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Microbiota as Potential Functional Traits Facilitating Springtail Activity in Winter

Ecology and Evolution
Understanding the role of microbiota in supporting animal survival and activity under extreme environmental conditions provides valuable insights into adaptation and resilience mechanisms in ecosystems.
Cao Hao, Bing Zhang, Pingting Guan, Zhijing Xie, Guoliang Xu, Donghui Wu, Ting‐Wen Chen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tongue and Glottis Morphology of Cathartes aura and the Secret of Its Functional Adaptation

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cathartes aura, commonly known as the Turkey vulture, is a scavenger bird belonging to the family Cathartidae that is widely distributed throughout the Americas and classified as a New World vulture. Its diet primarily consists of small‐sized carcasses, predominantly of wild animals.
Jean Caio Figueiredo de Almeida, Max Alex Santos Ferreira, Elane Guerreiro Giese, Alanna do Socorro Lima da Silva, Ana Rita de Lima, Érika Branco   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gradual transition from mosaic to global DNA methylation patterns during deuterostome evolution

BMC Bioinformatics, 2010
Background DNA methylation by the Dnmt family occurs in vertebrates and invertebrates, including ascidians, and is thought to play important roles in gene regulation and genome stability, especially in vertebrates.
Matsumoto Kazuaki A, Okamura Kohji, Nakai Kenta   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards an ‘absolute’ timing of biostratigraphic and environmental phases from the Saalian late glacial to the Weichselian pleniglacial in central Europe—Insights from a lacustrine succession in Lichtenberg, northern Germany

Boreas, EarlyView.
Palynological records are central to the biostratigraphic subdivision of the Late Pleistocene in central Europe. Yet many interglacial and interstadial phases—such as the Eemian, Brörup and Odderade—remain only poorly constrained in time due to limited numerical dating.
Michael Hein, Thomas Kasper, Alexis Badai Samudra, Martin Theuerkauf, Markus Lothar Fischer, Neda Rahimzadeh, Maria Sekar Proborukmi, Sonja Rigterink, Agnieszka Gruszczyńska, Christian Zeeden, Simon Parfitt, David John Horne, Lucy Roberts, Dustin White, Lisa Brogmus, Hans von Suchodoletz, Tobias Lauer, Marcel Weiss, David Colin Tanner, Brigitte Urban   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fast kilovoltage peak-switching dual-energy computed tomography water-hydroxyapatite decomposition for detecting vertebral compression fracture-related bone marrow edema: a comparison with magnetic resonance imaging

Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) material decomposition techniques have been reported to be effective for identifying acute and chronic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) as compared with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, a quantitative evaluation of the consistency of the bone marrow edema (BME) region depicted by DECT with that ...
Yao, Rong, Zhu, Xue’e, Zhou, Dan, Yang, Li, Yu, Hanxiao, Zhang, Rui, Yu, Tongbo, Yang, Menghua   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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

Evaluating synthetic substitutes to reduce illegal harvesting and support species recovery

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Providing synthetic substitutes is a widely promoted strategy to shift consumer demand away from wildlife products derived from threatened species. Yet, there is little evidence on whether product substitution prevents illegal or unsustainable harvesting and contributes to the recovery of threatened populations.
Aditya Shekhar Malgaonkar, Gareth Whittington‐Jones, Tristan Dickerson, Maswabi Lishandu, Sarah Davies, Zoe Woodgate, Xia Stevens, Choolwe Mulenga, Gift Mulenga, Mathew Phiri, Lucky Mulenga, Manyando Mukela, Gryton Kasamu, Willem A. Nieman, Gareth Mann, Abishek Harihar, Diogo Veríssimo, Rob Pickles   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the use of expert opinion in disease risk analysis for conservation translocations

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation translocations are subject to considerable uncertainty and risk, of which disease is one of the most recognized. To address disease risks, several protocols for qualitative disease risk analysis (qDRA) exist and are used for responsible conservation translocation planning.
John G. Ewen, Stefano Canessa, Caitlin E. Andrews, Katie M. Beckmann, Irene Bueno, Deidre K. Fontenot, Caio Kenup, Suzanne Medina, Axel Moehrenschlager, Francesco Origgi, Bruce Rideout, Anthony W. Sainsbury, Thierry M. Work, Claudia Carraro   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple global‐change drivers and cascading effects in Mediterranean ecosystems: Lessons from an iconic national park

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Mediterranean ecosystems face complex, multi‐trophic impacts from global‐change drivers, yet responses are often studied in isolation. Using the Doñana Protected Area as a case study, we illustrate how anthropogenic pressures on key species like cork oaks and rabbits, as well as increases in species like wild boar and invasive crayfish, lead to ...
Maria Paniw, Duarte S. Viana, Cristina Coccia, Virginia Domínguez‐García, Iñigo Donázar‐Aramendía, Sebastiano de Franciscis, Alberto García‐Rodríguez, Simone Guareschi, Pablo Homet, Jose B. Lanuza, Cosme López‐Calderón, Irene Mendoza, Eva Moracho, Laetitia M. Navarro, Javier Puy, José M. Reyes‐González, María José Ruiz‐López, Zulima Tablado, Elena Tena, Estefanía Tobajas, Elena Velado‐Alonso, Pablo Villalva, Nacho Villar, Marcello D'Amico   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

IMPLICATIONS OF A MARKET FOR CARBON ON TIMBER AND NON-TIMBER VALUES IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD [PDF]

Despite considerable interest in the potential for forests to sequester carbon, the impact of carbon management on the provision of timber and non-timber resources has received relatively little attention in the literature.
Adamowicz, Wiktor L., Armstrong, Glen W., McCarney, Geoffrey R.   +2 more
core   +1 more source