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1. Computational methods for chromosome-scale haplotype reconstruction

Author:
Garg, Shilpa
Source:
Genome biology 2021 v.22 no.1 pp. 101
ISSN:
1474-760X
Subject:
biodiversity; diploidy; genetic variation; genome; haplotypes; metagenomics; polyploidy
Abstract:
... High-quality chromosome-scale haplotype sequences of diploid genomes, polyploid genomes, and metagenomes provide important insights into genetic variation associated with disease and biodiversity. However, whole-genome short read sequencing does not yield haplotype information spanning whole chromosomes directly. Computational assembly of shorter haplotype fragments is required for haplotype recon ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13059-021-02328-9

2. Ecological connectivity in fragmented agricultural landscapes and the importance of scattered trees and small patches

Author:
Tiang, Darrel Chin Fung; Morris, Andrew; Bell, Mathew; Gibbins, Christopher N.; Azhar, Badrul; Lechner, Alex M.
Source:
Ecological processes 2021 v.10 no.1 pp. 20
ISSN:
2192-1709
Subject:
agricultural landscapes; biodiversity; biological corridors; ecosystems; habitat destruction; habitats; humans; land cover; land use; pastures; path analysis; risk; roadsides; watersheds; woodlands
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Fragmentation and habitat loss can restrict species movement and reduce connectivity, negatively impacting biodiversity. Characterising the overall connectivity of an area can inform better management of human modified landscapes. Contemporary connectivity modelling methods seldom incorporate fine-scale movement patterns associated with movement between fine-scaled structural connectiv ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13717-021-00284-7

3. Environmental filtering and spatial processes equally contributed to macroinvertebrate metacommunity dynamics in the highly urbanized river networks in Shenzhen, South China

Author:
Liu, Zhenyuan; Zhou, Tingting; Cui, Yongde; Li, Zhengfei; Wang, Weimin; Chen, Yushun; Xie, Zhicai
Source:
Ecological processes 2021 v.10 no.1 pp. 23
ISSN:
2192-1709
Subject:
Mollusca; Odonata; biodiversity; biological assessment; community structure; habitats; macroinvertebrates; rivers; seasonal variation; surveys; urbanization; water flow; water quality; China
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Disentangling the relative roles of environmental filtering and spatial processes in structuring ecological communities is a central topic in metacommunity ecology. Metacommunity ecology in the temperate river ecosystems has been well developed, while less attention has been paid to subtropical urban river networks. Here, we examined the ecological factors and seasonal difference in st ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13717-021-00297-2

4. Ethnoecology of miriti (Mauritia flexuosa, L.f.) fruit extraction in the Brazilian Amazon: knowledge and practices of riverine peoples contribute to the biodiversity conservation

Author:
Barros, Flávio Bezerra; de Sousa, Fagner Freires; de Andrade, Josiele Pantoja; Ramos, Fabrício Menezes; Vieira-da-Silva, Camila
Source:
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine 2021 v.17 no.1 pp. 3
ISSN:
1746-4269
Subject:
Euterpe oleracea; Mauritia flexuosa; biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; classification; cutting; extraction; face; floodplains; fruits; history; indigenous knowledge; interviews; management systems; people; pressure; public policy; riparian areas; supply balance; traditional medicine; traditions; Amazonia; Brazil
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: This article presents, from an ethnoecological perspective, the worldviews, traditional knowledge, and cultural practices of Amazonian riverine people involved in the extraction of miriti fruits (Mauritia flexuosa L.f.), in a context of increasing market demand for miriti fruits and of pressure for the intensification of açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) production on the Sirituba island, ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13002-020-00430-z

5. Gap analysis of DNA barcoding in ERMS reference libraries for ascidians and cnidarians

Author:
Paz, Guy; Rinkevich, Baruch
Source:
Environmental sciences Europe 2021 v.33 no.1 pp. 4
ISSN:
2190-4707
Subject:
Anthozoa; Ascidiacea; DNA barcoding; Hydrozoa; barcoding; biodiversity; chemical elements; compliance; data collection; ecosystems; environmental science; information; inventories; knowledge; libraries; monitoring; organisms; quality control; storage; water; Europe
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: All-inclusive DNA-barcoding libraries in the storage and analysis platform of the BOLD (Barcode of Life Data) system are essential for the study of the marine biodiversity and are pertinent for regulatory purposes, including ecosystem monitoring and assessment, such as in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Here, we ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12302-020-00449-9

