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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yi-Ming Weng, David H. Kavanaugh, Sean D. Schoville
Summary: The evolutionary histories of alpine species are closely related to their response to glaciation, with population structure influenced by drainage basins. Taking into account species' ecological preferences is crucial for understanding their response to climate fluctuations.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Min Jin, Lizhe Wang, Fudong Ge, Jining Yan
Summary: Exploring the evolution of urban elements can enhance the understanding of the city's development process and guide it towards a better direction. This paper proposes a cross-diffusion partial differential equation based on ecological dynamics to simulate the evolutionary process of urban elements from a microscopic perspective. The interaction between urban elements is modeled using a nonlinear and spatiotemporal equation, and the main influence is evaluated through key parameters.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Forestry
Andrew W. Slack, Jeffrey M. Kane, Eric E. Knapp
Summary: The study explores the association between large sugar pine mortality and recent growth and defense measures in a fire-excluded mixed-conifer forest in the Sierra Nevada of California, USA. Results suggest that trends and variability in growth and defense over shorter time windows are more informative in predicting mortality, indicating that treatments enhancing growth and defense allocation may reduce the probability of mortality in the future.
TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Qingzheng Wang, Qingyu Guan, Jinkuo Lin, Haiping Luo, Zhe Tan, Yunrui Ma
Summary: The study quantitatively analyzed the spatiotemporal changes in global land use/land cover (LULC) and found that the ecological environment underwent noticeable changes around the year 2000, with the most dramatic changes occurring during 1987-1997. The economy was identified as the main driving force behind LULC changes.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Daquan Huang, Shihao Zhu, Tao Liu
Summary: This study investigated the spatial patterns of urban expansion and driving factors in China's large cities using Beijing as an example. It found that cultivated land and ecological land were the main sources of newly developed urban land, with topography, location, transportation, socioeconomic development, and spatial planning playing key roles in the conversion process. Additionally, governments at different levels had influences on the conversion of different types of non-urban land.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Mohsen Abbasi Sekkeravani, Ommolbanin Bazrafshan, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Arashk Holisaz
Summary: This study prepared a susceptibility map of land subsidence in the central and eastern plains of Fars province in Iran using statistical and machine learning models, identified the main factors influencing land subsidence, and applied logistic regression, random forest, boosting regression tree, and support vector machine models to draw a land subsidence susceptibility zoning map.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Environmental Studies
Adewale Henry Adenuga, Claire Jack, Ronan McCarry
Summary: Short-term land rental agreements in Northern Ireland do not provide enough stability for farmers to make long-term investment decisions. Long-term tenancy agreements are suggested as a solution to this problem and to improve environmental management. Factors influencing farmers' intention to adopt long-term land leasing include risk attitude, pro-environmental behavior, profit consciousness, farming enterprise, land ownership, presence of a successor, age and education of the farmer, and income tax incentives.
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Environmental Sciences
James Worden, Kirsten M. de Beurs, Jennifer Koch, Braden C. Owsley
Summary: This study developed an improved surface water map for the Caucasus region based on a global water dataset, with higher accuracy and the ability to detect more water bodies, which is particularly important for the detection of small water bodies.
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Environmental Sciences
Chanhyeok Park, Jaehyung Yu, Bum-Jin Park, Lei Wang, Yun Gon Lee
Summary: This study analyzed the spectral variations of pine trees exposed to particulate matter (PM) and derived effective spectral indices to detect PM absorption. Fourteen bands were selected for accurate classification of PM-exposed pine trees, making it applicable for monitoring air pollution in urban areas.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Chunxiang Feng, Zhixian Wang, Chang Liu, Shiliang Liu, Yuxi Wang, Yuanyuan Zeng, Qianqian Wang, Tianming Peng, Xiaoyong Pu, Jiumin Liu
Summary: This study developed a predictive drug target signature for diagnosing renal fibrosis based on m6A subtypes. Through clustering analysis, three different m6A subtypes of renal fibrosis were identified. WGCNA analysis revealed 474 genes associated with m6A modification, and 92 key drug targets were identified. A five-target gene predictive model was developed using LASSO regression and stepwise logistic regression. The risk model showed excellent predictive performance for diagnosing renal fibrosis.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Frederik Priem, Frank Canters
Summary: A Quantitative State Cellular Automata model (QCA) is proposed to simulate quantitative change in urban land cover, successfully emulating spatial patterns of urban development. By considering real-valued quantitative cell states and two components of change, the model addresses the issue of simulating urban processes with discrete land-use classes. It significantly outperforms a random model in terms of quantitative and spatial distribution of change, and further improvements can be made by integrating socio-economic information.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Klaus Birkhofer, El Aziz Djoudi, Benjamin Schnerch, Radek Michalko
Summary: This meta-analysis examines the impact of global change on the relative importance of different prey groups in spider diets. It finds that climatic conditions, land-use types, and functional traits of spider species all play a role in determining the importance of Hemiptera, Araneae, and Collembola prey. Future increases in temperature seasonality and conversion of non-agricultural to agricultural land are predicted to increase the importance of Collembola prey in spider diets.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Bijaya Dhami, Arjun Bhusal, Bijaya Neupane, Nishan Kc, Saurav Lamichhane, Divya Bhattarai, Bikram Shrestha
Summary: The swamp deer plays a crucial role in restoring and sustaining top predator populations. This study investigated the factors influencing the presence of swamp deer in their habitat. Results showed that factors such as road/path/fireline distance, settlement distance, forest habitat, and leaf litter depth affected the probability of detecting the presence of swamp deer.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Geography
Changyeon Lee, Sugie Lee
Summary: This study establishes an urban growth model using future land demand scenarios based on multilevel logistic regression (MLR) in the Seoul metropolitan area and explores the effects associated with spatiotemporal land use changes in different scenarios. The study predicts that urbanized land, previously agricultural and forest land, will continue to expand until 2030, with urbanization patterns being influenced by the proximity of cities to plains and forests.
