2026 August - 58 articles
The Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) is a large carcharhinid shark that occurs around the oceanic islands of tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate regions of the world. Carcharhinus galapagensis shows a striking disjunct distribution a...
This study evaluates the unique ecological and floristic identity of the coastal dune vegetation in the Enez delta and adjacent dune coast of Saros Bay (southern Thrace) by comparing it with diverse dune systems across the Anatolian peninsula. A comp...
As key drivers of soil biogeochemical cycles, soil microbial communities play essential roles in maintaining soil fertility, nutrient cycling, and plant growth. In this study, high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA and ITS genes was used to investiga...
Respiratory metabolism reflects energy demand and physiological variation in bivalves, but interpretation of among-population differences requires careful consideration of developmental stage, diet, breeding background, and previous rearing history....
Urban parks can act as refuges for biodiversity, but their ecological value depends on the structure and composition of the vegetation they contain. This study evaluated the relationship between vegetation attributes and bird diversity in urban parks...
Legal forms of nature conservation rarely take invertebrates into account, including soil fauna, and therefore they are of limited effectiveness for this group of organisms. The aim of this study was to assess how natural heterogeneity of nature rese...
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Research on floral nectar quantity and composition is increasingly frequent, yet existing studies predominantly focus on plant species with larger flowers that yield abundant nectar. Consequently, standard collection techniques like the microcapillar...
The native Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) serves as a cornerstone for aquaculture development in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Its adaptability to diverse culture systems, including backyard farming, highlights its potential to addres...
Improper solid waste management can alter plant communities and facilitate the establishment of non-native species, yet these effects remain poorly documented in Neotropical dump environments. We characterized the flora of an open-air rubbish dump on...
The Turkistan Region of southern Kazakhstan lies within the Mountains of Central Asia biodiversity hotspot and harbors a flora of beneficial plants whose traditional use is well documented but whose chemistry and conservation status remain, for most...
Yellow adhesive chromotropic traps are widely deployed across Mediterranean olive cultivation to monitor B. oleae population dynamics, yet their adhesive surfaces can also retain non-target organisms. Here we report the first documented entrapment of...
Rust fungi of the genus Puccinia are important plant pathogens responsible for substantial economic losses in agriculture and forestry. During field surveys conducted in Qinghai Province, China, a novel rust species, Puccinia ligulari-przewalskii, wa...
The eco-physiology of shallow benthic marine communities examines how physiological traits (e [...]
Effective conservation of the Near Threatened (NT) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) requires standardized frameworks for organizing multi-scale biodiversity data. This study proposes the Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBV) system as an optima...
Ucides cordatus, a key species in Brazilian mangroves, supports both ecological processes and traditional extractive practices. Some mangrove areas in Northeastern Brazil are increasingly exposed to anthropogenic stressors. We evaluated the populatio...
Borneo, one of the world’s largest tropical islands, has so far been poorly explored for freshwater harpacticoid copepods. Until recently, only twelve species were known, all from the Malaysian state of Sabah. Based on 31 samples collected acro...
Knowledge about Callinectes danae and Callinectes ornatus is thorough, although scarce in different ecological regions like Macaé, which are influenced by the Cabo Frio upwelling phenomenon in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. This study analyz...
Breeding programs often adopt technologies before identifying the process that most limits genetic progress. This narrative review presents a bottleneck-first framework for annual self-pollinated crop breeding. It separates the diagnosis of a deficie...
Wildlife baiting sites represent localized disturbance hotspots within natural habitats and may substantially alter plant diversity. We investigated these effects in the Mátra Mountains (Hungary) by surveying 20 baiting sites across two region...
Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is one of the most widely cultivated grain legumes worldwide. A genetic analysis of soybean samples around the world is essential for effective breeding programs and the development of genomic and marker-assisted sele...
The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is a fundamental pattern in ecology, yet its understanding in marine systems remains largely constrained by the ‘tyranny’ of the shallow shelf, often ignoring the bathymetric dimension of the conti...
Wetlands constitute critical habitats sustaining cyanobacterial diversity. Nevertheless, taxonomic research on wetland benthic filamentous cyanobacteria is far from complete, largely limited by phenotypic plasticity and challenges in strain isolation...
The Paleozoic–Modern Evolutionary Fauna transition is defined by the ecological replacement of brachiopods by bivalves. However, it remains debated whether post-Paleozoic brachiopods experienced a simple, continuous global decline or a complex...
Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Druce) Soó is an ecologically sensitive terrestrial orchid and an important indicator of habitat condition, yet its population structure and morphological variability remain poorly studied in the Central Kazakh Uplands. T...
