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Reviewing the Potential for Behavioral Guidance to Improve Downstream Passage of Out‐Migrating Anguillid Eels

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydroelectric dams and their turbine infrastructure threaten out‐migrating anguillid eels en route to marine spawning grounds. For decades, invested parties have attempted to guide eels away from turbines and toward safe passage routes. A subset of this work (hereafter behavioral guidance) has involved exploiting sensory biology (e.g., sight ...
M. E. Cole MacLeod, Thomas C. Pratt, Chris K. Elvidge, Paul S. Kemp, Steven J. Cooke   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermal drone observations capture fine‐scale population decline of short‐tailed shearwaters

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Researchers used thermal drone technology to monitor short‐tailed shearwater colonies in Tasmania from 2019 to 2024, discovering a concerning 27% decline in chick numbers during this period. The study estimates that the global population of these seabirds has dropped dramatically by 41% since 1985, falling from 23 million to approximately 13.5 million ...
Jacob Virtue, Darren Turner, Guy Williams, Stephanie Zeliadt, Arko Lucieer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strip loading in reinforced concrete: Mechanical modeling and experimental validation

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Strip loading of reinforced concrete is a common problem in engineering practice. The concrete compressive strength at the load introduction can be several times higher than the uniaxial concrete compressive strength, which can be attributed to geometrical and passive confining stresses caused by load dispersion and reinforcement, respectively.
Fabian Morger, Albin Kenel, Walter Kaufmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Record‐breaking May heat in the UK: contrasting the extreme temperatures of 2024 and 1944 using climate attribution

Weather, EarlyView.
This study quantifies the likelihood of May temperature extremes in present, natural (climatology based on pre‐industrial forcings) and future climates. The attribution applies in the context of a May heatwave comparable to the record‐breaking 1944 event and the persistent record‐breaking monthly‐mean temperature from 2024.
Rebecca Holliday, Mark McCarthy, Jennifer Pirret, Emily Wallace   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing Demographic Challenges Through Public–Private Partnerships: In Vitro Fertilization in Latvia

World Medical &Health Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study by Morshed‐Behbahani et al. highlights that financial barriers are not the sole obstacle to accessing infertility treatment. To ensure equal access for all, infertility treatment should be regarded as a universal human right, with the public sector assuming responsibility for its provision.
Arturs Kalva, Girts Brigis
wiley   +1 more source

Harbingers of change: Towards a mechanistic understanding of anticipatory plasticity in animal systems

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Phenotypic plasticity is a strategy by which animals alter behaviour, morphology and/or physiology in response to cues of current conditions to cope with environmental heterogeneity.
Lauren Petrullo, Natalie J. Morris, Chloé Tharin, Ben Dantzer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate‐induced shifts in long‐term tropical tree reproductive phenology: Insights from species dependent on and independent of biotic pollination

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The dependence on biotic pollination may constrain plant phenological responses because flowering time ultimately defines reproductive success. We proposed a local‐scale study combining long‐term phenology and experimental data to evaluate how a key functional trait—the
Amanda Eburneo Martins, Priscilla de Paula de Loiola, Daniel Pareja‐Bonija, Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon pathways and trophic attributes are conserved in carnivorous reef fishes across a major human disturbance gradient

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Our research leverages a natural, ecosystem‐scale experiment and cutting‐edge molecular isotope approaches to reveal that coral reef food web structure and energy flow can remain consistent across a gradient of human disturbance. Abstract Habitat degradation and overexploitation are key drivers of biodiversity loss globally.
Matthew D. Ramirez, Kelton W. McMahon, Neil Rooney, Rana W. El‐Sabaawi, Julia K. Baum   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leaf trichomes can alleviate water deficit stress and maintain diurnal photosynthesis by increasing leaf wetness and water absorption in Metrosideros polymorpha

Plant Species Biology, EarlyView.
Leaf trichomes are often considered a key trait contributing to drought tolerance by increasing leaf wetness and enhancing foliar water uptake. However, their function has not been examined across a wide range of environmental conditions. Our field observations and manipulation experiments on Metrosideros polymorph—a species with trichomes that vary ...
Gaku Amada, Yoshiyuki Miyazawa, Yuji Kominami, Kanehiro Kitayama, Yusuke Onoda   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Aotearoa–New Zealand's Dairy Sector

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the economic impacts of climate change on Aotearoa‐New Zealand's (A‐NZ) dairy sector, a critical contributor to the nation's GDP and global agricultural trade. Using a combination of biophysical and economic modelling, including the Dairy Sector Pathways (DSP) model and a multi‐country partial equilibrium model (LTEM), the ...
Anita Wreford, Meike Guenther, John T Saunders   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source