Shilereyo, Monica T. Magige, Flora J. Ogutu, Joseph O. Røskaft, Eivin
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Frontiers in Conservation Science
Land use, habitat suitability, and seasonality can fundamentally shape small-mammal abundance, species richness, diversity, evenness, and composition. However, how these characteristics of small mammals are determined by land use, habitat type, and rainfall seasonality is still poorly understood for most ecosystems. We analyze how land use (protect...
Peng, Yu Xin, Jiaxun Peng, Nanyi
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Species distribution, spatial distance, and neighboring interact6ions are among the most important drivers of global variation in plant species diversity. However, the effects of climate change on the relationship between spatial interactions and species diversity remain unknown. Here, we applied 12 machine learning models to assess the responses o...
Yu, Feng-Ming Lei, Lei Luangharn, Thatsanee Zhao, Qi Zhu, Ying-An
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Frontiers in Microbiology
Most species of Helvella have been described from temperate regions in Asia, Europe, and North America, but little is known about the genus from tropical regions. In this report, phylogenetic analyses of 11 newly collected saddle-like fungi from northern Thailand using three genetic markers [the nuclear large subunit ribosomal DNA (LSU), the heat s...
Zhao, Xin-Feng Li, Bo-Hui Shu, Wen-Sheng Hao, Yi-Qi
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Molecular ecology
The extremely high species diversity of soil bacterial community has fascinated and puzzled community ecologists. Although theory predicts that fluctuations in environments can facilitate diversity maintenance, the effects of fluctuating temperature on species diversity have rarely been investigated in species-rich microbial communities. Here, we e...
Jiang, Ri-Hong Liang, Si-Qi Wu, Fei Tang, Li-Ming Qin, Bo Chen, Ying-Ying Huang, Yao-Heng Li, Kai-Xiang Zhang, Xian-Chun
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Germplasm resources are the source of herbal medicine production. The cultivation of superior germplasm resources helps to resolve the conflict between long-term population persistence and growing market demand by consistently producing materials with high quality. The fern species Cibotium barometz is the original plant of cibotii rhizoma (“Gouji”...
Galobart, Cristina Ballesteros, Enric Golo, Raül Cebrian, Emma
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Frontiers in Marine Science
Active restoration actions are becoming increasingly common for the recovery of degraded ecosystems. However, establishing when an ecosystem is fully restored is rarely achieved, since the recovery of entire communities needs long-term trajectories. The lack of evidence of success is even more severe in marine ecosystems, especially in the context ...
Tie, Lu Lang, Zhao Deng, Li Junqiang, Zhao
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Open Life Sciences
Amongi, Winnyfred Nkalubo, Stanley T. Ochwo-Ssemakula, Mildred Badji, Arfang Onziga Dramadri, Isaac Lapaka Odongo, Thomas Nuwamanya, Ephraim Tukamuhabwe, Phineas Izquierdo, Paulo Cichy, Karen Ann
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Common bean is the world’s most important directly consumed legume food crop that is popular for calories, protein and micronutrients. It is a staple food in sub-Saharan Africa, and a significant source of iron for anemic people. However, several pests, soil and weather challenges still impede its production. Long cooking time, and high phytic acid...
Lyu, Ding Qian, Tangyi Li, Fan Sun, Song Wang, Weiji Shan, Xiujuan
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Frontiers in Marine Science
The Yellow River estuary is an important feeding, reproduction, and development ground for a variety of marine economic species, and understanding the changes in species composition and abundance around the Yellow River estuary is of great significance. In this study, a trawl survey and seawater eDNA survey were carried out simultaneously around th...
Blaix, Cian Chabrerie, Olivier Alard, Didier Catterou, Manuella Diquelou, Sylvain Dutoit, Thierry Lacoux, Jérôme Loucougaray, Grégory Michelot-Antalik, Alice Pacé, Marine
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This paper aims in assessing the relationship between grassland plant diversity and agronomic value, which represents a major challenge to reconcile nature conservation and agricultural use of semi-natural grassland habitats. The effects of plant diversity and functional traits were studied on forage nutritive value and early standing biomass in a ...
