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Woody lianas increase in dominance and maintain compositional integrity across an Amazonian dam-induced fragmented landscape.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Tropical forest fragmentation creates insular biological communities that undergo species loss and changes in community composition over time, due to area- and edge-effects.
Isabel L Jones   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Talk to Us, Not About Us’: Children's Understandings and Experiences of Participation in Australian Family Law

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A hive of recent policy and legislative activity in Australian family law has emphasized the importance of children's right to participate in decision‐making following parental separation. Yet a powerful tension persists between supporting children's right to participation and protecting children from parental conflict.
Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hyperaldosteronism in the Pathophysiology and Management of Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome

open access: yesDiabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cardiovascular‐kidney‐metabolic (CKM) syndrome is defined by the pathologic interconnections between obesity, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease. An important and underrecognized pathophysiologic factor underlying CKM syndrome is obesity‐induced aldosterone excess.
Evan Zeitler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wood Anatomical and Demographic Similarities Between Self-Standing Liana and Tree Seedlings in Tropical Dry Forests of Colombia

open access: yesPlants
Canopy lianas differ considerably from trees in terms of wood anatomical structure, and they are suggested to have a demographic advantage—faster growth and higher survival—than trees.
Juliana Puentes-Marín   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lianas as a food resource for brown howlers (Alouatta guariba) and southern muriquis (Brachyteles arachnoides) in a forest fragment [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2009
Lianas as a food resource for brown howlers (Alouatta guariba) and southern muriquis (Brachyteles arachnoides) in a forest fragment.— Lianas, woody vines, are abundant and diverse in tropical forests, but their relative contribution as a source of food ...
M. M. Martins
doaj  

Seasonality and plasticity in the use of native and introduced plant resources by a large forest parrot

open access: yesIbis, EarlyView.
Human‐induced environmental change is reshaping plant communities, requiring native animals to adapt their foraging behaviour to track and exploit novel food resources. Trees such as pines (Pinus spp.) introduced for plantation forestry outside of their native ranges often become naturalized.
Tirth Vaishnav   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bryophytes of Rio Branco Municipality, Acre, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
A survey of the bryophyte flora of Rio Branco Municipality, State of Acre, Brazil, has revealed a total of 76 species of bryophyte; 66 are new records for the State of Acre and two hepaticas, Cololejeunea dzumacensis P. Tix. and Lejeunea bermudiana (Evs.)
Visnadi, Sandra Regina   +1 more
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Addiction and chronic skin diseases: A Pan‐European study on prevalence, associations and patient impact

open access: yesJournal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, EarlyView.
This pan‐European study reveals high rates of addiction in patients with chronic skin diseases. Smoking, alcohol, drug use, gambling, and internet addiction were prevalent and associated with quality of life, demographics, and region. The findings support integrating addiction screening into dermatologic care to improve outcomes.
Stefanie Ziehfreund   +73 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity and aboveground biomass of lianas in the tropical seasonal rain forests of Xishuangbanna, SW China

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2009
Lianas are important components of tropical forests and have significant impacts on the diversity, structure and dynamics of tropical forests. The present study documented the liana flora in a Chinese tropical region.
Xiao-Tao Lü   +3 more
doaj  

Mapping malignant T‐cell states and immune circuits in Sézary syndrome by single‐cell analysis

open access: yesJournal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, EarlyView.
Peripheral blood single‐cell RNA‐seq from leukaemic CTCL defined three malignant T‐cell programmes: MTC CM, MTC Reg and MTC E/EM, each with distinct features and candidate vulnerabilities. For example, inferred immune circuits highlighted actionable IL‐10/JAK–TYK2–STAT3 signalling, KIR–MHC I inhibitory interactions and myeloid/B‐cell inflammatory and ...
Beth A. Childs   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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