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🍁 Leaf Trait Variability and CSR Strategy Shifts in Mediterranean Woody Species along an Edaphic Gradient

👥 Khalil Kadaoui et al.
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Leaf Trait Variability and CSR Strategy Shifts in Mediterranean Woody Species along an Edaphic Gradient Plant species in Mediterranean ecosystems are expected to exhibit diverse responses to environmental stresses such as climate aridity and challenging soil conditions by adopting various functional strategies. However, intraspecific variability at the local scale has received insufficient attention i...

🔥 Dozer Line Impacts to Vegetation Recovery Post-Wildfire

👥 Kristen M. Kaczynski
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🌱 Uncertainties in Plant Species Niche Modeling under Climate Change Scenarios

👥 Isabel Passos et al.
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Uncertainties in Plant Species Niche Modeling under Climate Change Scenarios Species distribution models (SDMs) have been used to forecast the impact of climate change on species’ potential distribution, with results that might support decisions for conservation and biodiversity management. Despite their vulnerability to parameterization and data quality input, SDM use has...

🌱 Interactive Effects of Resting Time and Seed-Based Restoration on Community Development and Successional Trajectories in High-Andean Grasslands Degraded by Lepidium meyenii Cultivation

👥 Richard Peñaloza et al.
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Interactive Effects of Resting Time and Seed-Based Restoration on Community Development and Successional Trajectories in High-Andean Grasslands Degraded by Lepidium meyenii Cultivation High-Andean grasslands in the Central Andes of Peru are severely degraded by Lepidium meyenii (maca) cultivation, compromising pasture structure and forage availability for sustainable livestock production. A factorial field experiment evaluated restoration timing and pasture-oriented seed mixtures....

🦌 Feeding Ecology of the Endangered Barbary Deer (Mammalia: Cervidae) in the Akfadou Forest Enclosure, North Algeria

👥 Nassima Khammes-Talbi et al.
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Feeding Ecology of the Endangered Barbary Deer (Mammalia: Cervidae) in the Akfadou Forest Enclosure, North Algeria | MDPI The last native population of Barbary deer (Cervus elaphus barbarus) lives across the northern border of Algeria and Tunisia; its small population size and global-change pressures limit conservation options, and basic habitat requirements, including diet, remain poorly known.

🐟 Hidden Fish Assemblages in Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica Meadows Are Less Diverse and Abundant than in the Cryptic Spaces of Neighboring Habitats

👥 Marcelo Kovačić et al.
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Hidden Fish Assemblages in Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica Meadows Are Less Diverse and Abundant than in the Cryptic Spaces of Neighboring Habitats The present research provides the first quantitative comparison of the hidden fish assemblages in Posidonia meadows and neighboring non-Posidonia habitats. The data and samples were collected at sixty sampling points at three locations on the south side of Brač Island in the eastern Adriatic Sea fr...

🌱 Rhizosphere Microbiomes Mediating Abiotic Stress Mitigation for Improved Plant Nutrition

👥 Bartholomew Saanu Adeleke et al.
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🐺 Beyond the Howl: An Acoustic Framework for Wolf Monitoring and Pack-Composition Inference

👥 Pietro Orlando et al.

"This study evaluates bioacoustic monitoring to estimate wolf population size and detect packs and pups based on howling activity, using recordings collected from free-ranging wolves in four different study areas in Denmark."

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Beyond the Howl: An Acoustic Framework for Wolf Monitoring and Pack-Composition Inference Effective wolf monitoring is more critical than ever for supporting robust population estimates, identifying breeding packs, and anticipating and mitigating attacks on livestock. This study evaluates bioacoustic monitoring to estimate wolf population size and detect packs and pups based on howling a...

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🐬 Exploring mtDNA Databases to Evaluate the Population Structure and Genetic Diversity of Tursiops truncatus in the Atlantic Ocean: Implications for the Conservation of a Small, Offshore Population

👥 Brenda Godoy Alexandre et al.
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Exploring mtDNA Databases to Evaluate the Population Structure and Genetic Diversity of Tursiops truncatus in the Atlantic Ocean: Implications for the Conservation of a Small, Offshore Population Inshore and offshore bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, ecotypes were distinguished through genetics, distribution, diet, morphology, diversity, and social behaviors. Although T. truncatus is a widely studied species, few studies have focused on offshore populations. Offshore biodiversity is fr...