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... Destruction of natural habitats for tree plantations is a major threat to wildlife. These novel environments elicit behavioural changes that can either be detrimental or beneficial to survival and reproduction, with population—and community—level consequences. However, compared to well documented changes following other forms of habitat modification, we know little about wildlife behavioural respo ...
... Wild edible plants (WEPs) can be defined as native species that grow and reproduce naturally in their natural habitat without being cultivated [...] ...
habitats, etc ; endangered species; habitat destruction; Show all 3 Subjects
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... Habitat banking in its many iterations is an established and popular mechanism to deliver environmental offsets. The United States can look back at over 30 years of banking experience with the underlying framework and policies being consistently updated and improved. Given the increased demand in habitat banking, we provide insights into how bank area capacity is distributed across the United Stat ...
... Accurate and precise monitoring of the absolute density (i.e., number of fish per area or volume unit) of exploited fish stocks would be strongly advisable for deriving stock status and for designing proper management plans. Moreover, monitoring should be achieved at relevant (i.e., sufficiently large) temporal and spatial scales. This objective is particularly challenging for data-poor fisheries, ...
habitats, etc ; Chiroptera; species richness; Hispaniola; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Hispaniola shows the highest environmental heterogeneity among the Greater Antilles mainly due to its complex land relief, encompassing a high ecosystemic heterogeineity, and bats as one o the most representative group of vertebrates. However, the island remains the least studied in the greater Antilles. In this work, we present a first comprehensive approach to the distribution of chiropterans of ...
... The species of Theriophonum minutum (Willd.) Baillon, was recorded for the first time in Raichur district of Karnataka, India. Previously, this Theriophonum species was reported from various parts of country such as Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. This species can be easily recognized by its habit and position of sterile flowers and staminate flowers in the spadix. A ...
... AbstractThirty-eight species of Isopoda, belonging to 13 families and 29 genera, are listed from Kuwait based on previous literature records (of 17 species) and collections carried out along Kuwait’s coastal and subtidal zones during the present study. The majority of species belongs to the suborder Cymothoida (23), followed by Sphaeromatidea (9), Oniscidea (3), Valvifera (2), and Asellota (1). I ...
habitats, etc ; Dytiscidae; aedeagus; conservation areas; Germany; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The diving beetle Laccornis oblongus (Stephens, 1835) is recorded for the first time from Bavaria, southern Germany, which marks the most south-westerly record of the species known to date. Three specimens were collected in the Murnauer Moos nature reserve in Upper Bavaria. We summarize what is known about the species habitat in Germany and provide photographs of the sampling site and habitus, med ...
habitats, etc ; Neotropics; biodiversity; climate change; extinction; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The contraction of the amount of suitable habitat due to climate change can result in a species becoming threatened with extinction. Strong evidence supports that this effect will be pronounced for several species of small mammals in the near future. We address these issues using the ensemble technique to generate potential distribution models for Neotropical marsupials associated with aquatic env ...
habitats, etc ; biodiversity; forests; soil; topography; China; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Species-area relationships (SARs), also known as species-area curves, are fundamental scaling tools for biodiversity research. Sampling design and taxonomic groups affect the widely cited forms of species-area curves. However, the influence of sampling design and related environmental heterogeneity on SAR curves is rarely considered. Here, we investigated the SAR among different plant life forms ( ...
habitats, etc ; Batrachium; Ranunculus; hybrids; rivers; Europe; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Ranunculus species grouped in the section Batrachium (water crowfoots) indicate the most valuable fluvial habitat in Europe under the EU Habitats Directive, and recognition of their environmental preferences plays a crucial role in efficient conservation. Moreover, water crowfoots are used in various monitoring systems throughout Europe. The aim of this study was to identify the distribution patte ...
habitats, etc ; humans; livestock; natural history; wildlife; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Studies of the epidemiology of arthropod-borne viruses are based on understanding whether a given virus is found in a particular location or locations, how prevalent the virus is in that area, which vertebrate hosts serve as reservoirs of the virus, the relationship between the size of the populations of these reservoirs and the prevalence of the virus and, of course, whether the virus causes huma ...
habitats, etc ; databases; rivers; surface water; surveys; Greece; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The ecological assessment of all surface water bodies in Europe according to the Water Framework Directive involves the monitoring of biological, physicochemical and hydromorphological quality elements. For the hydromorphological assessment in particular, there are numerous methods that have been developed and adopted by EU member countries. With this study, we compared three different methods (Ri ...
habitats, etc ; Actinocyclus; Bacillariophyceae; Oligocene epoch; Pacific Ocean; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Actinocyclus asteriscus, a notable species with star-like hyaline rays on the valves discovered in Oligocene sediments from the central Pacific Ocean, has been examined in detail with light and scanning electron microscopy. Its unique appearance with complete hyaline rays helps the initial identification of diatom valves in the microscope. The taxonomic relationships between A. asteriscus and spec ...
habitats, etc ; ancestry; cannibalism; conspecificity; diet; herpetology; predation; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Cannibalism involves killing and consuming an individual of the same species. Different factors modulate cannibalism, and here we explored whether the diet diversity would mediate the cannibalism propensity in Microlophus lizards. We compiled the available information on diet and cannibalism of the 22 Microlophus species. We found that there is a relatively high incidence of cannibalism within Mic ...
habitats, etc ; bioinformatics; heat transfer; irradiation; models; temperature; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The effectiveness of engineering systems at livestock enterprises is shown to be determined by the possibility of creating the required conditions where young animals are kept in interaction with external temperature parameters of their habitat. (Research purpose) The research aims to evaluate and choose a rational method for calculating radiant heat transfer in a system of surfaces with an arbitr ...
habitats, etc ; Yucca brevifolia; basins; viability; Mojave Desert; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia, Y. jaegeriana) is a large, evergreen monocot distributed patchily across the southwestern United States. The plant occurs on alluvial fans, plains, and bajadas primarily in the Mojave Desert, but populations can also be found in the Great Basin and Sonoran Deserts. Named by the Mormon pioneers for the branching, supplicating arms reaching toward the sky, the spec ...
habitats, etc ; Callosciurus; Japan; forests; invasive species; squirrels; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The distribution of invasive alien Pallas’s squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus) has expanded mainly toward the southeast with continuous forest in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Recently, however, squirrels have been sighted in residential areas with only a few green spaces. We examined the habitat selection of squirrels in a city with small fragmented green spaces by censusing the animals along a 6. ...
habitats, etc ; food webs; geographical distribution; humans; streams; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Mechanisms linked to demographic, biogeographic, and food‐web processes thought to underpin community stability could be affected by habitat size, but the effects of habitat size on community stability remain relatively unknown. We investigated whether those habitat‐size‐dependent properties influenced community instability and vulnerability to perturbations caused by disturbance. This is particul ...
habitats, etc ; Protozoa; community structure; landscapes; mortality; risk; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, highlighting the urgent requirement for well-designed protected areas. Design tactics previously proposed to promote biodiversity include enhancing the number, connectivity, and heterogeneity of reserve patches. However, how the importance of these features changes depending on what the conservation objective is remains poorly understood. Here we ...