6. Predicting invasion potential of Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) Irwin & Barneby under the changing climate in Africa

Author:
Weldemariam, Elias Ch.; Dejene, Sintayehu W.
Source:
Ecological processes 2021 v.10 no.1 pp. 5
ISSN:
2192-1709
Subject:
biodiversity; climate change; ecosystems; geographical distribution; habitats; invasive species; issues and policy; model validation; models; shrubs; statistics; topography; Eastern Africa; Southern Africa
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Senna didymobotrya is a native African flowering shrub. It is suspected that climate change encourages the introduction and spread of invasive alien species. The possible invasion of S. didymobotrya across the continent is expected to increase in the future due to ongoing climate change. Nonetheless, there is still paucity of empirical evidence on the extent to which the changing clima ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13717-020-00277-y

7. Promoting traditional foods for human and environmental health: lessons from agroecology and Indigenous communities in Ecuador

Author:
Deaconu, Ana; Mercille, Geneviève; Batal, Malek
Source:
BMC nutrition 2021 v.7 no.1 pp. 1
ISSN:
2055-0928
Subject:
agroecology; biodiversity; diet recall; education; environmental health; farms; focus groups; food frequency questionnaires; food security; humans; income; indigenous peoples; markets; rural population; surveys; sustainable agriculture; traditional foods; Ecuador
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: The displacement of traditional dietary practices is associated with negative nutritional consequences for rural Indigenous people, who already face the brunt of both nutritional inadequacies and excesses. Traditional food (TF) consumption and production practices can improve nutritional security by mitigating disruptive dietary transitions, providing nutrients and improving agricultur ...
DOI:
10.1186/s40795-020-00395-y

8. The impact of antimicrobials on the efficiency of methane fermentation of sewage sludge, changes in microbial biodiversity and the spread of antibiotic resistance

Author:
Czatzkowska, Małgorzata; Harnisz, Monika; Korzeniewska, Ewa; Rusanowska, Paulina; Bajkacz, Sylwia; Felis, Ewa; Jastrzębski, Jan P.; Paukszto, Łukasz; Koniuszewska, Izabela
Source:
Journal of hazardous materials 2021 v.416 pp. 125773
ISSN:
0304-3894
Subject:
Bacteroidetes; Firmicutes; Proteobacteria; amoxicillin; anaerobic digestion; antibiotic resistance; biodiversity; cefuroxime; ciprofloxacin; fermentation; integrases; methane; methanogens; metronidazole; nalidixic acid; sewage sludge; sulfamethoxazole; tetracycline
Abstract:
... The study was designed to simultaneously evaluate the influence of high doses (512–1024 µg/g) the most commonly prescribed antimicrobials on the efficiency of anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge, qualitative and quantitative changes in microbial consortia responsible for the fermentation process, the presence of methanogenic microorganisms, and the fate of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). The ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125773

9. Criteria to select vegetal species for restoration of plant-pollinator interactions in agricultural landscapes of the Pampa grassland (Argentina)

Author:
Sabatino Malena,; Meli, Paula; Rovere, Adriana
Source:
Acta oecologica 2021 v.111 pp. 103710
ISSN:
1146-609X
Subject:
Baccharis; Eryngium; biodiversity; case studies; data collection; flowers; grasslands; indigenous species; pollination; Argentina
Abstract:
... Ecological functions, including pollination services, can be successfully restored in degraded ecosystems. In this study we propose a procedure for selection of target species to be employed in the restoration of plant-pollinator interactions in agricultural landscapes, which is illustrated by a case study located in the Tandilia System, in the Southern Pampa grasslands of Argentina. Based on info ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.actao.2021.103710

