Frasconi Wendt C, Nunes A, Verble R, Santini G, Boieiro M, Branquinho C (2020) Using a space-for-time approach to select the best biodiversity-based indicators to assess the effects of aridity on Mediterranean drylands. Ecol Ind 113:106250 Google Scholar Germano DJ, Rathbun GB, Saslaw L...
mechanisms in determining the predictability of adaptation to the environment could inform future research into conservation strategies to protect biodiversity30. Here, we study the genetic basis of repeated adaptation to altitude in two divergentHeliconiustropical butterflies,H. eratoandH. melpomene. These...
FTIR analyses. The structural features of PLA and PLA/PBS composites were examined by FTIR measure- ments. A Nicolet 6700 Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Waltham, MA) in the ATR mold was employed to record the FTIR spectra with averaging 32 ...
Because large-scale changes in biodiversity should reflect the sum of processes operating at the level of local communities, the discrepancy between global and local biodiversity trends is puzzling. Some of the incongruity among studies focusing on local-scale diversity trends may be due to ...
micro-eukarya and archaea were included in this analysis. Pooled species abundances were fitted on both regional and local scales then displayed on a logarithmic scale. Akaike weights (wPLN andwNB) were calculated for PLN- and NB-fits on each dataset to provide a measure of the relative goodne...
Over the past decade, theory and observations have suggested intraspecific variation, trait-based differences within species, as a buffer against biodiversity loss from multiple environmental changes. This buffering effect can only occur when different p
biodiversity is severely underestimated and that combining morphological and DNA sequence analysis is a powerful tool for species discovery. Finally, our mate and host choice experiments suggest that the sympatric species in Florencia combine the same ecological differences known to occur in other parts ...
The mangrove landscapes of the Ratones River and Itacorubi, located in the Municipality of Florianópolis, South of Brazil, are environmentally fragmented due to anthropogenic use of the soil, which hinders the dispersal of their native species. For the maintenance of ecological connectivity, this pap...
In addition, the biodiversity and structural complexity in the landscape contribute to the ecosystem's ability to adapt to environmental changes [50]. In order to demonstrate the resilience of rural areas to climate change, different diversity indices are employed to measure the level of resilience ...
The different methods used to measure microbial carbon are normally considered to be calibrated, so that they can be compared directly to each other11. To test this assumption and the potential effect of measurement methods on microbial carbon, we took two complementary approaches. We first reproduc...