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Nonhost species reduce parasite infection in a focal host species within experimental fish communities

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2021
The dilution effect describes the negative association between host biodiversity and the risk of infectious disease. Tests designed to understand the relative roles of host species richness, host species identity, and rates of exposure within ...
Sangwook Ahn, Cameron P. Goater
doaj   +1 more source

Advancing Fruit Bioimpedance Monitoring With Sustainable, Soft, And Bio‐Based Electrodes Beyond ECG

open access: yesAdvanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
Electrical impedance spectroscopy enables non‐destructive fruit quality monitoring, but conventional ECG and needle electrodes compromise signal stability, fruit physiology, and sustainability. This perspective highlights the transition toward soft, biocompatible, and biodegradable electrode interfaces based on natural substrates, bio‐derived ...
Sundus Riaz   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

When discovery meets neglect: rethinking disease emergence in cutaneous leishmaniasis and other neglected tropical diseases

open access: yesFrontiers in Tropical Diseases
Recent reports of Leishmania donovani causing cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Nepal have revived a key question in disease ecology: when does a disease truly emerge, and when is it simply newly recognized?
Denis Sereno, Denis Sereno
doaj   +1 more source

Technobiological Pathways for High‐CO₂ Capture Using Micro‐/Macroalgae: Genetic Engineering, Process Automation, and Value‐Added Bioproducts

open access: yesAsia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have emerged as one of the most critical drivers of climate change; this is primarily due to high concentrations and long atmospheric life of carbon dioxide (CO2). For a significant amount of time, various biological processes such as microalgal cultivation, cyanobacterial systems, photosynthetic microorganisms ...
Sadhana Semwal, Harish Chandra Joshi
wiley   +1 more source

Larval fish can be a freshwater mussel host

open access: yesJournal of Freshwater Ecology
North American freshwater mussels (Order Unionida, Families Margaritiferidae and Unionidae) are a diverse group of invertebrates with many species threatened by extirpation or extinction.
Martin L. Stenske   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Avian malaria co-infections confound infectivity and vector competence assays of Plasmodium homopolare. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Currently, there are very few studies of avian malaria that investigate relationships among the host-vector-parasite triad concomitantly. In the current study, we experimentally measured the vector competence of several Culex mosquitoes for a newly ...
Barker, Christopher M   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Mandible composition and properties in two selected praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea)

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Insects process their food with their cuticle‐based mouthparts. These feeding structures reflect their diversity and can, in some cases, showcase adaptations in material composition, mechanical properties, and shape to suit their specific dietary preferences.
Malo Roze   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ecology and evolution of microsporidian parasites

open access: yesParasitology, 2009
SUMMARYThe phylum Microspora is ancient and diverse and affects a wide range of hosts. There is unusually high use of vertical transmission and this has significant consequences for transmission and pathogenicity. Vertical transmission is associated with low pathogenesis but nevertheless can have significant impact through associated traits such as sex
openaire   +2 more sources

From armadillos to sloths: Patterns and variations in xenarthran coronary anatomy

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Species of the superorder Xenarthra play a vital ecological role in the Neotropics. Despite their evolutionary significance, anatomical studies on their coronary circulation remain scarce. This study investigated the coronary anatomy of 82 hearts from nine Xenarthra species across the Dasypodidae, Myrmecophagidae, and Bradypodidae.
Wilson Viotto‐Souza   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

High water availability increases the negative impact of a native hemiparasite on its non-native host [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Environmental factors alter the impacts of parasitic plants on their hosts. However, there have been no controlled studies on how water availability modulates stem hemiparasites' effects on hosts.
A Mahapatro   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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