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Wood Decomposition in European Rivers Increases With Temperature but Decreases With Human Population Density [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.
We investigated wood decomposition in rivers across seven catchments and 72 river locations in Europe and found that temperature was the main driver of decomposition rate, with a predicted 4.3% increase per 1°C rise in mean annual temperature. However, climate‐change induced increases in mean annual precipitation and an increased human population ...
Micael Jonsson, Laura Concostrina‐Zubiri, Maria Cristina Bruno, Fernanda Cássio, Giulia Cesarini, Luca Gallitelli, Stefano Larsen, Monika Laux, Giorgio Pace, Cláudia Páscoal, Massimiliano Scalici, Ralf Schulz, José Barquín   +12 more
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Unveiling the Patterns of Wild Bee‐Plant Interactions on a Large and Mostly Unexplored Mediterranean Island (Sardinia, Italy) [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.
An extensive survey of wild bee and bee–plant networks in Sardinia (Italy) highlights high species richness and diversity, particularly in mainland agroecosystems. All interaction networks were highly specialized, modular, and not nested, indicating potential ecological vulnerability, though varying across sites and on a temporal scale.
Matteo Lezzeri, Vanessa Lozano, Giuseppe Brundu, Simone Flaminio, Ignazio Floris, Stephane Knoll, Michelina Pusceddu, Marino Quaranta, Carlo Polidori, Alberto Satta   +9 more
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Local economic resilience and economic specialization in Greece during the crisis

Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This paper scrutinizes the issue of economic resilience, aiming to detect the existence of a systematic link with economic specialization. To this end, the paper conducts an empirical analysis at the local (i.e., municipal) level of Greece during the economic crisis period (2009–2015), providing cartographic visualizations and spatial ...
Panagiotis Artelaris, Dimitris Kallioras, Anastasis Katsinis   +2 more
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Conservation implications of shifting habitat use in migrating insects: Selection patterns in a threatened damselfly show that season‐specific actions are needed

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Well‐preserved heathlands of NW Italy are the main overwintering habitat of Sympecma paedisca, while grassy margins in farmland are used only in summer and are avoided from autumn onwards. Grassy margins in farmland act as corridors during the species' migrations between its breeding (ricefields) and overwintering (lowland heathlands) grounds ...
Leonardo Siddi, Martina Cadin, Mattia Brambilla, Giacomo Assandri   +3 more
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Resisting Xylella fastidiosa: xylem anatomical changes in the susceptible olive cultivar Cellina di Nardò after long‐term infection

Plant Biology, EarlyView.
After long‐term infection, the susceptible O. europaea cultivar Cellina di Nardò modified its wood anatomical traits as an adaptive response to counteract Xylella fastidiosa, exhibiting spontaneous canopy restoration. Abstract The Xylella fastidiosa subsp.
E. Sabella, D. Greco, E. Nutricati, A. Frontini, L. De Bellis, M. Vergine, A. Luvisi   +6 more
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Multi‐decadal woodland recovery after land abandonment: environmental constraints on passive rewilding in Mediterranean landscapes

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Across the Mediterranean Basin, land abandonment has opened large areas to passive rewilding, raising questions about the pace and variability of secondary succession in these landscapes and how ecological and abiotic gradients mediate vegetation recovery in post‐agricultural landscapes. Objectives This study aims to quantify long‐
António Vaz Pato, Miguel Porto, Ana Teresa Pinto, Alice Nunes, Pedro Beja   +4 more
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Marine litter can shift sea turtle nests toward the shoreline

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 6, June 2026.
Marine litter is an emerging threat to sea turtle rookeries, yet its effects on nesting behaviour remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigated how macro‐litter accumulation on beaches influences the spatial distribution of loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta nests on Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde.
Diana Sousa‐Guedes, Adolfo Marco, Maria Medina, Filipa Bessa, Neftalí Sillero   +4 more
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Satellite Remote Sensing of Alpine Vegetation Dynamics: Challenges and Perspectives

Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 6, June 2026.
Satellite greening has become a key tool for monitoring alpine vegetation change, but a positive vegetation‐index trend is not an ecological observation in itself. This perspective shows that interpreting alpine greening requires addressing two sequential challenges: methodological complexity, which can bias trends during image processing, and ...
Arthur Bayle
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Semiautomated classification of units in volcanic terrain based on three morphometric attributes derived from a digital elevation model (DEM)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 51, Issue 5, May 2026.
The proposed method better responds to the needs of detailed cartography improving the working scale (local and regional) representation; also roughness attributes facilitate the identification of geomorphological units, and the DEM generation method enhances terrain representation.
Carolina Ramírez Núñez, Jean‐François Parrot, Christina Siebe, Lorenzo Vázquez Selem   +3 more
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Evaluating methods for high‐resolution, national‐scale seagrass mapping in Google Earth Engine

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 292-304, April 2026.
Marine habitat mapping using satellite imagery can provide baseline and monitoring data across large spatial scales and in remote locations globally. This study evaluates how key methodological choices influence the accuracy of open‐source (for non‐commercial use), cloud‐based satellite mapping workflows for seagrass meadows in the Maldives.
Matthew Floyd, Holly K. East, Andrew J. Suggitt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source