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Open AccessShifting reef restoration focus from coral survivorship to biodiversity using Reef Carpets
To enhance the practice of farmed-coral transplantation, we conducted a trial of an approach called “Reef Carpets” (RC), which draws inspiration from the commercial turf-grass sod in land-based lawn gardening. Th...
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Vibrio cholerae O1 Inhabit Intestines and Spleens of Fish in Aquaculture Ponds
Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of cholera, an acute diarrheal disease that spreads locally and globally in epidemics and pandemics. Although it was discovered that fish harbor V. cholerae strains in thei...
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Open AccessThe novel Orshina Rhythm in a colonial urochordate signifies the display of recurrent aging/rejuvenation sequels
When it comes to aging, some colonial invertebrates present disparate patterns from the customary aging phenomenon in unitary organisms, where a single senescence phenomenon along ontogeny culminates in their ...
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Open AccessBacterial detoxification of plant defence secondary metabolites mediates the interaction between a shrub and frugivorous birds
Many plants produce fleshy fruits, attracting fruit-eating animals that disperse the seeds in their drop**s. Such seed dispersal results in a conflict between the plant and the animal, as digestion of seeds ...
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Open AccessFission in a colonial marine invertebrate signifies unique life history strategies rather than being a demographic trait
Each of the few known life-history strategies (e.g., r/K and parity [semelparity and iteroparity]), is a composite stratagem, signified by co-evolved sets of trade-offs with stochastically distributed variatio...
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Open AccessIntestine and spleen microbiota composition in healthy and diseased tilapia
Symbiotic bacteria within the gut microbiome of various organisms, including fish, provide the host with several functions that improve the immune system. Although the spleen plays an important role in the mod...
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Protein C global assay evaluation in naturally conceived vs. assisted reproduction-achieved twin pregnancies: a prospective longitudinal study
Protein C global assay tests the global function of the protein C pathway, the most clinically significant anticoagulant pathway in humans. The objective of this study is to assess the difference in protein C ...
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Movement ecology, breeding, diet, and roosting behavior of barn owls (Tyto alba) in a transboundary conflict region
Transboundary frontiers often contain wildlife habitats that are fractured by geopolitical borders, which could have adverse effects on the wildlife that inhabit those areas. We examined the movement, breeding...
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Open AccessThe effect of toxic pyridine-alkaloid secondary metabolites on the sunbird gut microbiome
Sunbirds feed on tobacco tree nectar which contains toxic nicotine and anabasine secondary metabolites. Our aim was to understand the effect of nicotine and anabasine on the gut microbiota composition of sunbi...
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Vegetation structure governs nest predation in three types of conifer forest habitats
The primary hazard for open-cup nesting birds is nest predation. Vegetation structure and coverage may affect nest predation through various mechanisms such as the ability of a predator to locate the nests, wh...
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Open AccessIncreased songbird nest depredation due to Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) encroachment in Mediterranean shrubland
In recent decades, a decrease of passerine densities was documented in Mediterranean shrublands. At the same time, a widespread encroachment of Aleppo pines (Pinus halepensis) to Mediterranean shrubland occurred....
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Open AccessUnderstory vegetation in planted pine forests governs bird community composition and diversity in the eastern Mediterranean region
Managed forests can become a seminatural habitat by allowing natural vegetation to establish under the tree canopy. The aim of this study was to examine how this natural understory vegetation in pine plantatio...
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Do young women with unexplained infertility show manifestations of decreased ovarian reserve?
To investigate whether unexplained infertility at a young age demonstrates manifestations of decreased ovarian reserve.
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The relationship between intra–guild diet overlap and breeding in owls in Israel
Even though intra-guild predators frequently prey on the same species, it is unclear whether diet overlap between two predators is a source of interspecific competition or whether predators simply use the same...
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Patterns and drivers of wild bee community assembly in a Mediterranean IUCN important plant area
Recent reports of pollinator declines have stirred interest in investigating the impacts of habitat exploitation on the conservation of pollinator and plant communities. An important prerequisite to tailor con...
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Open AccessGreat cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) as potential vectors for the dispersal of Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio cholerae is the cause of cholera, a devastating epidemic and pandemic disease. Despite its importance, the way of its global dissemination is unknown. V. cholerae is abundant in aq...
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From Microhabitat of Floral Nectar Up to Biogeographic Scale: Novel Insights on Neutral and Niche Bacterial Assemblies
Microbial model systems are very useful in addressing macro-ecological questions. Two major theories exist to date, to explain the community structure of organisms: (1) the dispersal (neutral) assembly theory ...
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Open AccessMultidimensional differentiation in foraging resource use during breeding of two sympatric top predators
Ecologically-similar species were found to develop specific strategies to partition their resources, leading to niche differentiation and divergence, in order to avoid interspecific competition. Our study dete...
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Determinants of wing-feather moult speed in songbirds
Wing morphology is known to strongly affect flight performance by affecting lift and drag during flight. Performance may consequently deteriorate during feather moult due to the creation of feather gaps in the...
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The association between multinucleated blastomeres and poor ovarian response under the Bologna criteria
To investigate the occurrence of multinucleated blastomeres (MNB) in poor ovarian response (POR) women defined under the Bologna criteria.
