Sapsucker Wells as a Keystone Nutritional Resource: Evaluating Methods for Detection of Secondary Sap Consumers [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionNorth American sapsuckers are considered double keystone species because they (1) excavate nest cavities that are used by other birds, small mammals, and invertebrates, and (2) create and maintain sap wells, a temporary nutritional resource available to ...
Rick Clawges +5 more
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Diversity and Distribution of Mites (ACARI) Revealed by Contamination Survey in Public Genomic Databases [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Acari (mites and ticks) are a biodiverse group of microarthropods within the Arachnida. Because of their diminutive size, mites are often overlooked. We hypothesized that mites, like other closely related microorganisms, could also contaminate public ...
Jiazheng Xie, Yi Zhang
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Recent advances on phylogenomics of gymnosperms and a new classification [PDF]
Plant Diversity, 2022 Living gymnosperms comprise four major groups: cycads, Ginkgo, conifers, and gnetophytes. Relationships among/within these lineages have not been fully resolved.
Yong Yang +8 more
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The evolutionary history of the ancient weevil family Belidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) reveals the marks of Gondwana breakup and major floristic turnovers, including the rise of angiosperms [PDF]
eLifeThe rise of angiosperms to ecological dominance and the breakup of Gondwana during the Mesozoic marked major transitions in the evolutionary history of insect-plant interactions.
Xuankun Li +11 more
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The Systematics and Evolution of Gymnosperms with an Emphasis on a Few Problematic Taxa [PDF]
PlantsGymnosperms originated in the Middle Devonian and have experienced a long evolutionary history with pulses of speciation and extinction, which resulted in the four morphologically distinct extant groups, i.e., cycads, Ginkgo, conifers and gnetophytes ...
Yong Yang, Zhi Yang, David Kay Ferguson
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Genome-wide identification of Reverse Transcriptase domains of recently inserted endogenous plant pararetrovirus (Caulimoviridae). [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2022 Altres ajuts: CERCA Programme/Generalitat de CatalunyaEndogenous viral elements (EVEs) are viral sequences that have been integrated into the nuclear chromosomes. Endogenous pararetrovirus (EPRV) are a class of EVEs derived from DNA viruses of the family
de Tomás C, Vicient CM.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020 Abstract A northward trans-Wallacean radiation is demonstrated for Chrysorthenches, a member of the Orthenches group. Here we review Chrysorthenches and allied genera resulting in a generic transfer of Diathryptica callibrya to Chrysorthenches and two new congeners: C. muraseaeSohn & Kobayashisp. nov.
Jae-Cheon Sohn
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Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Chile
Gayana: Botanica, 2018 Se presenta un catálogo de las plantas vasculares que crecen en Chile. Está organizado por divisiones, Pteridophyta (Lycopodiopsida y Polypodiopsida), Pinophyta (Gnetopsida y Pinopsida) y Magnoliophyta (Liliopsida y Magnoliopsida), y dentro de cada ...
Roberto Rodriguez +12 more
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MODISTools - downloading and processing MODIS remotely sensed data in R [PDF]
, 2014 Remotely sensed data – available at medium to high resolution across global spatial and temporal scales – are a valuable resource for ecologists. In particular, products from NASA's MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), providing twice ...
Andy Purvis +6 more
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