic gradient of land use in pure karst,semi-karst and non-karst,Qianzhong area was taken as the research area,and opographic position index and distribution index were used.
LU Qingping, ZHAO Cuiwei, WANG Jie
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