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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Loss, persistence and reversal of phenotypic traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The irreversibility of complex trait loss has long been a tenet of evolutionary biology. However, this idea is increasingly at odds with the numerous documented exceptions across the Tree of Life. We synthesise this growing body of evidence across a diverse array of taxa and traits, exploring the evolutionary conditions that enable ...
Giobbe Forni, Giuseppe Fusco, Filippo Nicolini, Heather Bruce, Andrea Luchetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variation in Extrafloral Nectary Productivity Influences the Ant Foraging.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Extrafloral nectar is the main food source offered by plants to predatory ants in most land environments. Although many studies have demonstrated the importance of extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) to plant defense against herbivores, the influence of EFNs ...
Denise Lange, Eduardo Soares Calixto, Kleber Del-Claro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Review on Nutrition, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Food Application Perspectives of Bioactive Rich Superfruits

Future Postharvest and Food, EarlyView.
The review critically evaluated and compared the selected superfruit phytochemistry, their bioactive composition and the key health benefits majorly emphasizing the antioxidant potential. It has highlighted the translational challenges in formulating functional foods by addressing the issues related to delivery system, bioavailability mechanism and the
Sharath Kumar Nagaraja, Javid Iqbal Mir, Mahendra Kumar Verma, Aamir Hussain Dar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The dose makes the poison: have “field realistic” rates of exposure of bees to neonicotinoid insecticides been overestimated in laboratory studies? [PDF]

, 2014
Recent laboratory based studies have demonstrated adverse sub-lethal effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on honey bees and bumble bees, and these studies have been influential in leading to a European Union moratorium on the use of three neonicotinoids,
BARON G L, BONMATIN J M, BONMATIN J M, CARRECK N L, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY, EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY, EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY, FELTHAM H, Francis L W Ratnieks, GARBUZOV M, MAUS C, Norman L Carreck, OSBORNE J L, SCHMUCK R, SCHÖNING R, THOMPSON H   +16 more
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Nectar Bat-Plant Interactions in North American Deserts

Hystrix the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 2018
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The deserts and arid regions of North, Central, and South America are unique in the world because of the frequent dependence of their often-dominant plants (Cactaceae, Agavaceae) on nectar-feeding bats (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae and Lonchophyllinae) for pollination.
Fleming, Theodore, Holland, Nathaniel
openaire   +1 more source

What Do Nectarivorous Bats Like? Nectar Composition in Bromeliaceae With Special Emphasis on Bat-Pollinated Species

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
Floral nectar is the most important reward for pollinators and an integral component of the pollination syndrome. Nectar research has mainly focused on sugars or amino acids, whereas more comprehensive studies on the nectar composition of closely related
Thomas Göttlinger, Michael Schwerdtfeger, Kira Tiedge, Gertrud Lohaus   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate change reduces nectar secretion in two common Mediterranean plants [PDF]

AoB Plants, 2015
Global warming can lead to considerable impacts on natural plant communities, potentially inducing changes in plant physiology and the quantity and quality of floral rewards, especially nectar. Changes in nectar production can in turn strongly affect plant-pollinator interaction networks-pollinators may potentially benefit under moderate warming ...
Takkis, Krista, Tscheulin, Thomas, Tsalkatis, Panagiotis, Petanidou, Theodora   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Application of Principal Component Analysis and Probabilistic Neural Networks in Ferralsols Recovery Evaluation Through Planting of Mabea Fistulifera and Eucalyptus Urograndis

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents an innovative assessment model for analyzing the evolution of degraded soils subjected to different reclamation strategies. The proposal combines statistical and artificial intelligence tools to jointly integrate multiple physical and chemical soil properties, allowing for a more synthetic view of the processes.
Melissa Alexandre Santos, Borja Velázquez‐Martí, Jorge João Delfim, Laura Silva Nantes, Jose Augusto Liberato de Souza, Gabriel Augusto da Silva Lunardelli, Dayara Vivian Alvares, Carolina dos Santos Batista Bonini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Among-population variation in microbial community structure in the floral nectar of the bee-pollinated forest herb Pulmonaria officinalis L.

PLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundMicrobial communities in floral nectar have been shown to be characterized by low levels of species diversity, yet little is known about among-plant population variation in microbial community composition.Methodology/principal findingsWe ...
Hans Jacquemyn, Marijke Lenaerts, Rein Brys, Kris Willems, Olivier Honnay, Bart Lievens   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source