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Fossil bears break free from inhibitory cascade constraints at least twice (Ursus minimus and Ursus deningeri) caused by dietary adaptations

Boreas, EarlyView.
Bears deviate from the inhibitory cascade model (ICM) during molar size evolution, with two significant deviations linked to changes in diet: Ursus minimus and Ursus deningeri. Many bears exhibit a ‘partial ICM’, highlighting the relationship between relative molar size, dietary adaptations and dental development across different species.
Anneke H. van Heteren, A. Stefanie Luft
wiley   +1 more source

Representativeness of the Natura 2000 network for preserving plant biodiversity in the European Union

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Natura 2000 (N2K) network of protected areas is one of the main tools for area‐based conservation in the European Union (EU), yet its role in preserving plant biodiversity requires better understanding. We examined data kept in the European Vegetation Archive from over 1.2 million vegetation plots and obtained over 14.2 million plant ...
Michele Di Musciano, Piero Zannini, Riccardo Testolin, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Diletta Santovito, Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro, Florian Jansen, Milan Chytrý, Lorenzo Ricci, Emiliano Agrillo, Fabio Attorre, Idoia Biurrun, Gianmaria Bonari, Hans Henrik Bruun, Luigi Cao Pinna, Andraž Čarni, Maria Laura Carranza, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Jürgen Dengler, Michele De Sanctis, Úna Fitzpatrick, Anna Rita Frattaroli, Emmanuel Garbolino, Stephan Hennekens, Ute Jandt, Jan Jansen, Zygmunt Kacki, Ilona Knollová, Jonathan Lenoir, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Tomáš Peterka, Nataša Pipenbaher, Duccio Rocchini, Eszter Ruprecht, Solvita Rūsiņa, Urban Šilc, Sonja Škornik, Grzegorz Swacha, Milan Valachovič, Kiril Vassilev, Wolfgang Willner, Alessandro Chiarucci   +41 more
wiley   +1 more source

Representation of obligate groundwater‐dwelling copepod diversity in European protected areas

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Groundwaters sustain diverse surface ecosystems and are populated by metazoan species, mostly invertebrates, that provide fundamental ecological functions and are often of prominent conservation value due to narrow endemism and high phylogenetic rarity.
Francesco Cerasoli, Lorenzo Ricci, Mattia Di Cicco, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Michele Di Musciano, Stefano Mammola, Emma Galmarini, Diana Maria Paola Galassi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mean Annual Temperature, Soil Organic Matter and Phyllospheric Bacterial Diversity Shape Biomass of Dominant Species Along a Degradation Gradient in Alpine Steppes: A Case Study from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Zheng K, Jin X, Li J, Lu G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Demand for Non-Commodity Outputs from Spanish Extensive Agricultural Systems [PDF]

Agricultural multifunctionality is the recognition of the joint exercise of economic, environmental and social functions by this sector. In order to make this concept operative to support the design of public policies, it is necessary to estimate the ...
Arriaza Balmon, Manuel, Gomez-Limon, Jose Antonio, Kallas, Zein   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Using incentive payments to promote human–carnivore coexistence

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract For many large carnivores, minimizing the financial burden they impose on local people is critical to their conservation. Incentive‐based programs that provide people with financial benefits for taking pro‐conservation actions or achieving conservation goals are a promising tool for promoting human–carnivore coexistence. Although the number of
Adam Pekor, Ingela Jansson, Ololotu Munka, William Ole Seki, Sally Capper, Bernard Kissui, Göran Bostedt, Camilla Sandström, Dennis Rentsch, Travis Gallo   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Response of Grasshopper and Grasshopper Diversity to Different Grassland Types Under Enclosure Conditions. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Li C, Song X, Wang M, Jashenko R, Lin J, Cao Z, Liu H, Ji R.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Spatio-temporal variability in remotely sensed land surface temperature, and its relationship with physiographic variables in the Russian Altay Mountains [PDF]

, 2013
Goossens, Rudi, Lhermitte, S, Van De Kerchove, Ruben, Veraverbeke, Sander   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Effectiveness of territorial protection categories in conserving an endemic island bird during population fluctuation

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Static boundaries of protected areas failed to capture the Canary Islands stonechat's shifting distribution patterns. Abstract Protected areas represent cornerstones of biodiversity conservation on oceanic islands, yet their effectiveness for endemic species remains poorly evaluated. We assessed how various territorial protection categories conserve an
Luis M. Carrascal, Ángel C. Moreno, Juan Carlos Illera   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plants clonal strategies are well associated with aridity gradients: insights from Lamiaceae family in the SW and Central Asia. [PDF]

AoB Plants
Mahmoudi C, Noroozi J, Ranjbar M, Man M, Khalvati S, Klimešová J, Herben T.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source