Shen, Ting Song, Liang Collart, Flavien Guisan, Antoine Su, Yang Hu, Hai-Xia Wu, Yi Dong, Jin-Long Vanderpoorten, Alain
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Epiphytes typically exhibit clustered distribution patterns, but predicting the spatial variation of their distribution at fine scales has long been a challenge. Taking advantage of a canopy crane giving access to 1.1 ha of lowland seasonal rainforest in Yunnan (China), we assess here which factors promote the probability that a given tree hosts ep...
Mevorach, Yaly Scheinin, Aviad Galili, Ori Santostasi, Nina Luisa Tchernov, Dan
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Frontiers in Marine Science
The most eastern population of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the Mediterranean Sea inhabits the southern coastal waters of Israel. They are mainly observed in the shallow waters off Ashdod and Ashkelon, between the 15-30 m isobaths, with no reported observations north or west of this area. These dolphins were observed and studied year-roun...
Elati, Khawla Khbou, Médiha Khamassi Kahl, Olaf Mwacharo, Joram M El Shamaa, Khaled Rekik, Mourad Darghouth, Mohamed Aziz Gharbi, Mohamed
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Veterinary parasitology, regional studies and reports
The present study aimed to investigate the activity dynamics of Ixodes ricinus group ticks in a forest located in north-western Tunisia (Aïn Draham, Jendouba District) and assess the variation of abiotic factors (temperature, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and relative humidity) during one year survey from September 2016 to August 2017 usin...
Lees, Alexander C. Haskell, Lucy Allinson, Tris Bezeng, Simeon B. Burfield, Ian J. Renjifo, Luis Miguel Rosenberg, Kenneth V. Viswanathan, Ashwin Butchart, Stuart H.M.
We present an overview of the global spatiotemporal distribution of avian biodiversity, changes in our knowledge of that biodiversity, and the extent to which it is imperilled. Birds are probably the most completely inventoried large taxonomic class of organisms, permitting a uniquely detailed understanding of how the Anthropocene has shaped their ...
Li, Sheng-Jun Hu, He Li, Gang Wang, Rui Zhao, Jian-Ning Zhang, Gui-Long Xiu, Wei-Ming
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The emerging environment-associated issues due to the overuse of inorganic fertilizers in agricultural production are of global concern despite the benefit of high yields. Eco-friendly organic materials with the capability to fertilize soil are encouraged to partially replace mineral fertilizer. The N cycle conducted by soil microorganisms is the m...
Hostetter, Nathan J Regehr, Eric V Wilson, Ryan R Royle, J Andrew Converse, Sarah J
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Ecology
Animal movement is a fundamental ecological process affecting the survival and reproduction of individuals, the structure of populations, and the dynamics of communities. Methods to quantify animal movement and spatiotemporal abundances, however, are generally separate and therefore omit linkages between individual-level and population-level proces...
Emmet, Robert L Augustine, Ben C Abrahms, Briana Rich, Lindsey N Gardner, Beth
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Ecology
Group living in species can have complex consequences for individuals, populations, and ecosystems. Therefore, estimating group density and size is often essential for understanding population dynamics, interspecific interactions, and conservation needs of group-living species. Spatial capture-recapture (SCR) has been used to model both individual ...
Gardner, Beth McClintock, Brett T Converse, Sarah J Hostetter, Nathan J
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Ecology
Over the last decade, spatial capture-recapture (SCR) models have become widespread for estimating demographic parameters in ecological studies. However, the underlying assumptions about animal movement and space use are often not realistic. This is a missed opportunity because interesting ecological questions related to animal space use, habitat s...
Sekiranda, Stephen Gandhi, Pabire
To better understand the gastropod community dynamics of fresh water snails in the Upper Victoria Nile (UVN), the spatial and temporal abundance changes in gastropod assemblage were assessed biannually from April 2006 to April 2021 at three transects. Biannual abundances of gastropoda were obtained by a ponar grab to examine changes in their commun...
Hora, Manpreet
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Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics
Servitization refers to firms that sell an “outcome-as-a-service”, rather than just a physical product. In this study, we first examine how servitization has enabled companies such as Netflix to disrupt industries and transition from offering finite products to delivering relatively abundant services? Second, as firms embark upon servitization, val...
