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Landscape and habitat effects on pest control and seed predation by carabid beetles

Basic and Applied Ecology
In both natural and anthropogenic environments, predation by arthropods plays a crucial role in the control of weeds and pests. Carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) are key generalist predators feeding on a wide range of prey.
Giacomo Ortis, Costanza Geppert, Andree Cappellari, Lorenzo Marini   +3 more
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Thresholds for sustainable regeneration in urban restoration plantings in Hamilton City, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2014
Urban forest patches have unique environmental and landscape characteristics which may influence the restoration of native plant communities. Urbanisation can lead to a drier and warmer climate, a prevalence of exotic seed sources and isolation from ...
Overdyck, Elizabeth
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Seed priming improves endosperm weakening, germination, and subsequent seedling development of Solanum lycocarpum St. Hil.

, 2011
Seed priming is a treatment to improve seed quality and plant growth upon germination and is applied widely to crop species to improve uniformity and yield.
Matos, A. C.B., Toorop, P. E., Matos, A. C. B., Davide, A. C., Faria, J. M. Rocha, Silva, Edvaldo Aparecido Amaral da [UNESP][, Rocha Faria, J. M., Da Silva, E. A.A. [UNESP], Soares, G. C.M., Anese, S., Soares, G. C. M.   +10 more
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Global distribution of avian plumage coloration and patterning: the relative influence of climate, ecology, and sexual selection

Ecography, EarlyView.
Animal coloration exhibits substantial biogeographic variation, reflecting complex adaptations to both abiotic and biotic environments. Although the evolutionary mechanisms underlying avian plumage coloration have been widely studied, geographic variation in plumage patterning has received far less attention.
Yuqing Han, Ying Zeng, Tien Ming Lee, Long Wang, Chen Zeng, Pengfei Fan, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Weini Huang, Yang Liu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond predator satiation: Masting but also the effects of rainfall stochasticity on weevils drive acorn predation

Ecosphere, 2017
Escaping seed predation is a classic “economy of scale” hypotheses (predator satiation hypothesis, Psh) to explain the selection for the synchronous production of massive and nil seed crops (masting) in plants.
Josep Maria Espelta, Harold Arias‐LeClaire, Marcos Fernández‐Martínez, Enrique Doblas‐Miranda, Alberto Muñoz, Raúl Bonal   +5 more
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Constructing Synthesizable Evaluations of Technical Interventions to Reduce Wildlife‐Caused Agricultural Losses 构建易用于证据整合的野生动物致农业损失缓解措施成效评估

Integrative Conservation, EarlyView.
A framework with eight key components to assess the effectiveness of technical measures to reduce wildlife‐caused agriculture loss. ABSTRACT Technical interventions to reduce wildlife‐caused agricultural losses (e.g., crops, livestock, and fisheries) are essential for human‐wildlife coexistence.
Cheng Huang, Tien Ming Lee, Kaiwen Zhou, Xiong Zhang, Zhixin Wen, Zhijun Ma, Li Zhang, Limin Feng, Yang Liu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The roles of seed banks and soil moisture in recruitment of semi-arid floodplain plants: the River Murray, Australia. [PDF]

, 2008
The decline of floodplain vegetation along the Lower River Murray, South Australia, has evoked recommendations for ‘environmental flows’ to restore and maintain the health of the ecosystem. To assist managers to maximize benefits from environmental flows,
Jensen, Anne Elizabeth
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Enhanced peripheral blood mononuclear cell lipid metabolism drives poor immunotherapy response via ferroptotic stress‐induced T cell exhaustion in hepatocellular carcinoma

Interdisciplinary Medicine, EarlyView.
Integrated multi‐omics reveals that CD36‐mediated lipid overload in PBMCs drives T cell exhaustion via sub‐lethal ferroptotic stress and AKT suppression. This systemic metabolic signature serves as a robust predictor of immunotherapy response in HCC, suggesting that modulating lipid metabolism can rescue immune fitness.
Ying Zhu, Zhouyu Ning, Yong Deng, Changjing Huang, Hui Li, Yun Sun, Zhiqiang Meng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parental Exposure to Nanoplastics and Graphene Oxide Induces Transgenerational Toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental pollution by emerging contaminants such as nanoplastics (NPs) and graphene oxide (GO) represents a growing threat to global health and ecosystems. This study investigated the effects of parental exposure, both isolated and combined, to 100 μg/L NPs (polystyrene, spherical, 100 nm) and 100 mg/L GO, using Caenorhabditis elegans as ...
Gabriela Corrêa Soares, Larissa Müller, Suamy Machado Cruz, Andy Taipe Huisa, Danilo Roberto Carvalho Ferreira, Clascídia Aparecida Furtado, Juliane Ventura‐Lima   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ngarrawa (mound spring) sediments as archives of Holocene environmental change in arid central Australia: Insights from Itrax XRF scanning

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Central Australia's ngarrawa, or ‘mound springs’, are unique hydrological systems that serve as some of the only near‐permanent sources of water and continuous sediment deposition in Australia's arid interior. As such, they hold significant potential as palaeo‐climate and ‐environmental archives in a region where many aspects of past climate ...
Fletcher C. Nixon, Jonathan J. Tyler, Patricia S. Gadd, Quan Hua   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source