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Rethinking intensification: Biodiversity‐inclusive management sustains coconut yields

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Coconut palm expansion in West Africa will shape rural livelihoods and ecosystems. Our findings show that intensive practices reduce beneficial soil fungi and increase pathogens, threatening long‐term productivity. Lower‐intensity management that retains ground vegetation can sustain or boost yields while improving soil health.
Benjamin J. Roberts, C. M. ( Tilly) Collins, Konan Engueran Djaha, Hamish Duncalf‐Youngson, Konan Jean Louis, Hala N'klo, Emma Ransome, Doubi Bi Tra Serges, Jahcub Trew, Jake Williams, Vincent Savolainen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunistic Feeding and Parasite Assemblages in Sei Whales (<i>Balaenoptera borealis</i>) From Southern Chile Revealed by DNA Metabarcoding. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study represents the first metabarcoding‐based description of prey composition and parasite‐associated taxa in stranded sei whales from southern South America. ABSTRACT Balaenopterid whales are major consumers in pelagic ecosystems and play a fundamental role in marine food webs.
Haro D, Schwob G, Bedriñana-Romano L, Bernal-Durán V, Cáceres B, Hucke-Gaete R, Cáceres M, Blank O, Calderón-Quirgas C, Ulloa M, Viddi F.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Multifaceted obscurity of Thismia abei (Thismiaceae): A fairy lantern with the protologue long disregarded in practice

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Tiny, leafless fairy lanterns are easily overlooked on the forest floor. Thismia abei, endemic to Japan, persists in small, unstable populations and is listed nationally as Critically Endangered. Our recent work has revealed another, less obvious form of obscurity.
Kenji Suetsugu, Alexander N. Sennikov, Maxim S. Nuraliev   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Substrate-Dependent Variation in Environmental DNA Persistence and Degradation From a Small Mammal. [PDF]

Mol Ecol Resour
ABSTRACT Environmental DNA (eDNA) analyses have been applied to terrestrial environments for over a decade, yet knowledge of the dynamics of eDNA deposition, movement and degradation remains limited. To address this, we conducted a controlled experiment over 1 year to assess the persistence of eDNA from an arboreal mammal across four substrates (water,
Guthrie AM, Cooper CE, Bateman PW, van der Heyde M, Allentoft ME, Nevill P.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Endophytic fungi from two isolated Bethencourtia palmensis populations: metabolomic and bioactivity fingerprinting

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
We compared two island populations of Bethencourtia palmensis and their culturable endophytic fungi, revealing distinct plant chemistries and a higher biopesticidal potential in the endophytic fungi from La Palma population along with high potential for the discovery of novel compounds.
Jorge Rojas López‐Menchero, Juan Imperial, Carmen Elisa Díaz, María Fe Andrés, Azucena González‐Coloma   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Getting to the Core of the Matter-Assessing the Role of Replication in Metabarcoding-Based sedaDNA. [PDF]

Mol Ecol Resour
ABSTRACT Replication is central to most experimental and sampling designs, increasing inferential power and capturing fine‐scale data heterogeneity. However, its importance remains poorly evaluated in some ecological and evolutionary settings. This is the case of metabarcoding studies using DNA recovered from sedimentary archives, in which biological ...
Baños E, Segura CR, De Boer EJ, Cundy AB, Barrera XT, Nogué S, Holman LE, Rius M.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Characterizing parasitic nematode faunas in faeces and soil using DNA metabarcoding

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Gastrointestinal parasitic nematodes can impact fecundity, development, behaviour, and survival in wild vertebrate populations. Conventional monitoring of gastrointestinal parasitic nematodes in wild populations involves morphological ...
Marie Louise Davey, Kjersti Selstad Utaaker, Frode Fossøy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ontogeny of foraging behaviour in an opportunistic gull inhabiting urban marine ecosystems

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urbanization affects ecosystems by reducing biodiversity and displacing species from native habitats. While some suffer, others, like urban wildlife, adapt through innovative feeding and behaviours that improve their fitness in human‐altered settings. Despite research on wildlife in urban areas, the development of foraging behaviour in urban species is
Joan Navarro, Víctor Martín-Vélez, Joan Giménez, José Antonio Garcia, Pablo Cermeño, Jordi Figuerola, Raül Aymí, Tomás Montalvo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial supplementary food influences hedgehog occupancy and activity patterns more than predator presence or natural food availability

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Supplementary feeding for declining hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus populations is popular in Great Britain and has been suggested as an important factor in explaining higher densities in urban areas compared with rural ones. Occupancy modelling was used to test whether spatial variation in supplementary feeding, natural food, habitat, or predator ...
Eleanor S. Benjamin, Adam Bates, Robert Davis, Anthony Sévêque, Jonathan Wild, Ben Clutterbuck, Richard W. Yarnell   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban bats show dietary flexibility in aquatic arthropod consumption at urban and rural waterbodies

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urban waterbodies are critical for biodiversity and provide feeding grounds for insectivorous bats. Yet, how urbanisation affects bats' food choices at urban waterbodies and the role of emergent aquatic arthropods remain poorly understood. We compared the diet of three urban bat species – Vespadelus vulturnus, Chalinolobus gouldii,and Myotis macropus –
Tanja M. Straka, Melissa E. Carew, Isabel Valenzuela, Stephen R. Griffiths, Pia E. Lentini, Linda F. Lumsden, Rahul Rane, Rodney Ree van der   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source