Mitogenomic and Metabarcoding Resources for the Study and Conservation of Keystone Neotropical Raptors [0.03%]
Diego De Panis,Octavio Priotto,Julián Padró
Diego De Panis
Neotropical raptors are among the most threatened birds, facing increasing extinction risks due to habitat loss and human persecution. Despite their importance for ecosystem stability, basic data on their distribution, abundance, and geneti...
Predicting Road Encounter Hotspots for Infrequently Detected Species Using Opportunistic Data: A Case Study With Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) [0.03%]
Sean G Jackson,Alexandra J Burrows,Glenn Johnson et al.
Sean G Jackson et al.
For road mitigation measures to prevent roadkill and conserve landscape connectivity to be effective, the measures must be located where animals are most likely to encounter roads. However, accurate identification of road encounter hotspots...
Seasonal Dietary Changes Drive Adaptive Responses in the Gut Microbiota and Function of Myotis chinensis [0.03%]
Ruohan Xiong,Jing Li,Ke Wang et al.
Ruohan Xiong et al.
Gut microbiota play a crucial regulatory role in host energy metabolism and environmental adaptation, with their composition and function significantly influenced by dietary shifts. This study employed high-throughput sequencing to analyze ...
Qingfeng Xu,Kai Guo,Jintao Zhao et al.
Qingfeng Xu et al.
Freezing-thawing cycle (FTC) event plays a significant role in the regions with relative higher altitude and latitude, which is judged based on soil temperature. It affects soil environment and ecosystem productivity by altering soil physic...
Adjacent Forests Enhance Spontaneous Revegetation and Phylogenetic Similarity on Mountainous Roadside Slopes: Implications for Ecological Restoration and Forest Edge Management [0.03%]
Kun-Rong Qin,Zi-Zhuo Wang,Feng-Ping Yang et al.
Kun-Rong Qin et al.
Unstable roadside slopes in mountainous forested regions pose significant challenges for ecological restoration and the maintenance of forest ecosystem integrity. While passive (spontaneous) vegetation recovery offers a low-cost and sustain...
Alyssa N Olson,Vigdis Vandvik,Sehoya Cotner et al.
Alyssa N Olson et al.
In contemporary higher education, teachers and administrators must make choices about how best to allocate resources for maximum benefit. In many STEM fields, this has led to closer scrutiny of many costly offerings, such as laboratory and ...
Leaf Economics and Local Adaptation: Genetic and Plastic Responses Within Mediterranean Annual Species to Macro- and Microclimatic Aridity Gradients [0.03%]
Ruchi Tiwari,Francine Hellmanzik,Florian Gade et al.
Ruchi Tiwari et al.
Understanding how plants adjust to changing rainfall and intensified drought is vital, particularly in the Mediterranean region. The Leaf Economics Spectrum (LES) framework distinguishes fast-growing plants with high specific leaf area (SLA...
Where We Go From Here: Harnessing Queer Perspectives to Advance Practice in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology [0.03%]
Madeline G Eppley,Robert J Dellinger,Leila Curtis et al.
Madeline G Eppley et al.
In this manuscript, we invite the field of ecology and evolutionary biology (EEB) to interrogate our relationship with society at large, consider the perspective of queer scientists, and take action to produce more accurate and objective sc...
Estimation of Parental Abundance Using Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling With Data Augmentation [0.03%]
Benjamin Marcy-Quay,Nicholas M Sard
Benjamin Marcy-Quay
Pedigree-based estimation methods leverage the fact that each offspring in a cohort is genotypically "marked" by its parents and represent a recent and promising toolset for estimating population dynamics. This includes pedigree accumulatio...
Maria Dance,Erin E Saupe,Alex Farnsworth et al.
Maria Dance et al.
Rangifer tarandus L. plays a key role in Arctic ecosystems as the most numerous and widespread large herbivore. Sea ice is vital for maintaining genetic connectivity in Arctic islands, yet the historical role of sea ice in shaping R. tarand...