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Distribution and genetic variability of Staphylinidae across a gradient of anthropogenically influenced insular landscapes [PDF]

, 2016
This paper describes the distribution and genetic variability of rove beetles (Coleoptera Staphylinidae) in anthropogenically influenced insular landscapes.
Borges, Paulo A. V., Garcia, Patrícia, Giordano, Rosanna, Marcelino, José, Soares, António O., Soto-Adames, Felipe N.   +5 more
core  

Liverwort diversity in China: spatial and taxonomic patterns on species richness

Frontiers in Plant Science
The diversity of liverworts in China is rich. It is of great significance to study the species distribution pattern of liverworts in China for the protection of liverworts diversity, flora research and biodiversity monitoring. On the basis of records from national and provincial liverwort lists, herbaria and online databases, a dataset of liverwort ...
Jiaqi Cui, Jiaqi Cui, Xiuhua Yang, Xiuhua Yang, Xiaoyu Li, Xiaoyu Li, Jitong Li, Jitong Li, Siqi Dong, Siqi Dong, Hongfeng Wang, Hongfeng Wang, Chengjun Yang, Chengjun Yang   +13 more
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The planar cell polarity protein Vangl2 interacts with the PDZ‐domains of Scribble but not with a unique PDZ‐like domain in Inturned

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Structural and biochemical characterisations show that the planar cell polarity (PCP) protein Inturned harbours a unique PDZ‐like domain that does not bind canonical PDZ‐binding motifs (PBMs) like that of another PCP protein Vangl2. In contrast, the apical‐basal polarity protein Scribble contains four PDZ domains that bind Vangl2, but one PDZ domain ...
Stephan Wilmes, Jan Brysch, Carmen Gelze, Lilli Meier, Daniel Kümmel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Stream Size Really Explain Biodiversity Patterns in Lotic Systems? A Call for Mechanistic Explanations

Diversity, 2017
Understanding drivers of biodiversity is a long-standing goal of basic and applied ecological research. In riverine systems, there remains a critical need to identify these drivers as efforts to manage and protect rivers grow increasingly desperate in ...
Ross Vander Vorste, Philip McElmurray, Spencer Bell, Kevin M. Eliason, Bryan L. Brown   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Habitat filtering determines spatial variation of macroinvertebrate community traits in northern headwater streams [PDF]

, 2013
Although our knowledge of the spatial distribution of stream organisms has been increasing rapidly in the last decades, there is still little consensus about trait-based variability of macroinvertebrate communities within and between catchments in near ...
Allan JD, Anderson M J, Anderson M J, Anderson M J, Beche L A, Begon M, Boyero L, Chevenet F, Clarke A, D. Schmera, Devictor V, Doledec S, Erős T, Erős T, Giller PS, Gotelli N J, Hart D D, Hawkins C P, Heck K L, Heino J, Heino J, Heino J, Heino J, Heino J, Heino J, Heino J, Hoeinghaus D J, Hurlbert S H, J. Heino, Koleff P, Lennon J J, Li J, Malmqvist B, McCune M, Mykrä H, Oksanen J, Palmer M A, Podani J, Podani J, Poff N L, Poff NL, Pollard A I, Ricotta C, Schmera D, Schmera D, Schmera D, Simpson G G, Southwood T R E, Statzner B, Statzner B, Statzner B, Statzner B, T. Erős, Tachet H, Townsend C R, Townsend C R, Townsend C R, Usseglio-Polatera P, Ward J V   +58 more
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

Community stability is related to animal diversity change

Ecosphere, 2022
Understanding the drivers of community stability in times of increasing anthropogenic pressure is an urgent issue. Biodiversity is known to promote community stability, but studies of the biodiversity–stability relationship rarely consider the full ...
Marta A. Jarzyna, Kari E. A. Norman, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Matthew R. Helmus, Daijiang Li, Stephanie M. Parker, Mariana Perez Rocha, Sydne Record, Eric R. Sokol, Phoebe L. Zarnetske, Thilina D. Surasinghe   +10 more
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Metagenetic analysis of patterns of distribution and diversity of marine meiobenthic eukaryotes [PDF]

, 2014
AimMeiofaunal communities that inhabit the marine benthos offer unique opportunities to simultaneously study the macroecology of numerous phyla that exhibit different life-history strategies.
Carvalho, Gary R., Creer, Simon, Fonseca, Vera G., Johnson, Harriet F., Lambshead, John D., Neill, Simon P., Nichols, Ben, Power, Deborah M., Quince, Christopher, Thomas, W. Kelley   +9 more
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A methionine‐lined active site governs carbocation stabilization and product specificity in a bacterial terpene synthase

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals a unique active site enriched in methionine residues and demonstrates that these residues play a critical role by stabilizing carbocation intermediates through novel sulfur–cation interactions. Structure‐guided mutagenesis further revealed variants with significantly altered product profiles, enhancing pseudopterosin formation. These
Marion Ringel, Carl P. O. Helmer, Shani Zev, Ronja Driller, Emily Buhr, Markus Reinbold, Renana Schwartz, Gabriel Foley, Mikael Boden, Daniel Garbe, Gerhard Schenk, Dan Thomas Major, Bernhard Loll, Thomas Brück   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Helminth faunas of wild African ruminants: effects of host traits and environmental variables on species richness and diversity

Parasitology
Both host identity and environmental factors are known to influence parasite species richness. Here, we analysed selected host traits and environmental variables associated with 3 aspects of helminth diversity in African ruminants.
Kerstin Junker, Boris R. Krasnov
doaj   +1 more source