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Ecological Restoration of Campos Sulinos Grasslands
Ecological restoration is an important activity to ensure biodiversity conservation and the provision of ecosystem services. It has been a growing...
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Ecological Characteristics of Antarctic Fungi
AbstractIn view of the high responsiveness of polar ecosystems to the global climate change, the research of Antarctic microorganisms has become a...
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Ecological perspectives on the organization of biodiversity in Neotropical streams
Neotropical streams stand as one of the most biodiverse aquatic ecosystems in the world. The extremely high biodiversity of these ecosystems was...
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Ecological determinants of Cope’s rule and its inverse
Cope’s rule posits that evolution gradually increases the body size in lineages. Over the last decades, two schools of thought have fueled a debate...
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Type I methanotrophs dominated methane oxidation and assimilation in rice paddy fields by the consequence of niche differentiation
Conventional aerobic methanotrophs oxidize methane (CH 4 ) and covert CH 4 -derived carbon (C) into biomass at the oxic-anoxic interface of inundated...
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The Macroecological Understanding of Ecological Niches
The ecological niche is one of the most important concepts in ecology and evolutionary biology, and niche concepts are at the basis of models...
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Ecological correlates of cranial evolution in the megaradiation of dipsadine snakes
BackgroundDipsadine snakes represent one of the most spectacular vertebrate radiations that have occurred in any continental setting, with over 800...
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Impact of light pollution on aquatic invertebrates: Behavioral responses and ecological consequences
AbstractArtificial light at night (ALAN) is a growing global problem altering the behavior of organisms and thereby community composition and...
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Ecological quality, rarity and risk assessment of the wildlife habitats at the Meighan watershed in central Iran
Meighan watershed habitats, located in central Iran (Markazi Province), have undergone considerable changes in recent years. Landsat satellite images...
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Hierarchy of Ecological Homeostasis as a Principle of Systemology
Abstract —The broad concept of “homeostasis” in relation not only to organisms, but also to populations, ecosystems, and socio–ecological and economic...
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Ecological and social factors affecting the occurrence of kleptoparasitism in two recently established sympatric breeding falcons
Co-occurrence of ecologically similar species can lead to direct agonistic interactions, including kleptoparasitism, where one individual consumes...
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An overview of the ecological roles of Mediterranean chondrichthyans through extinction scenarios
Fisheries, climate change, and habitat degradation are triggering the depletion of marine animal populations worldwide. The ecological impacts of the...
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Ancient allopatry and ecological divergence act together to promote plant diversity in mountainous regions: evidence from comparative phylogeography of two genera in the Sino-Himalayan region
BackgroundHow geographical isolation and ecological divergence act together to promote plant diversity in mountainous regions remains largely...
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Groundwater Abstraction has Caused Extensive Ecological Damage to the Doñana World Heritage Site, Spain
Acreman et al. (Wetlands 42:63,
2022 ) reviewed evidence for ecological damage to the Doñana wetlands (UNESCO World Heritage Site [WHS] and Ramsar...
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Ferns as Ecological Indicators
Many studies have been done with ecological indicators, since they are easily measurable substitutes for unmeasured ecological values or when...
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Warming-induced shifts on Tibetan Plateau: the overlooked ants and their ecological impacts
ContextTibetan alpine ecosystems are among the world’s fastest-warming natural systems, and consequently, are expected to undergo dramatic changes in...
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Landscape conservation in the natural-rural interface. A social-ecological approach in Natural Parks of Andalusia (Spain)
ContextMultifunctional rural landscapes are social-ecological systems that represent a link between nature and culture. They are characterized by the...
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Ecological displacement in a Rocky Mountain hybrid zone informs management of North American martens (Martes)
ContextParapatric sister species are ideal for tests of ecological interactions. Pacific ( Martes caurina ) and American pine ( M. americana ) martens...
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Composition and Structure of Tugai Communities in the Indication of Ecological Conditions in the Lower Amu Dar’ya
AbstractTugai ecosystems of desert river valleys are one of the most affected and endangered landscape types. The largest areas of tugai vegetation...
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Stochastic and Deterministic Processes in the Establishment of Taxonomic, Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity of Ecological Communities: A Review of Modern Concepts
Abstract—The assessment of biological diversity and the processes that govern it is important for ecological research and nature conservation. This...
