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Assessing the evolutionary distinctiveness of a highly threatened plant group: The urgency to preserve a unique lineage of evolution in Brazil

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Brazil's diverse flora is under several threats, with many unique lineages facing extinction, particularly in biodiverse regions like the Cerrado and campo rupestre. This study sheds light on the conservation needs of Cambessedesia (Melastomataceae), an endemic genus with 95% of its species endangered, using an approach to rank and prioritise species ...
Najla Bastos Scheidegger, Raquel C. Pizzardo, Bruno Vilela, Thuane Bochorny, Juliana Gastaldello Rando   +4 more
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Flap Anatomies and Victorian Veils: Penetrating the Female Reproductive Interior

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the reappearance in the early nineteenth century of anatomical flapbooks in the context of obstetrical education in Britain, America and France. It asks why liftable paper flaps were reintroduced at this time after their disappearance from medical atlases in the eighteenth century.
Margaret Carlyle, Marcia D. Nichols
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Churchill and Spain: More Sancho than Quixote?

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers a detailed analysis of Winston Churchill's relationship with Spain over the course of his long and eventful political and personal life. The article focuses on three key episodes: Churchill's ambivalent stance during the Spanish Civil War; his leadership and policy towards Spain during the crucial years of the Second World ...
EMILIO SÁENZ‐FRANCÉS
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Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of Characidium from the Ucayali‐Urubamba Piedmont, Peru, and novel molecular clades are proposed within the genus

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract A new species of Characidium is described from the Urubamba River basin, within the Ucayali‐Urubamba Piedmont ecoregion, Peru. The new species can be readily distinguished from all congeners, except Characidium cacah, Characidium chicoi, Characidium helmeri, Characidium mirim, Characidium nana, Characidium nupelia, Characidium sterbai ...
Leonardo Oliveira‐Silva, Ricardo Britzke, Vanessa Meza‐Vargas, Max H. Hidalgo, Dario Faustino‐Fuster, Claudio Oliveira, Angela Maria Zanata   +6 more
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Historical Climate and Biome Association Drove Phylogeographic Patterns in the Dwarf Swamp Frog (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 55, Issue 2, Page 220-231, March 2026.
ABSTRACT South America, a region with high biodiversity, has been profoundly shaped by geological events during the Miocene and Pliocene, as well as by climatic changes in the Pleistocene, leading to complex phylogeographic patterns. The diverse biomes and the biotic exchanges between them, particularly between the Amazon and the Cerrado, have ...
Aline N. da Silva, Fernando J. M. Rojas‐Runjaic, Manuela V. dos Santos, Gisele L. Nunes, Ana L. C. Prudente   +4 more
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Simulating climate change scenarios established by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in aquatic mesocosms

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, Volume 24, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract Climate change poses a major threat to ecosystems worldwide, with temperature changes being a key driver of ecological disruption in aquatic environments due to the limited ability of many aquatic species to relocate in response. Despite advances in aquatic experimental approaches to temperature control, most studies rely on simplified warming
Tauany Rodrigues, Aldo Caccavo, Saulo Jacques, Luiza O. Costa, Vinicius F. Farjalla, Aliny P. F. Pires   +5 more
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Life history induces markedly divergent insect responses to habitat loss

Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 95, Issue 1, Page 54-64, January 2026.
This study pioneers the use of deep learning to rapidly assess over 22,000 Amazonian insects, revealing life history‐dependent winners and losers from forest loss. It shows that terrestrial insects decline while aquatic insects thrive, with body size influencing dispersal, offering key insights for biodiversity conservation in tropical fragmented ...
Lucas F. Colares, Carlos A. Peres, Cristian S. Dambros   +2 more
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Ancient Introgression Explains Mitochondrial Genome Capture and Mitonuclear Discordance Among South American Collared Tropidurus Lizards

Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 21, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Mitonuclear discordance—evolutionary discrepancies between mitochondrial and nuclear DNA phylogenies—can arise from various factors, including introgression, incomplete lineage sorting, recent or ancient demographic fluctuations, sex‐biased dispersal asymmetries, among others.
Matheus M. A. Salles, André L. G. Carvalho, Adam D. Leaché, Nicolas Martinez, Frederick Bauer, Martha Motte, Viviana Espínola, Miguel T. Rodrigues, Carla Piantoni, Marcio R. Pie, André Olivotto, Guarino R. Colli, Erik L. Choueri, Fernanda P. Werneck, Fabricius M. C. B. Domingos   +14 more
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Establishing new grid‐size‐dependent attributes to rank areas of endemism for conservation priorities

Cladistics, Volume 41, Issue 5, Page 493-512, October 2025.
Abstract Delineating Areas of Endemism (AEs) is crucial for identifying priority areas for biodiversity conservation in a spatial planning framework. Endemicity Analysis in the NDM/VNDM software is one of the primary methodologies for its delineation.
Augusto Frota, Weferson Júnio da Graça
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Beyond the Local Catchment: Influence of Regional Context and Land Use Legacy on Current Stream Fish Diversity in Agricultural Systems

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 35, Issue 8, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Land use poses a major threat to global biodiversity, impacting ecosystems across various spatial and temporal scales. Recent studies suggest that past land use changes influence the observed contemporary diversity patterns in stream fish assemblages more strongly than current land use.
Mateus Camana, Renato Bolson Dala‐Corte, Jean M. Freitag Kramer, Almir Cunico, André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães, Cecília Gontijo Leal, Dilermando Pereira Lima‐Junior, Éder André Gubiani, Fabrício Barreto Teresa, Fagner Junior M. Oliveira, Gabriel Lourenço Brejão, Jean Vitule, Lilian Casatti, Luciano Lima, Luciano Montag, Paulo S. Pompeu, Rafael Leitão, Vinícius Abilhoa, Yzel Rondon Suarez, Fernando Gertum Becker   +19 more
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