Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Igor David da Costa, Jorge Luis da Silva Santos, Leonardo Lopes Costa, Juliano Silva Lima, Ilana Rosental Zalmon
Summary: Artificial reefs play a significant role in increasing fisheries productivity by providing resources, protection, and breeding sites for fish. This study demonstrates that artificial reefs attract and support fish during both the initial stages of development and reproduction periods. This has important implications for understanding the functionality and value of artificial reefs in fisheries.
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Julia E. Fa, Guillermo Ros Brull, Eva Avila Martin, Robert Okale, Francois Fouda, Miguel Angel Farfan, Bradley Cain, Rohan Fisher, Lauren Coad, Stephan M. Funk
Summary: Through studying hunting territories and hunter behavior in Baka Pygmy villages in Cameroon, it was found that hunters can obtain enough prey even in close proximity to the villages and exhibit clear bias towards certain habitats. These research results are important for local understanding of forest land uses and have implications for informing decisions concerning land use policy and planning in the region.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Gabriela Agostini, Camila Deutsch, David N. Bilenca
Summary: The study revealed different responses of anuran assemblages among ecological units to breeding habitat and surrounding landscape features. Vegetation cover of ponds and land use were found to be significant factors influencing anuran richness and abundance. A positive correlation was observed between anuran diversity and land-use heterogeneity, as well as pond density, highlighting the importance of conservation efforts in altered agricultural landscapes.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Virology
Bisola Babalola, Aurora Fraile, Fernando Garcia-Arenal, Michael McLeish
Summary: The study investigates the correlation between host range, transmission traits, and ecological strategies for host-species utilisation in a heterogeneous ecosystem, and examines whether there is a corresponding genetic differentiation among three bromoviruses. Using high-throughput sequencing, population genomics, and species co-occurrence analysis, the researchers uncover the ecological strategies of the viruses across different habitat types. The results show that genetically closely related bromoviruses do not share similar ecological strategies, while distantly related bromoviruses do. Variation in ecological strategies may hold the key to understanding disease emergence events.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Isabella Melo, Diego Llusia, Rogerio Pereira Bastos, Luciana Signorelli
Summary: The application of passive acoustics in biodiversity monitoring has shown efficiency in detecting more species, especially when applied in the long term. The study reveals that species detection is associated with sampling effort and sampling duration. Therefore, passive acoustic monitoring is recommended for ecological research due to its potential to increase sampling effort and duration for better outcomes.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Chengye Hu, Yongtian Liu, Xiaolong Yang, Bonian Shui, Xiumei Zhang, Jing Wang
Summary: The effects of habitat heterogeneity on the functional trait composition and diversity of seagrass bed macrobenthos vary among different microhabitats, influenced by environmental parameters such as total organic carbon, organic matter, and grain size.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2022)
Article
Entomology
Jason M. Schmidt, Tyler S. Whitehouse, Subin Neupane, Sarah Miranda Rezende, Ashfaq Sial, Tara D. Gariepy
Summary: The study investigated the structure of parasitoid communities in organic and conventional blueberry systems, as well as how these communities varied within field spatial scales. Results showed that management practices and field position influenced the number and family structure of parasitoids. Parasitoids in organic systems and forested borders were more stable, while fewer families were present in the field interior of conventional systems.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Cristiano Marcelo Pereira de Souza, Gustavo Vieira Veloso, Carlos Rogerio de Mello, Ricardo Pires Ribeiro, Lucas Augusto Pereira da Silva, Marcos Esdras Leite, Elpidio Inacio Fernandes Filho
Summary: This study uses machine learning algorithms and a covariate bank to spatially predict rainfall erosivity in Southeastern Brazil. The results show that the Random Forest algorithm performs the best in modeling during the low rainfall period. The dynamics of rainfall erosivity are strongly influenced by factors such as air mass circulation, relief, and geographic position.
GEOCARTO INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Mariana Mayer-Pinto, Ana B. Bugnot, Emma L. Johnston, Jaimie Potts, Laura Airoldi, Tim M. Glasby, Elisabeth M. A. Strain, Peter Scanes, Shinjiro Ushiama, Katherine A. Dafforn
Summary: This study investigates the effects of increasing habitat complexity on biodiversity and ecological functions. The results show that increasing physical and biogenic complexity can enhance species richness but does not necessarily affect productivity. Therefore, when implementing eco-engineering practices, it is important to consider the trade-off between biodiversity and functional targets.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Maria Carolina R. Manzano, Ricardo J. Sawaya
Summary: This study reveals that acoustic space, calling sites, and climatic conditions are important resources for reproduction in frogs. Climatic conditions act as an environmental filter, synchronizing the calling period. Calling sites are not shared among species, and the dominant frequency of advertisement calls is constrained by phylogenetic relationships.
ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Bruno F. Fiorillo, Jorge Henry Maciel, Marcio Martins
Summary: The research describes the natural history of a Cerrado snake community in the SBES area in southeastern Brazil, finding that most species are active in non-forest vegetation types and primarily prey on lizards, mammals, and anurans. Many species use visually oriented defensive tactics.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ruili Xie, Gaofeng Zhao, Jianghua Yang, Zhihao Wang, Yiping Xu, Xiaowei Zhang, Zijian Wang
Summary: The use of eDNA metabarcoding allows for broader and higher throughput biomonitoring of freshwater ecosystems, revealing unique characteristics of zooplankton and fish communities across different habitats, which are influenced by various environmental factors.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Kristine O. Evans, Adam D. Smith, David Richardson
Summary: The study found that bat populations in eastern North America have sharply declined, particularly following the spread of whitenose syndrome. The researchers emphasized the importance of monitoring bat population changes and utilizing project-specific analysis methods.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Andraz Carni, Mirjana Cuk, Igor Zelnik, Jozo Franjic, Ruzica Igic, Milos Ilic, Daniel Krstonosic, Dragana Vukov, Zeljko Skvorc
Summary: This article discusses the wet meadow plant communities of the alliance Trifolion pallidi, found on periodically inundated or waterlogged sites on riverside terraces or gentle slopes. It highlights the importance of the hydrological gradient in shaping these plant communities and provides new field data on this vegetation type.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Florian Fumy, Thomas Fartmann
Summary: This study investigated the species richness of threatened butterflies and grasshoppers in mire and grassland ecosystems in the southern Black Forest in SW Germany. The study found significant differences in environmental conditions and assemblage composition of threatened butterfly and grasshopper species in different habitat types. Land-use intensity was identified as the key driver of habitat heterogeneity and species richness of threatened butterflies and grasshoppers. Recommendations were made for a conservation policy that promotes low-intensity land use and continuous large-scale cattle grazing.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