The tobacco ground beetle, Mesomorphus villiger (Blanchard, 1853) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), is a widely distributed species across Asia, Africa, and Australia, recognized for its economic importance as a pest of tobacco seedlings and other crops i...
Orchid root-associated fungal endophytes (ORAFEs) represent an important component of fungal biodiversity with potential applications in orchid conservation and sustainable production. ORAFEs were isolated from the roots of four orchid species in Ver...
Alcyonium coralloides has traditionally been classified as an opportunistic epibiont of exposed gorgonian skeletons. However, the ecological nature of its interaction remains poorly understood. Using Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitor...
Giant kelp forests, Macrocystis pyrifera, dominate the coasts of southern Patagonia and are particularly abundant in the coastal ecosystems of Cape Froward, where they play a key role in biodiversity conservation and the provision of multiple ecosyst...
After the introduction of various Apis mellifera subspecies into China, prolonged breeding and selection have substantially altered the genetic structure and diversity of commercial populations. Currently, A. mellifera has become the most widely mana...
Saxicolous lichens are crucial elements of alpine ecosystems and are involved in soil formation, rock weathering, nutrient cycling, and environmental monitoring. However, little is known about their distribution patterns and diversity on the eastern...
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are increasingly recognised as effective approaches for enhancing coastal resilience while simultaneously supporting biodiversity, ecosystem services, and, where appropriate, climate-change mitigation. Their importance is...
The Beagle Channel, located south of Tierra del Fuego (~54° S), is South America’s southernmost intracoastal ecosystem. Here, we applied environmental DNA metabarcoding using a partial sequence of the 12sRNA mitochondrial gene to evaluate t...
Against the backdrop of global climate change and urban sustainable development, botanical gardens, as key components of urban ecosystems, must incorporate regional climatic characteristics into their planning and construction. Taking Taiyuan Botanic...
The factors affecting vultures’ space use can be complex, but food availability is often considered the primary determinant. However, when vultures’ food resources become highly predictable, their role in movement ecology has been little...
Fish mucosal barriers are sensitive interfaces between the organism and the aquatic environment and may reflect integrated tissue responses in natural populations. This study assessed the reactivity of the gill and intestinal mucosal barriers in comm...
Protected estuaries provide reference conditions for assessing coastal biodiversity, but information on swimming crab assemblages in such systems remains limited. This study evaluated the composition, dominance structure, diversity, body size, and sp...
Bryophytes serve as nest material for many temperate bird species, yet their role in tropical avian ecology remains poorly studied despite high bryophyte and passerine diversity. In this study, we quantified bryophyte use as nest material by passerin...
The Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (JBNERR) includes the largest bay on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The reserve includes diverse habitats ranging from mangrove forests, shallow lagoons, seagrass beds, cays and coral reefs, with...
The Chinese giant salamander (CGS, Andrias davidianus) is an endangered aquatic amphibian in China. Using environmental DNA (eDNA), this study aimed to monitor the spatial distribution of this species in Zhejiang Province, providing a scientific basi...
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The Atlantic Forest has undergone significant territorial reduction due to anthropogenic activities, adversely affecting its biodiversity. Consequently, it is imperative to identify the species constituting this megadiverse ecosystem, focusing on loc...
The Peruvian Andes harbor one of the most geographically complex and biologically diverse regions of the Tropical Andes, yet several microbasins and mountain ridges remain poorly surveyed for amphibians. Here, we describe four new species of the terr...
Diatoms are microscopic algae with silica walls; they evolved relatively recently compared to other algal groups but have the greatest diversity of any and are abundant enough to contribute a fifth of the oxygen in the atmosphere and to have accumula...
This study examined the influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on root system development of the invasive Nicotiana glauca Graham (Solanaceae) under intraspecific competition. Seedlings were grown with or without AMF inoculation at four plan...
Eukaryotic algae are an important component of the soil microbial community. However, there is limited knowledge about the seasonal variations in the structure of soil algal communities and the correlations between different algal groups and soil env...
Urbanization-driven land use transitions, especially impervious surface expansion, profoundly affect aquatic ecosystems, yet the regulatory mechanisms of microbial assembly and disassembly remain unclear. Using environmental DNA metabarcoding, this s...
Understanding how environmental heterogeneity shapes animal movement is a central goal of movement ecology, yet movement metrics derived from GPS data often integrate multiple behavioural states, complicating ecological interpretation. We analysed 30...
Winter imposes severe ecological constraints on Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra), yet the environmental characteristics of their winter marking sites remain poorly understood. We characterized winter sprainting sites along a human disturbance gradient i...
Invasive algal taxa represent an emerging but poorly quantified threat to Iraq’s freshwater ecosystems. Drawing on floristic surveys, recent molecular detections, and regional literature, this review synthesizes the current evidence regarding t...
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