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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nare Ngoepe, Moritz Muschick, Mary A. Kishe, Salome Mwaiko, Yunuen Temoltzin-Loranca, Leighton King, Colin Courtney Mustaphi, Oliver Heiri, Giulia Wienhues, Hendrik Vogel, Maria Cuenca-Cambronero, Willy Tinner, Martin Grosjean, Blake Matthews, Ole Seehausen
Summary: This study presents a continuous fossil record showing how haplochromine cichlids came to dominate the fish fauna of Lake Victoria in Africa.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nare Ngoepe, Moritz Muschick, Mary A. Kishe, Salome Mwaiko, Yunuen Temoltzin-Loranca, Leighton King, Colin Courtney Mustaphi, Oliver Heiri, Giulia Wienhues, Hendrik Vogel, Maria Cuenca-Cambronero, Willy Tinner, Martin Grosjean, Blake Matthews, Ole Seehausen
Summary: Adaptive radiations play a crucial role in generating biodiversity, but the relative importance of species' ecological versatility and arrival order in determining which lineage radiates is still unclear. Through analyzing the fossil record of cichlid fishes in Lake Victoria, it was found that their ecological versatility was key to their persistence in new habitats, suggesting that it played a major role in adaptive radiation.
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Ecology
Soren Faurby, Michael Morlo, Lars Werdelin
Summary: Body mass is a crucial determinant in animal ecology and has the potential to be inferred from fossils. However, there is a lack of comprehensive databases for the body mass of extinct species. The CarniFoss database aims to fill this gap by providing body mass data for a large number of extinct carnivorous mammals.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
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Geography, Physical
Thomas Servais, Borja Cascales-Minana, David A. T. Harper, Bertrand Lefebvre, Axel Munnecke, Wenhui Wang, Yuandong Zhang
Summary: During the late Precambrian and early Cambrian, there was a gradual increase in the diversity of life, with the appearance of almost all animal phyla. However, there is no clear Cambrian explosion and Ordovician event, but rather a continuous and complex radiation of life throughout the Ordovician.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2023)
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Ecology
Daniele Silvestro, Christine D. Bacon, Wenna Ding, Qiuyue Zhang, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Alexandre Antonelli, Yaowu Xing
Summary: The origin of angiosperms remains controversial, with some families originating in the Jurassic and supporting rapid diversification in the Cretaceous, as indicated by both molecular and fossil record analyses.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Geography
Hans Westlund, Pia Nilsson
Summary: The purpose of this paper is to study the role of the agricultural sector in complete urbanization and the post urban world, using the Stockholm region as a case study to analyze spatial and temporal changes in land-use and agricultural activities. The results are important for a deeper understanding of agriculture's function in metropolitan regions and its transformation in a world where traditional urban-rural relations are changing.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2022)
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Ecology
Laura Twardochleb, Ethan Hiltner, Matthew Pyne, Phoebe Zarnetske
Summary: Researchers have introduced a database containing a vast amount of occurrence records and traits of freshwater insects in the contiguous United States, filling a knowledge gap in this field. This database provides detailed information on freshwater insects and helps us better understand their taxonomy and ecological characteristics.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2021)
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Biology
Naylet K. Centeno-Gonzalez, Hugo I. Martinez-Cabrera, Hector Porras-Muzquiz, Emilio Estrada-Ruiz
Summary: The discovery of the oldest legume fruit fossil, dated back to 73.5 million years ago in the Olmos Formation of Mexico, supports the hypothesis that Mexico is the center of radiation for Fabaceae.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Tomas Vetrovsky, Zuzana Kolarikova, Clementine Lepinay, Sandra Awokunle Holla, John Davison, Anna Fleyberkova, Anastasiia Gromyko, Barbora Jelinkova, Miroslav Kolarik, Manuela Kruger, Renata Lejskova, Lenka Michalcikova, Tereza Michalova, Mari Moora, Andrea Moravcova, Stepanka Moulikova, Inaki Odriozola, Maarja Opik, Monika Pappova, Sarah Piche-Choquette, Jakub Skrivanek, Lukas Vlk, Martin Zobel, Petr Baldrian, Petr Kohout
Summary: This article introduces a newly developed global AM fungi database that aims to reduce the limited understanding of AM fungal biogeography. The database contains millions of observations of AM fungal DNA sequences with geographical locations and additional metadata from various studies. It is an open source initiative that compiles the most comprehensive atlas of AM fungal distribution.
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Construction & Building Technology
Mohammad Khaled al-Bashiti, M. Z. Naser
Summary: This paper presents a comprehensive statistical investigation of the largest database on fire-induced spalling of concrete collected to date, examining 43 factors and proposing future research directions.
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
(2023)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Yusentha Balakrishna, Samuel Manda, Henry Mwambi, Averalda van Graan
Summary: This review collected literature using statistical methods to analyze food composition databases, highlighting the main statistical methods and research objectives used. The study suggests that nutrient data has unique characteristics that require specific analytical methods.
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Paleontology
Farideh Moharrek, Paul D. Taylor, Daniele Silvestro, Helen L. Jenkins, Dennis P. Gordon, Andrea Waeschenbach
Summary: The study estimates the macroevolutionary rates of cheilostomes since the Late Jurassic using a Bayesian framework and confirms increased origination rates in the Albian and a twin peak in extinction rates at the K-Pg and Danian. The results support the widely held assumption that diversification dynamics are controlled by both biotic and abiotic factors.
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Construction & Building Technology
Mingzhi Wang, Xu Yang, Wei Wang
Summary: This study proposes a computational sequence to extract individual 3D concrete aggregates from computed tomography scans, establishing a database of 1442 aggregates with detailed information. Comparisons with existing reconstruction methods demonstrate that characterizing concrete composite with detailed information of each constituent can provide a more realistic representation of the composite. The vision of digital concrete with realistic aggregates input is further demonstrated through an example application.
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
(2022)
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Entomology
Shauna L. Price, Benjamin D. Blanchard, Scott Powell, Bonnie B. Blaimer, Corrie S. Moreau
Summary: Recent advances in phylogenomics were used to investigate diversification and geographic range evolution in the turtle ant genus Cephalotes. The study found that the uplift of the Panamanian land bridge played a significant role in shaping the evolution of this group, while there was no evidence for the existence of the GAARlandia land bridge. Taxonomic sampling was also shown to influence macroevolutionary inferences.
INSECT SYSTEMATICS AND DIVERSITY
(2022)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Antonio Alvarez, Beatriz Garcia-Cornejo, Jose A. Perez-Mendez, David Roibas
Summary: This paper analyses the heterogeneity and performance of value-creating strategies applied by dairy farms in their diversification initiatives. The results suggest that these strategies are associated with different combinations of contexts and entrepreneurial capabilities. The study provides practical implications for future entrepreneurs and policymakers, contributing to understanding how an adequate alignment between contextual factors and entrepreneurial capabilities can enable the sustainability of new business initiatives in rural areas.