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Actual or virtual habitats? Commentary to “Manual for monitoring species and habitats of EC interest (Directive 92/43/CEE) in Italy: habitats”

Forest@, 2016
This is a letter sent recently to the authors of the “Manuals for monitoring species and habitats of EC interest (Directive 92/43/CEE) in Italy: habitats”.
Urbinati C, Iorio G
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General legal framework for the preservation of European wildlife and natural habitats [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu, 2014
In the European Union territory, a number of legal sources for the protection of wildlife and their natural habitats have been applied. On one hand, there are legal documents, having different legal strength, which provide protection to all wildlife ...
Stojanović Nataša
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
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Optimal Grazing Exclusion Duration to Enhance Soil Carbon Sequestration in Degraded Grasslands

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Across China, grazing exclusion reaches the national mean soil organic carbon recovery benchmark sooner in high‐MAP regions (> 500 mm), but recovery is much slower where MAP < 300 mm. Scaling this strategy to 70% of China's degraded grasslands would sequester about 1.52 Pg of soil carbon over 10 years—roughly 17% of annual global fossil‐fuel emissions.
Bin Zhang, Chongzhi Sun, Dongmei Xue, Paul Christiaan Struik, Tongrui Zhang, Jiayue Liu, Tingting Xing, Ziyang Liu, Shiming Tang, Ke Jin   +9 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Leg‐Claw Enables Robust Perching and Grasping for UAVs

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Inspired by owl limb morphology and bat roosting behavior, this study presents a bioinspired adaptive leg‐claw mechanism that enables UAVs to perform robust and versatile perching and grasping. The design integrates a four‐link tibial structure, tension‐driven deformable feet, and active control, enabling stable perching on various branches and ...
Tianyu Cheng, Shaokun Wang, Jiehan Zou, Guiwen Shi, Zhongxue Gan, I‐Ming Chen, Guo‐Niu Zhu   +6 more
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Fuzzy approaches provide improved spatial detection of coastal dune EU habitats

Ecological Informatics
Mapping habitats on coastal dunes, crucial yet highly vulnerable ecosystems, requires objectivity and repeatability, which are still lacking in the implementation of the Habitats Directive.
Emilia Pafumi, Claudia Angiolini, Giovanni Bacaro, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Tiberio Fiaschi, Duccio Rocchini, Simona Sarmati, Michele Torresani, Hannes Feilhauer, Simona Maccherini   +9 more
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Programmable Semi‐Interpenetrating Living Materials With Robust Stability for Versatile Bioremediation and Biotherapeutics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A semi‐interpenetrating engineered living material (sIHSELM), fabricated via thermosensitive hydroxybutyl chitosan and covalent protein self‐assembly, demonstrates exceptional mechanical properties and environmental stability. Shielding bacteria from harsh conditions, sIHSELM exhibits remarkable efficacy in ulcerative colitis treatment and pollutants ...
Zixian Bao, Shengfeng Yang, Dandan Hu, Jiezheng Liu, Bo Jiang, Xinyue Sui, Qingsheng Qi, Lai Li, Guang Zhao   +8 more
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Guidelines for the monitoring of Lucanus cervus

Nature Conservation, 2017
Lucanus cervus is one of the most charismatic saproxylic beetles, widely distributed in Europe. The species is typical of mature deciduous forests, especially oak woodlands. Loss and fragmentation of suitable habitats is one of the major threats for this
Marco Bardiani, Stefano Chiari, Emanuela Maurizi, Massimiliano Tini, Ilaria Toni, Agnese Zauli, Alessandro Campanaro, Giuseppe Maria Carpaneto, Paolo Audisio   +8 more
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Linking Plant Metabolomics with Fungal Functional Dynamics Reveals a Noncanonical S‐R‐C Adaptive Trajectory

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Using field‐based holo‐omics, we demonstrate that developmental shifts in sorghum leaf metabolomes drive a noncanonical fungal succession from stress tolerators (S) through ruderals (R) to competitors (C). Antifungal metabolites in young leaves select for S strategists with expanded genomes, transient maltose pulses during flowering favor fast‐growing ...
Peilin Chen, John W. Taylor, Cheng Gao
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Effect Differences of Omega‐3 Fatty Acids From Plant Oil and Fish Oil on Human Health

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Omega‐3 fatty acids in plant oil is no less than fish oil on human health. ALA in plant oil takes directly healthy effects without conversion to DHA and EPA. Plant oil can be substitutes for fish oil to support partial ω‐3 fatty acids. For people who cannot afford fish oil, plant oil is also good for public health.
Mengxue Fang, Chunyan Xiang, Liangxiao Zhang, Peiwu Li   +3 more
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