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Paras Mani Acharya, Panu Thainiramit, Kuaanan Techato, Suraj Baral et al. • Global Ecology and Conservation
(2023)
Ever increasing anthropogenic pressures and natural threats to freshwater ecosystems are impacting global biodiversity. Otters are an indicator species that have an important role in maintaining the integrity and stability of wetland ecosys...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02578
Alice Casiraghi, Xavier Espadaler, Nicolás Pérez Hidalgo, Kiko Gómez • Journal of Hymenoptera Research
(2020)
Exotic ants are a growing component of urban and disturbed habitats worldwide. Sampling in two Iberian Mediterranean localities revealed several exotic species. The tree-nesting, black acrobat ant Crematogaster inermis Mayr, 1862, has been ...
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DOI: 10.3897/jhr.78.51858
Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Mingzhong Mo, Dingqi Rao • ZooKeys
(2020)
A new species of Acanthosaura from Yunnan, China, is described based on morphological and genetic data. The new species can be separated from all other species of the genus by having a different shape of the black eye patch, a different col...
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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.959.54601
Cheolwoon Woo, Priyanka Kumari, Kyung Yeon Eo, Woo-Shin Lee et al. • PLoS ONE
(2022)
The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) is known to be an opportunistic generalist who feeds on a wide variety of foods. Historically, their diet has been investigated by morphological observation of undigested remains in feces, requirin...
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Korbinian Schrauth, Matthias Plattner, Jörg Müller, Jérôme Pellet • Alpine Entomology
(2026)
Climate change is known to cause range shifts to higher elevations in mountainous regions. Butterflies are especially sensitive to changes in environmental conditions and their response to climate change has been extensively studied. Howeve...
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DOI: 10.3897/alpento.10.186978
L. Lee Grismer • Vertebrate Zoology
(2021)
Abstract It is hypothesized that shape differences between the closely related sandstone night lizard (Xantusia gracilis) and the granite night lizard (X. henshawi) may be correlated with structual differences in their respec...
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DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e69214
L Medrano-González, K Audley, CS Baker, D Steel • Endangered Species Research
(2024)
Here, we describe variation in mtDNA haplotypes among 22 individual humpback whales off the Guerrero coast in southern Mexico and compare this to other wintering regions in the eastern North Pacific Ocean using published data. After correct...
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DOI: 10.3354/esr01332
Yupeng LI, Yaning CHEN, Fei WANG, Xiang ZHANG et al. • Regional Sustainability
(2026)
Tajikistan, a mountainous country and a vital water tower for Central Asia, is becoming increasingly vulnerable to snow drought under climate change, threatening its snow- and glacier-fed streamflow. Yet, the impacts of snow drought on the ...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.regsus.2026.100298
Changmei Liang, Changmei Liang, Changmei Liang, Changmei Liang et al. • Frontiers in Environmental Science
(2023)
The cost-benefit is a key factor when selecting an appropriate sponge city construction scheme. The research of applying intelligent technology to find cost-benefit efficient planning and construction of sponge city is urgently required. Th...
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DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1072505
Huan Song, Lijun Wang, Yuguo Gao, Shuman Guo et al. • AgriEngineering
(2026)
Accurate and in-situ monitoring of frost growth on plant leaves is crucial for disaster prevention in smart agriculture. To address the limitations of traditional methods in quantification and continuity, this study proposes a novel monitor...
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DOI: 10.3390/agriengineering8020067
Nan Sun, Nan Sun, Yuxin Wang, Yuxin Wang et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology
(2025)
IntroductionThis study adopted the intercropping pattern opepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum), combined with high-throughput sequencing and microbial network analysis, to systematically reveal the mechanisms of...
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1716326
Anping Shu, Jiapin Zhu, Baoshan Cui, Le Wang et al. • Frontiers in Marine Science
(2023)
By offering natural protection along offshore wetlands, mangroves play a crucial role in providing great ecological and economic benefits to local communities. However, mangroves are currently facing an increasing threat of decline worldwid...
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DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1165048
Zhiwei Cui, Peng Li, Tian Wang, Shaobo Xue et al. • Geoderma
(2024)
The Loess Plateau in China has the highest soil erosion and water loss rates in the world. Therefore, check dams, which are more useful engineering measures, have been established to improve soil and water conservation in small watershed. T...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116758
Hu Huang, Shubo Dai, Kelei Cao, Changxing Tang et al. • Buildings
(2026)
To explore the damage mitigation mechanism of steel fiber-reinforced cellular concrete (SFR-CC) under underwater explosion loading, this study systematically analyzes two key variables: steel fiber volume fraction (0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, and 2.0...
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DOI: 10.3390/buildings16101975
Chengjie Yin, Rongzhen Zhang, Zewen Feng, Xiaoning Shi et al. • Animals
(2026)
Characterizing the spatiotemporal patterns of fish communities in subtropical river-type reservoirs provides useful baseline information for fisheries stewardship and aquatic ecosystem monitoring. This work investigated fish assemblages acr...
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DOI: 10.3390/ani16182892
Simona Cosentino, Eleonora Lupo • piano b
(2017)
As part of the discipline and practice of design (understood in its broadest sense of «strategic problem-solving process that drives innovation, builds business success, and leads to a better quality of life through innovative products, sys...
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DOI: 10.6092/issn.2531-9876/7697
Carolina Mateo Cecilia, Mijo Miquel Bartual • Re-visiones
(2024)
Si bien es cierto que la proximidad temporal impide valoraciones definitivas, se puede afirmar que en 2008 emergió una política emancipadora a escala planetaria que tuvo su momento culminante en 2011. Esta emergencia supuso, en el ámbito de...
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samaneh kakavand • نگره
(2025)
Each King in their respective reigns attempted to shape visual culture according to their intellectual and ideological foundations. In some periods, these changes were explicit and evident, while in others, they were implicit and gradual. T...
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DOI: 10.22070/negareh.2023.18209.3282
Thaís Almeida de Menezes, Flávia Figueira Aburjaile, Gabriel Quintanilha-Peixoto, Luiz Marcelo Ribeiro Tomé et al. • Journal of Fungi
(2023)
Ophiocordyceps australis (Ascomycota, Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) is a classic entomopathogenic fungus that parasitizes ants (Hymenoptera, Ponerinae, Ponerini). Nonetheless, according to our results, this fungal species also exhibits...
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DOI: 10.3390/jof9010110
J Tang, Q Fang, M Lu, R Shao et al. • Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
ABSTRACT Goose fatty liver is a delicious food product and the overfeeding will cause the abnormal physiology of the geese. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of supplementation with hydrated sodium calcium aluminosil...
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DOI: 10.1590/1806-9061-2017-0499