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Environmental and geomorphological drivers of frog diversity on islands worldwide

Ecography, EarlyView.
Island biogeography models primarily rely on island physical features and isolation to explain their biodiversity patterns. While newer models have incorporated functional traits to understand plant distribution, few empirical studies have tried to disentangle geometric constraints from niche‐based processes to predict multiple diversity facets of ...
Raoni Rebouças, Matheus de T. Moroti, Tamilie Carvalho, Márcio Martins, Luís Felipe Toledo, Diogo B. Provete   +5 more
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Hepatozoon kisrae n. sp. infecting the lizard Agama stellio is transmitted by the tick Hyalomma cf. aegyptium

Parasite, 2002
Hepatozoon kisrae n. sp. was found infecting a starred lizard at a site in southeastern Samaria, Palestine. These lizards were also hosts to the ixodid tick Hyolomma cf. aegyptium, which was demonstrated to be the vector of this hemogregarine. Hepatozoon
Paperna I., Kremer-Mecabell T., Finkelman S.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘MultiTraits': an integrated R package for analysis and visualization of multidimensional plant traits

Ecography, EarlyView.
The multidimensional characteristics of plant traits and their trade‐offs are central to ecology. However, there is a lack of systematic and standardized tools for analyzing these intricate relationships. To fill this gap, we developed the ‘MultiTraits' R package, which incorporates four complementary analytical modules: competitors–stress tolerators ...
Yan He, Zhaogang Liu, Jiangshan Lai, Lingfeng Mao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A high-resolution, chromosome-assigned Komodo dragon genome reveals adaptations in the cardiovascular, muscular, and chemosensory systems of monitor lizards [PDF]

, 2019
Abigail Lind, Yvonne Y. Y. Lai, Yulia Mostovoy, Alisha K. Holloway, Alessio Iannucci, Angel C. Y. Mak, Marco Fondi, Valerio Orlandini, Walter L. Eckalbar, Massimo Milan, Michail Rovatsos, Ilya G. Kichigin, Alex Makunin, Martina Pokorná, Marie Altmanová, Vladimir A. Trifonov, Elio Schijlen, Lukáš Kratochvíl, Renato Fani, Tim S. Jessop, Tomaso Patarnello, James W. Hicks, Oliver A. Ryder, Joseph R. Mendelson, Claúdio Ciofi, Pui–Yan Kwok, Katherine S. Pollard, Benoit G. Bruneau   +27 more
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Late summer plateau pika spatial habitat use revealed by high‐resolution wildlife tracking and unmanned aerial vehicle data on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
Tiny “ecosystem engineers,” plateau pikas range across 1600 m², about two basketball courts, mixing soil and nutrients that sustain Tibet's fragile grasslands. Custom‐made trackers and drone imagery show dawn‐to‐dusk surface foraging and nested‐scale patch choices, offering fresh guidance for wildlife‐friendly grazing management.
Dan Li, Johannes M. H. Knops, Li Li
wiley   +1 more source

Two Problems for the Political Inclusion of Animals

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, the field of animal ethics has taken a political turn, with scholars arguing that sentient nonhuman animals should be included in the political sphere. This article explores two key challenges arising from this turn towards the political inclusion of animals: the Conflict Problem and the Numbers Problem.
David Paaske, Angela K. Martin
wiley   +1 more source

Report of abnormal tail regeneration of Eremias yarkandensis (Sauria: Lacertidae) and its locomotor performance

Ecology and Evolution
Caudal autotomy is a phenomenon observed in many reptile taxa, and tail loss is a pivotal functional trait for reptiles, with potentially negative implications for organism fitness due to its influence on locomotion.
Tao Liang, Jiang‐miao Ran, Qian‐ru Liang, Lin Leng, Jiang‐hao Du, Jia Wang, Lei Shi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Peer Review #2 of "A new and very spiny lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Echinosaura) from the Andes in northwestern Ecuador (v0.1)"

, 2021
Marco Antônio Ribeiro‐Júnior
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Avoiding being stung or bitten – prey capture behaviors of the ant-eating Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) [PDF]

, 2021
Ismene Fertschai, Wade C. Sherbrooke, Matthias Ott, Boris P. Chagnaud   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

Comparing non‐staining methods with Mutvei's solution to visualize growth increments in short‐lived intertidal marine gastropod shells

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.
Abstract Mutvei's solution is a widely utilized standard staining method for revealing growth increments in biogenic carbonates; however, it is a slightly toxic, destructive approach with varying success across species groups. Therefore, there has been growing interest in finding non‐toxic, less destructive, and straightforward alternative techniques ...
Mahsa Alidoostsalimi, Amy L. Prendergast, Sean Ulm, Ariana B. J. Lambrides, Ian J. McNiven, Russell N. Drysdale, Nguurruumungu Indigenous Corporation, Walmbaar Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source