Fenetahun, Yeneayehu Yong-dong, Wang You, Yuan Xinwen, Xu
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundThe gradual conversion of rangelands into other land use types is one of the main challenges affecting the sustainable management of rangelands in Teltele. This study aimed to examine the changes, drivers, trends in land use and land cover (LULC), to determine the link between the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and forage b...
Peuker, Manon A. Burger, Hannah Krausch, Sabrina Neumüller, Ulrich Ayasse, Manfred Kuppler, Jonas
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundIn flowering communities, plant species commonly share pollinators and therefore plant individuals receive heterospecific pollen (HP). However, the patterns of HP transfers can deviate from patterns of plant-pollinator visitations. Although flower-visitor interactions are known to be mediated by floral traits, e.g. floral size or nectar t...
Wright, Patrick G. R. Newton, Jason Agnelli, Paolo Budinski, Ivana Di Salvo, Ivy Flaquer, Carles Fulco, Antonio Georgiakakis, Panagiotis Martinoli, Adriano Mas, Maria
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundThe Schreiber’s bat, Miniopterus schreibersii, is adapted to long-distance flight, yet long distance movements have only been recorded sporadically using capture-mark-recapture. In this study, we used the hydrogen isotopic composition of 208 wing and 335 fur specimens from across the species' European range to test the hypothesis that the...
Jiang, Xianfeng Xie, Yanping
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundPollen limitation occurs widely and has an important effect on flowering plants. The East Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains region is a global biodiversity hotspot. However, to our knowledge, no study has synthetically assessed the degree of pollen limitation in this area. The present study aims to reveal the degree of pollen limitation for the...
Mekonen, Sefi
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BMC Ecology
Human–wildlife conflict occurs when the needs and behavior of wildlife impact negatively on humans or when humans negatively affect the needs of wildlife. To explore the nature, causes and mitigations of human wildlife conflict, the coexistence between human and wildlife assessment was conducted around Bale Mountains National Park. Data were collec...
Kutcherov, Dmitry
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundThe thermal plasticity of life-history traits receives wide attention in the recent biological literature. Of all the temperature-dependent traits studied, developmental rates of ectotherms are especially often addressed, and yet surprisingly little is known about embryonic responses to temperature, including changes in the thermal thresh...
Karimi, Sorour Hemami, Mahmoud-Reza Tarkesh Esfahani, Mostafa Baltzinger, Christophe
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundVertebrate-mediated seed dispersal is probably the main long distance dispersal mode. Through endozoochory, large mammals act as mobile links between habitats within and among forest patches. Along with other factors, their feeding regimes do affect their contribution as dispersal vectors. We conducted a cross-species comparative experime...
Saffariha, Maryam Jahani, Ali Potter, Daniel
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundSalvia is a large, diverse, and polymorphous genus of the family Lamiaceae, comprising about 900 ornamentals, medicinal species with almost cosmopolitan distribution in the world. The success of Salvia limbata seed germination depends on a numerous ecological factors and stresses. We aimed to analyze Salvia limbata seed germination under ...
van Hoesel, Willem Santiago-Alarcon, Diego Marzal, Alfonso Renner, Swen C.
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundForest habitats are important biodiversity refuges for a wide variety of bird species. Parasitism may modulate host species presence and abundance, and parasite effects can change according to forest management practices. Such processes are not well studied in vector-borne avian haemosporidians. We analyzed the effects of forest managemen...
Zhuo, Zhihang Xu, Danping Pu, Biao Wang, Rulin Ye, Meng
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundWith the growth of economic benefits brought by Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim. and the increasing market demand, this species has been widely introduced and cultivated in China. It is important to scientifically select suitable areas for artificial planting and promotion, and to understand the status and potential of Z. bungeanum resources....
