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Hidden lineages in the African Sky Islands: A taxonomic reevaluation of Afrocarduus (Compositae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
Species delimitation is crucial for biodiversity studies. Using Hyb‐Seq and phylogenomics, we reassessed Afrocarduus, endemic to Afromontane and Afroalpine regions, uncovering 16 evolutionary lineages (2.3 Mya). Morphological data support their distinctiveness, with acaulescence evolving independently twice. The traditionally broad A.
Lucía D. Moreyra, Juan Antonio Calleja, Cristina Roquet, Siri Birkeland, Carme Blanco‐Gavaldà, Mercè Galbany‐Casals, Abel Gizaw, Frederik Leliaert, Christian Brochmann, Alfonso Susanna   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gain and loss: Human and environmental wellbeing - drivers of Kilimanjaro's decreasing biodiversity. [PDF]

PLoS One
Hemp A, Miyazawa M, Hurskainen P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Expanding our understanding of leaf functional syndromes in savanna systems: the role of plant growth form

, 2017
Davi Rodrigo Rossatto, Augusto C. Franco
openalex   +1 more source

Testing the size‐grain hypothesis in a generalist predator: The case of an ant species in the Brazilian savannah

Journal of Zoology, EarlyView.
In our recent study, we examined whether ants in the Brazilian Cerrado follow the “grain‐size hypothesis,” which proposes that larger ants should have proportionally longer legs to move efficiently across different environments. We used Ectatomma permagnum, a common predatory ant in the Cerrado, measuring hundreds of individuals collected from various ...
A. Sandim, R. Aranda
wiley   +1 more source

Community‐ and species‐level responses of reptiles to an avian ecosystem engineer

Journal of Zoology, EarlyView.
Reptiles in southern Africa's Kalahari desert occur at higher abundances and greater species richness under trees with sociable weaver colonies, than those without. This finding substantially expands our knowledge of how commonly reptile communities might respond to ecosystem engineers.
Emma E. Buckley, Bryan Maritz
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with insecticide-treated mosquito nets utilization for malaria prevention in Burkina Faso: finding from cross-sectional household survey. [PDF]

Malar J
Badolo H, Hien H, Hien AS, Somda SMA, Bazié H, Bacyé FY, Diallo CO, Tierno A, Guira M, Meda N.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Automated extraction of leaf mass per area from digitized herbarium specimens

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary The digitization of vast herbarium collections has made millions of plant specimen images freely available online, which can now be used to generate phenotypic datasets of unprecedented scope. Here, we assess the potential of computer vision tools to automate the extraction of predicted leaf mass per area (LMApred) from digitized herbarium ...
Thais Vasconcelos, William N. Weaver, Aly Baumgartner, Zoë Bugnaski, James Boyko   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elephant trunk tip musculature reflects species differences in grasping behavior. [PDF]

Commun Biol
Eigen L, Ladenburger P, Brence B, Shubitidze A, Baum D, Hildebrandt T, Brecht M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Integrating the native savanna resource with improved pastures

, 1992
Myles Fisher, Carlos E. Lascano, Raúl R. Vera, Georges Rippstein   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

Low abundance of phytophagous nematodes under invasive exotic Pinus elliottii – enemy release and plant–soil feedbacks

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary According to the enemy release hypothesis (ERH), the fitness of exotic plants and their capacity to become invasive in their area of introduction may partly be attributable to the loss of their natural enemies. Invasive species may also benefit from modifying soil attributes and thereby creating a positive soil–plant feedback.
Lynda S. C. Guerrero, Erika Buscardo, Mario M. Inomoto, Laszlo Nagy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source