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Portulaca abscondita (Portulacaceae, Caryophyllales), a new microendemic species from Monte Azul, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Portulaca (Portulacaceae) is a cosmopolitan genus with centers of diversity in Africa and South America. In Brazil, 22 species are recognized, most occurring in xerophytic environments of the Cerrado, particularly in Campos Rupestres. These rocky montane habitats, especially in northern Minas Gerais state, remain undercollected despite their high ...
Danilo Alvarenga Zavatin, Renato Ramos, Jefferson Prado, Angélica Quintanar Castillo, Maria Guadalupe Carvalho Fernandes, Daniela Boanares, José Roberto Ferraz, Thaíla Vieira Alves dos Santos   +7 more
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When concrete blooms: the power of urban microhabitats in Latin America

ARQUISUR Revista
This article examines the role of urban microhabitats as an ecological strategy to improve environmental and social quality in Latin American cities.
Gabriel Martínez Cisneros
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Initial colonization by bryophytes and ferns during primary succession on Nishinoshima, Japan

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Volcanic islands that have experienced complete vegetation loss following recent eruptions provide rare opportunities to observe the earliest stages of ecosystem recovery. Nishinoshima, an oceanic island located approximately 1000 km south of mainland Japan, underwent major volcanic activity between 2013 and 2020, eradicating all pre‐existing ...
Shoki Murakami, Hideaki Mori, Shuntaro Kito, Kazuto Kawakami, Takashi Kamijo, Tomoyuki Nakano, Koji Takayama   +6 more
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Interplanetary frontiers: terraforming from an invasion science perspective

Oikos, EarlyView.
The pursuit of a multi‐planetary existence represents one of humanity's greatest frontiers. If applied justly, it offers an opportunity to extend its civilization's lifespan amid escalating sustainability crises on Earth. One approach increasingly gaining traction is terraforming, a hitherto theoretical ecological and evolutionary experiment revolving ...
Teun Everts, Ronaldo Sousa, Phillip J. Haubrock   +2 more
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Seed co‐occurrence caused by shared frugivores leaves a long‐lasting signal in the spatial co‐occurrence among plants

Oikos, EarlyView.
By dispersing seeds, frugivorous animals affect spatial co‐occurrence of plants, ultimately influencing plant community dynamics. Frugivorous animals are intrinsically involved in plant community dynamics, by dispersing seeds of fleshy‐fruited plants and influencing their spatial co‐occurrence.
Antonio J. Perea, Elena Quintero, Jorge Isla, Lucía Acevedo‐Limón, Blanca Arroyo‐Correa, Gemma Calvo, Pablo Homet, Thorsten Wiegand, Pedro Jordano   +8 more
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Fruit‐quality tradeoffs generate asymmetry in plant reliance on mutualistic frugivores

Oikos, EarlyView.
Seed dispersal is a fundamental ecological process influencing the evolution of plant life‐history strategies. In fleshy‐fruited plants dispersed by mutualistic frugivores, variation in fruit traits among closely related species may shape the temporal and spatial dynamics of dispersal events critical to population success.
João Vitor S. Messeder, Tomás A. Carlo
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Corticolous myxobiota of the Pernambuco Center of Endemism, Brazil

Acta Botânica Brasílica
Situated within the Atlantic Forest domain, the Centro de Endemismo Pernambuco (Pernambuco Center of Endemism) - CEPE is regarded as a priority for biodiversity conservation worldwide.
David Ítallo Barbosa, Andrea Carla Caldas Bezerra, Vitor Xavier de Lima, Laise de Holanda Cavalcanti   +3 more
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The use of insect-created microhabitats by hibernating bats

Journal of Environmental Management
Cerambyx cerdo larval corridors are alternative shelters for bats wintering in Central Europe. We found that the number of bats hibernating in dead or dying oak trees correlated with thermal conditions during the week preceding each observation. Bats decide on their hibernation conditions by choosing trees with appropriate parameters and suitable ...
Iwona Gottfried, Jan Cichocki, Tomasz Gottfried, Agnieszka Ważna, Krzysztof Zając   +4 more
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Partial recovery of large seed arrival following ecological restoration in fragmented tropical rainforests

Oikos, EarlyView.
Forest restoration success depends crucially on the reinitiation of ecological processes such as seed arrival that drive natural regeneration. We know little about whether, by increasing and diversifying local seed sources to alleviate seed limitation, and attracting animal frugivores to alleviate dispersal limitation, restoration could shift seed ...
Aparna Krishnan, Jyotsna Nag, S. Arun, Divya Mudappa, T. R. Shankar Raman, Mahesh Sankaran, Anand M. Osuri   +6 more
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Characterising fine‐scale habitat associations for range expanding species with limited data: a case study on the West Nile Virus vector, Culex modestus

Oikos, EarlyView.
The ecological and epidemiological consequences of species expanding into new areas are growing concomitantly with climate change. Those aiming to monitor species expanding in range must make optimal use of finite resources to deliver effective surveillance capable of detecting new incursions and range expansions.
Susanna Cant, Owen Jones, Maisie Vollans, Maximilian Ayling, Nyall Jamieson, Alexander G. C. Vaux, Jolyon M. Medlock, Thomas Ward, Julie Day, Robert S. Paton   +9 more
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