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Unveiling Diet Preferences and Their Nutritional Drivers Through Metabarcoding: The Case of Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota L.) in High Altitude Grazed Pastures

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
The alpine marmot (Marmota marmota), a crucial component of alpine ecosystems, serves both as a key player in the food chain and as an ‘ecosystem engineer.’ Employing DNA metabarcoding of fecal samples, this study investigated the diet composition and foraging strategies of four alpine marmot colonies across diverse alpine pasture ecosystems throughout
Giorgio Marchesini, Elena Basso, Cristina Pornaro, Piergiovanni Partel, Gilberto Volcan, Enrico Dorigatti, Rudi Cassini, Erica Marchiori, Salvatore Raniolo, Massimo Pindo, Andrea Squartini   +10 more
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Functional distinctiveness and rarity highlight climate vulnerability of mountain birds

Ecology, Volume 107, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract The loss of both functionally distinct and geographically restricted (i.e., rare) species can limit the capacity of ecological communities to respond to ongoing environmental changes. Mountains, which harbor high biodiversity and unique species, are particularly vulnerable to rapidly shifting climate conditions and remain understudied compared
Maria del Mar Delgado, Chiara Bettega, Davide Scridel, Antonio López Orta, Rafael Benjumea, Mattia Brambilla, Paolo Pedrini, Devin R. de Zwaan   +7 more
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Climate Change Has Already Reshaped North American Forest Pest Dynamics: Insights From Multidecadal Process‐Based Modelling

Global Change Biology Communications, Volume 1, Issue 1, March 2026.
Climate change has rapidly expanded and shifted suitable climate conditions for eight major forest pests across North America, especially toward northern and higher elevation areas. Host exposure and overlap among pests are increasing, raising ecological and economic risks, and signaling accelerating future impacts under continued warming.
Yan Boulanger, Chris J. K. MacQuarrie, Véronique Martel, Jacques Régnière, Rémi Saint‐Amant, Kishan Sambaraju   +5 more
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Recurrent drought amplifies drought impacts and increases seasonal synchrony in mountain grassland communities

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 3, March 2026.
Climate change increases the recurrence of drought events with strong repercussions on grassland ecosystems. While the effects of single drought events on ecosystem structure and functioning are well understood, it is largely unknown whether and how recurrent drought events modify ecosystem responses to subsequent drought.
Lena M. Müller, Michael Bahn, Maximillian Weidle, Georg Leitinger, Dina in 't Zandt   +4 more
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Addressing biases in sliding window analysis gives new insight into the response of parturition date to weather in a wild mammal

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 3, March 2026.
Animal breeding phenology in temperate and high latitude regions is often predicted by weather variables, such as temperature. Much work on this topic has focused on taxonomic groups that employ adaptive plastic responses to annual variation in an environmental cue, with analytical approaches developed to determine when weather has an effect and the ...
Kirsty H. Macphie, Sean Morris, Alison Morris, Fiona E. Guinness, Timothy H. Clutton‐Brock, Loeske E. B. Kruuk, Josephine M. Pemberton   +6 more
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The role of Alpine botanical gardens in integrating germplasm bank collections and mission

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 680-692, March 2026.
This study underscores the vital role of Alpine botanical gardens (ABGs) in safeguarding Europe's alpine biodiversity amid climate change and habitat loss. By acting as living laboratories and reservoirs of plant genetic resources, ABGs bridge ex situ and in situ conservation, supporting ecosystem resilience and informing restoration strategies.
Marco Canella, Núria Beltran‐Sanz, Andreas Gröger, Špela Pungaršek, Maxime Rome, Sara Natale, Costantino Bonomi, Helen Catherine Wiesinger, Andrea Mainetti, Andrea Scapin, Marco Valecic, Simone Sensato, Monica Sommacal, Elena Piutti, Fabrizio Bottelli, Maria Teresa Pizzato, Jasmin Senn, Anne‐Catherine Monod, Nicoletta La Rocca, Francesco Dal Grande   +19 more
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Assessing satellite-derived land product quality for earth system science applications: results from the ceos lpv sub-group [PDF]

The value of satellite derived land products for science applications and research is dependent upon the known accuracy of the data. CEOS (Committee on Earth Observation Satellites), the space arm of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), plays a key ...
Baret, F., Herold, M., Nickeson, J., Nightingale, J., Schaepman-Strub, G.   +4 more
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Reduced Tillage Intercropping With Thymus hyemalis Reshapes the Rare Soil Microbiome and Co‐Occurrence Networks in a Semi‐Arid Almond Orchard

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Environmentally friendly farming practices are gaining interest, and intercropping is a promising option to protect soil health, yet its effects on orchard microbiomes and functions remain underexplored. In this study, we assessed a 3‐year intercropping assay of Capparis spinosa (D1) and Thymus hyemalis (D2) with almond and reduced tillage in ...
Jessica Cuartero, Beat Frey, Margarita Ros, Jose Antonio Pascual, Virginia Sánchez‐Navarro, Loredana Canfora, Onurcan Özbolat, Marcos Egea‐Cortines, Antonella Lamontanara, Carolina Boix‐Fayos, Maria Martinez‐Mena, Maria Almagro, Elvira Diaz‐Pereira, Raul Zornoza   +13 more
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Crop calendars for the US, USSR, and Canada in support of the early warning project [PDF]

New crop calendars are produced for U.S. regions where several years of periodic growth stage observations are available on a CRD basis. Preexisting crop calendars from the LACIE are also collected as are U.S.
Hodges, T., Sestak, M. L., Trenchard, M. H.   +2 more
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Frozen Soil Hydrological Processes and Their Effects: A Review and Synthesis

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 64, Issue 1, March 2026.
Abstract Frozen soils, including seasonally frozen ground and permafrost, are rapidly changing under a warming climate, with cascading effects on water, energy, and carbon cycles. We synthesize recent advances in the physics, observation, and modeling of frozen‐soil hydrology, emphasizing freeze–thaw dynamics, infiltration regimes and preferential flow,
Ying Zhao, Ce Zheng, Alexander Gelfan, Kunio Watanabe, Haojie Liu, Stephanie Wright, Xiaolong Wu, William Quinton, Yi Wang, Shuhua Yi, Yongyong Zhang, Yujie Shi, Wentao Jiao   +12 more
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