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Contribution of shredder macroinvertebrates and aquatic hyphomycetes to litter decomposition in remote insular streams [PDF]

, 2019
Dissertação de Mestrado, Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia, 31 de janeiro de 2019, Universidade dos Açores.É bem conhecido que os trituradores desempenham um papel crucial no processamento de matéria orgânica.
Balibrea Escobar, Ana
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Photocaged Oxytocin and Vasopressin Probes to Decipher Neuropeptide Signalling With High Spatiotemporal Resolution

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, EarlyView.
Novel and biocompatible photoactivatable oxytocin and vasopressin probes, utilising state‐of‐the‐art photocages, remain inactive in the dark. Light exposure facilitates rapid spatiotemporal receptor activation and phospholipase C (PLC)‐mediated downstream signalling. Figure created in https://BioRender.com.
Konstantin Raabe, Predrag Kalaba, Xuan Ling Hilary Yong, Greta Crudeli, Sarah Melzer, Erik Keimpema, Victor Anggono, Markus Muttenthaler   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Super-scavengers: Vertebrates outperform invertebrates and microbes at removing carrion from a tropical forest

Global Ecology and Conservation
Scavenging by vertebrates is an important ecosystem service as they are known to remove carrion more efficiently than other taxa. How long would carrion persist bereft of vertebrate scavengers?
Bhavya Iyer, Sutirtha Dutta, Qamar Qureshi, Yadvendradev V. Jhala   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional models from limited data: A parametric and multimodal approach to anatomy and 3D kinematics of feeding in basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, Brugden [Squalus maximus], Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, 1765, vol. 3, pp. 33–49), feed by gaping their mouths and gill slits, greatly reorienting their cranial skeletons to filter food from water.
Tairan Li, Mike Schindler, Martha Paskin, Venkata A. Surapaneni, Elliott Scott, Sabine Hauert, Nicholas Payne, David E. Cade, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Frederik H. Mollen, Daniel Baum, Sean Hanna, Mason N. Dean   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amphibian Contributions to Ecosystem Services [PDF]

, 2014
Ecosystems provide essential services for human society, which include provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services. Amphibians provide provisioning services by serving as a food source for some human societies ...
Babbitt, Kimberly J., Hocking, Daniel J.
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On Reverse Engineering in the Cognitive and Brain Sciences [PDF]

, 2012
Various research initiatives try to utilize the operational principles of organisms and brains to develop alternative, biologically inspired computing paradigms and artificial cognitive systems.
Schierwagen, Andreas
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Meta-analysis reveals that vertebrates enhance plant litter decomposition at the global scale

Nature Ecology & Evolution
Evidence is mounting that vertebrate defaunation greatly impacts global biogeochemical cycling. Yet, there is no comprehensive assessment of the potential vertebrate influence over plant decomposition, despite litter decay being one of the largest global carbon fluxes.
Tuo, Bin, García-Palacios, Pablo, Guo, Chao, Yan, En-Rong, Berg, Matty P, Cornelissen, Johannes H C   +5 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Multi‐method analysis for the three‐dimensional reconstruction of muscle fascicles from DiceCT datasets

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Muscle architecture is a major determinant of muscle performance and, in mammalian lineages, has been correlated with both feeding ecology and locomotor behaviors. Over the past decade, contrast‐enhanced micro‐CT (DiceCT) has emerged as an alternative to traditional dissection‐based measurement.
Aleksandra Ratkiewicz, Michael C. Granatosky, Cassidy E. Davis, Julia Molnar, Adam Hartstone‐Rose, Edwin Dickinson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Directed endozoochorous dispersal by scavengers facilitate sexual reproduction in otherwise clonal plants at cadaver sites

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The regeneration niche of many plant species involves spatially and temporally unpredictable disturbances, called recruitment windows of opportunity. However, even species with clear dispersal adaptations such as fleshy berries may not successfully reach
Mie Prik Arnberg, Shane C. Frank, Rakel Blaalid, Marie Louise Davey, Amy Elizabeth Eycott, Sam M. J. G. Steyaert   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Culture-independent analyses of carrion beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) secretion bacterial communities

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
In the central plains of North America, the beetle family Silphidae comprised two subfamilies, Silphinae and Nicrophorinae, differentiated by reproductive behaviors.
Carrie J. Pratt, Casey H. Meili, Noha H. Youssef, W. Wyatt Hoback   +3 more
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