10. Drivers of songbird territory density in the boundaries of a lowland arable farm

Author:
Tresise, Megan E.; Biffi, Sofia; Field, Rob H.; Firbank, Les G.
Source:
Acta oecologica 2021 v.111 pp. 103720
ISSN:
1146-609X
Subject:
Brassica napus; Carduelis chloris; Emberiza citrinella; Sylvia communis; agricultural land; biodiversity; data collection; farms; habitats; roadsides; songbirds; trees
Abstract:
... Conventional farming in the UK has had adverse effects on farmland biodiversity, particularly during post-war intensification of agriculture. Efforts have been made in the reversal of these effects, with much of the literature reporting a mixture of findings. At a localised scale, these efforts have been noticeable with RSPB Hope Farm observing a 200% increase in bird territory numbers from 2000 t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.actao.2021.103720

11. Fermented food products in the era of globalization: tradition meets biotechnology innovations

Author:
Galimberti, Andrea; Bruno, Antonia; Agostinetto, Giulia; Casiraghi, Maurizio; Guzzetti, Lorenzo; Labra, Massimo
Source:
Current opinion in biotechnology 2021 v.70 pp. 36-41
ISSN:
0958-1669
Subject:
biodiversity; bioinformatics; biotechnology; evolution; fermentation; fermented foods; food security; globalization; microbial ecology; nutritive value
Abstract:
... Omics tools offer the opportunity to characterize and trace traditional and industrial fermented foods. Bioinformatics, through machine learning, and other advanced statistical approaches, are able to disentangle fermentation processes and to predict the evolution and metabolic outcomes of a food microbial ecosystem. By assembling microbial artificial consortia, the biotechnological advances will ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.copbio.2020.10.006

12. One northward, one southward: Contrasting biogeographical history in two benthic freshwater fish genera across Southeast Asia (Teleostei: Cobitoidea: Nemacheilus, Pangio)

Author:
Šlechtová, Vendula; Musilova, Zuzana; Tan, Heok Hui; Kottelat, Maurice; Bohlen, Jörg
Source:
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2021 v.161 pp. 107139
ISSN:
1055-7903
Subject:
; Borneo; Nemacheilus; Pangio; biodiversity; freshwater; freshwater fish; geographical distribution; indigenous species; monophyly; pigmentation; polyphyly; India; Indochina; Indonesia
Abstract:
... Southeast Asia is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, and the high level of diversity and endemism was reached by colonisation events as well as internal diversification. We investigate the phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history of the loach genus Nemacheilus, which is widely distributed and common across freshwaters of Southeast Asia. In addition we present the ancestral range ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107139

13. Wildness, infinity and freedom

Author:
Child, Matthew F.
Source:
Ecological economics 2021 v.186 pp. 107055
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
biodiversity; catalysts; cognition; ecological economics; income; space and time
Abstract:
... Biodiversity risks losing relevance in an increasingly urbanised, unequal and disembodied world. Beyond basic material needs, we might gain the greatest well-being from eudaimonia – the freedom to flourish and live meaningfully. Immersion in nature improves the fundamentals of eudaimonia: psychological, emotional and social health. This presents an opportunity to re-frame biodiversity from a passi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107055

14. Unexpected functional complementarity from non-bee pollinators enhances cotton yield

Author:
Cusser, Sarah; Haddad, Nick M.; Jha, Shalene
Source:
Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2021 v.314 pp. 107415
ISSN:
0167-8809
Subject:
agriculture; agroecosystems; biodiversity; cotton; dominant species; ecological function; ecosystem services; environment; meta-analysis; pollination; profitability; Gulf of Mexico region; Texas
Abstract:
... While greater biodiversity is often assumed to predict greater ecological function, a number of recent meta-analyses have challenged this notion, arguing instead that a few dominant species can contribute the majority of ecological function provided in a given ecosystem. In the case of mobile ecosystem service providers, such as pollinating insects, the abundance and diversity of the most common t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agee.2021.107415

15. Beyond ecosystem services and nature's contributions: Is it time to leave utilitarian environmentalism behind?

Author:
Muradian, Roldan; Gómez-Baggethun, Erik
Source:
Ecological economics 2021 v.185 pp. 107038
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
biodiversity; conception; ecosystems; issues and policy; morality; sustainability science and engineering
Abstract:
... The Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) approach, developed as theoretical backdrop for the assessments of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), aims to provide a more inclusive discourse in sustainability science, while addressing some of the limitations of the ecosystem services (ES) framework. Some critical initial reactions to the NCP ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107038