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Environmental Studies
Anasua Chakraborty, Hichem Omrani, Jacques Teller
Summary: This research aims to uncover the various factors that can impact urban densification by studying multi-level built-up densities. It utilizes vector-based cadastral data to better track densification and examines the situation of Brussels, a metropolitan area spread across three regions with different land-planning policies.
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Plant Sciences
Pablo Homet, Lorena Gomez-Aparicio, Luis Matias, Oscar Godoy
Summary: Our study on litter decomposition in a natural mixed forest invaded by Phytophthora cinnamomi revealed that a moderate rainfall reduction can accelerate the process. Soil moisture reduction led to increased C litter loss over time, both directly and indirectly through changes in mesofauna abundance. Additionally, N dynamics were primarily influenced by initial litter quality, while the exotic oomycete P. cinnamomi showed negative correlations with decomposer and predator abundances.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos, Andrea Alvarez-Mendez, Katharina Wald, Luis Matias, Maria D. Hidalgo-Galvez, Carmen M. Navarro-Fernandez
Summary: Our results indicate that climate change may lead to significant changes in mycorrhizal associations, primarily promoted by warming, decreasing the abundance of mycorrhizae while inducing higher activity of nutrient exchange between the host-plant and mycosymbiont. Temperature not only directly affects this symbiosis, but also exerts relevant indirect effects through changes in soil functioning and other root-colonizing microorganisms. Grazing history influences the allocation of fungal structures inside the host-root, with effects varying depending on the climatic treatment. Overall, mycorrhizal fungi may become less prevalent in plant communities inhabiting savanna ecosystems under future scenarios of increasing aridity.
Article
Agronomy
Xoaquin Moreira, Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos, Luis Matias, Marta Francisco, Alberto Garcia-Gonzalez, Raquel Martins-Noguerol, Carla Vazquez-Gonzalez, Luis Abdala-Roberts, Jesus Cambrolle
Summary: The study found that variation in a few key soil macro- and micro-elements in coastal environments can influence seed chemical defenses in sea fennel, potentially affecting interactions between sea fennel and seed predators.
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Ecology
Maria Campo-Celada, Pedro Jordano, Ana Benitez-Lopez, Carlos Gutierrez-Exposito, Julio Rabadan-Gonzalez, Irene Mendoza
Summary: This study evaluates the changes in an avian frugivore community in a Mediterranean scrubland site over a long-term and short-term period. The findings show profound transformations in species composition, bird phenology, and body condition. The abundance of wintering and seed-disperser species has decreased over about 40 years. Seasonal abundance peaks have advanced in many frugivorous bird species. Bird body condition during migration has worsened, with fewer individuals showing a high-fat percentage. Fruit production has also decreased, possibly due to habitat encroachment and vegetation changes.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Raquel Martins-Noguerol, Luis Matias, Ignacio Manuel Perez-Ramos, Xoaquin Moreira, Sara Munoz-Valles, Juan Manuel Mancilla-Leyton, Marta Francisco, Alberto Garcia-Gonzalez, Cristina DeAndres-Gil, Enrique Martinez-Force, Maria del Carmen Millan-Linares, Justo Pedroche, Manuel Enrique Figueroa, Antonio Javier Moreno-Perez, Jesus Cambrolle
Summary: This study compared the nutritional profile of Crithmum maritimum in different habitats in southern Spain and under optimal growing conditions. The results showed that plants in field conditions had a nutritionally balanced composition with high phenolic content, regardless of the habitat variability. In contrast, plants under optimal conditions had higher protein and lipid content, lower sodium accumulation, but significantly decreased phenolic content.
JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Raquel Martins-Noguerol, Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos, Luis Matias, Xoaquin Moreira, Marta Francisco, Alberto Garcia-Gonzalez, Adrian M. Troncoso-Ponce, Brigitte Thomasset, Enrique Martinez-Force, Antonio J. Moreno-Perez, Jesus Cambrolle
Summary: This study analyzed the fruit yield, lipid, and phenolic composition of seeds from the edible halophyte Crithmum maritimum grown in different types of soil. The results showed that the seed oil content was high and had high nutritional value, while the phenolic composition contained a high amount of quercetin-type compounds with pharmaceutical interest. The study suggests that C. maritimum can be cultivated in soils with no agronomical relevance to produce seeds as a sustainable source of high-quality oil and phenolics for industrial purposes.
JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Vicente Jurado Dona, Javier Lopez-Jurado, Antonio Gonzalez Roman, Raul Sanchez-Salguero, Luis Matias, Fernando Diaz Del Olmo
Summary: In the last few decades, tree mortality and dieback have been reported in forest ecosystems across south-western Europe. Factors such as latitude, land property, and management practices have significant effects on tree mortality, density, and regeneration of cork oak populations.
IFOREST-BIOGEOSCIENCES AND FORESTRY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Opale Coutant, Olivier Boissier, Manon Ducrettet, Aurelie Albert-Daviaud, Axelle Bouiges, Caroline Marques Dracxler, Francois Feer, Irene Mendoza, Eric Guilbert, Pierre-Michel Forget
Summary: Human activities are significantly impacting ecological interactions in tropical forests, particularly through the construction of new roads. Assessing the effects of road development on ecological processes is crucial for conservation efforts to maintain diversity and forest regeneration.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jesus Rodriguez-Calcerrada, Victor Chano, Luis Matias, Maria Dolores Hidalgo-Galvez, Jesus Cambrolle, Ignacio Manuel Perez-Ramos
Summary: Increasing air temperatures and decreasing rainfall can alter Mediterranean ecosystems, especially the growth and yield of winter-annual Geranium dissectum. However, the short life cycle and adaptability of G. dissectum can mitigate the impact of climate change on community composition over short periods.
JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Casper H. A. van Leeuwen, Nacho Villar, Irene Mendoza Sagrera, Andy J. Green, Elisabeth S. Bakker, Merel B. Soons, Mauro Galetti, Patrick A. Jansen, Bart A. Nolet, Luis Santamaria
Summary: Many angiosperms rely on vertebrates for seed dispersal via gut passage. The seed dispersal effectiveness (SDE) framework provides a method to evaluate animal-mediated seed dispersal. We propose an extended SDE framework ('eSDE') that allows comparing effectiveness among different types of plant-disperser interactions, and provide recommendations for standardized data collection protocols.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Maria Dolores Hidalgo-Galvez, Karim Barkaoui, Florence Volaire, Luis Matias, Jesus Cambrolle, Pilar Fernandez-Rebollo, Maria Dolores Carbonero, Ignacio Manuel Perez-Ramos
Summary: Sustainability and functioning of silvopastoral ecosystems in the Mediterranean region are threatened by climate change, but scattered trees can mitigate the negative effects by improving digestibility and reducing the impact on net primary productivity.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Maria Dolores Hidalgo-Galvez, Luis Matias, Jesus Cambrolle, Eduardo Gutierrez, Ignacio Manuel Perez-Ramos
Summary: This study explores the impacts of climate change and overgrazing on the sustainability of dehesas, highlighting the role of scattered trees in maintaining pasture quality. The findings highlight the importance of moderate grazing and the potential mitigation effects of tree canopy in agroforestry ecosystems.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Raquel Martins-Noguerol, Luis Matias, Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos, Xoaquin Moreira, Marta Francisco, Justo Pedroche, Cristina DeAndres-Gil, Eduardo Gutierrez, Joaquin J. Salas, Antonio J. Moreno-Perez, Anthony J. Davy, Sara Munoz-Valles, Manuel Enrique Figueroa, Jesus Cambrolle
Summary: There is increasing interest in consumption of halophytes due to their nutritional value and antioxidant properties. However, the effects of growing conditions on the properties of these plants are not well understood. This study investigated the influence of soil properties on the growth, reproductive performance, and nutritional traits of C. maritimum.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Pablo Homet, Jean-Marc Ourcival, Eduardo Gutierrez, Jara Dominguez-Begines, Luis Matias, Oscar Godoy, Lorena Gomez-Aparicio
Summary: Climate change has significant impacts on terrestrial ecosystems, but little is known about its effects on soil communities, particularly their resistance to changes in temperature and precipitation. This study examined the impact of predicted reductions in rainfall on soil food webs using nematodes as bioindicators, and found that rainfall reduction had negative effects on nematode abundance, community composition, and indicators of soil food web structure. These results suggest a low resistance of soil food webs to climate change-induced rainfall reductions.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lourdes Morillas, Maria Jose Leiva, Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos, Jesus Cambrolle, Luis Matias
Summary: Current global climate change is causing increasingly severe drought conditions, posing a threat to many plant species. This study assessed the effects of different drought intensities on the survival and morphological traits of cork oak seedlings. The results showed that seedlings from southern latitudes had larger drought-resistant traits but lower survival under extreme drought conditions. Root development played a crucial role in the functioning of cork oak after damage caused by reduced water availability. These findings can guide restoration actions under a warmer climate.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