16. Economic losses from natural disturbances in Norway spruce forests – A quantification using Monte-Carlo simulations

Author:
Knoke, Thomas; Gosling, Elizabeth; Thom, Dominik; Chreptun, Claudia; Rammig, Anja; Seidl, Rupert
Source:
Ecological economics 2021 v.185 pp. 107046
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
Picea abies; biodiversity; cost effectiveness; ecological economics; economic impact; forest damage; forest growth; forestry; forests; methodology
Abstract:
... Changing forest disturbance regimes pose a major challenge for current day forestry. Yet our understanding of the economic impacts of disturbances remains incomplete. Existing valuations of losses from natural disturbances commonly exclude extreme events and neglect impacts on standing timber. Here we develop a new methodology to assess the economic impact of natural disturbances addressing these ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107046

17. Land trust investments in land protection may increase philanthropic giving to conservation

Author:
Pinnschmidt, Arne A.; Hoogstra-Klein, Marjanke A.; Fovargue, Rachel; Le Bouille, Diane; Fisher, Maria; Harris, Jamal; Armsworth, Paul R.
Source:
Ecological economics 2021 v.185 pp. 107040
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
The Nature Conservancy; biodiversity; ecological economics; regression analysis
Abstract:
... Biodiversity worldwide has been declining rapidly in recent decades. Acquiring land for protection has been used as a main strategy to halt this decline. Conservation organizations commonly rely on spatial planning approaches to help identify priorities for land protection. These spatial planning approaches often assume that the overall amount of conservation funding is fixed, and that funds can b ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107040

18. Managing spatial sustainability trade-offs: The case of wind power

Author:
Lehmann, Paul; Ammermann, Kathrin; Gawel, Erik; Geiger, Charlotte; Hauck, Jennifer; Heilmann, Jörg; Meier, Jan-Niklas; Ponitka, Jens; Schicketanz, Sven; Stemmer, Boris; Tafarte, Philip; Thrän, Daniela; Wolfram, Elisabeth
Source:
Ecological economics 2021 v.185 pp. 107029
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
biodiversity; decision making; ecological economics; energy; power generation; stakeholders; wind power; Germany
Abstract:
... The deployment of onshore wind power involves spatial sustainability trade-offs, e.g., between the minimization of energy system costs, the mitigation of impacts on humans and biodiversity, and interregional equity concerns. We analyze challenges arising for decision-making if wind power generation capacity has to be allocated spatially in the presence of such trade-offs. The analysis is based on ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107029

19. Surprising Pseudogobius: Molecular systematics of benthic gobies reveals new insights into estuarine biodiversity (Teleostei: Gobiiformes)

Author:
Hammer, Michael P.; Adams, Mark; Unmack, Peter J.; Hassell, Kathryn L.; Bertozzi, Terry
Source:
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2021 v.160 pp. 107140
ISSN:
1055-7903
Subject:
; Gobiidae; biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; biogeography; coasts; environmental monitoring; estuaries; fauna; freshwater; habitats; indigenous species; introgression; latitude; mitochondria; molecular systematics; phylogeny; systematic review; tectonics; Australia
Abstract:
... Snubnose gobies (genus Pseudogobius: Gobionellinae) are ubiquitous to, and important components of, estuarine ecosystems of the Indo-west Pacific. These small benthic fishes occur in freshwater, brackish and marine habitats such as mangroves, sheltered tide pools and lowland streams, and represent a model group for understanding the biodiversity and biogeography of estuarine fauna. To develop the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107140

20. Trends in national biodiversity footprints of land use

Author:
Bjelle, Eivind Lekve; Kuipers, Koen; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard
Source:
Ecological economics 2021 v.185 pp. 107059
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
biodiversity; databases; ecological economics; food consumption; income; income elasticities; land use; regression analysis; time series analysis; South East Asia
Abstract:
... Rising incomes (and associated expenditures) have been shown to be a major driver of environmental problems. Lately, several studies have pointed to a break between the income driver and biodiversity loss on a per-capita level. The increase in land-use efficiency is pointed to as a key factor in this decoupling. However, a lot of the previous work on biodiversity footprints has been cross-sectiona ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107059