supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32160666 and 32370523);the Guizhou Province Science and Technology Support Project([2022]General 239).
Insects and microorganisms are ubiquitous in almost all ecosystems and contribute significantly to ecosystem stability(Schowalter et al.2018;Crespo-Pérez et al.2020;Sun et al.2023;Sveen et al.2023).Due to climate cha...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFF1301404 and 2022YFF1301401);the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences for Grand Challenges(073GJHZ2023091GC);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB31000000).
Distributional mapping of species is the most fundamental task in biodiversity assessment.Our previous lab works showed that when conducting fine-scale field sequential sampling,a first-order Markov chain model can pe...
funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology(FCT)by the fellowship of A.Alves da Silva(SFRH/BD/75018/2010)and F.Garcia(SFRH/BD/131627/2017);supported by the strategic plan of the Centre for Functional Ecology—Science for People and the Planet(CFE)(UIDP/04004/2020,DOI:10.54499/UIDP/04004/2020)financed by FCT/MCTES through national funds(PIDDAC),and by FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia,I.P. under Scientific Employment Stimulus—Individual support—2022.05848.CEEIND(DOI:10.54499/2022.05848.CEECIND/CP1714/CT0008);The study was carried out under the project“F4F—Forest for Future—Pilot project for the constitution of a regional network for the valorization of the forest sector in the Central Region.PP6—MyFORESt(CENTRO-08-5864-FSE-000031),”co-financed by the Regional Operational Program Centro 2020,Portugal 2020,and the European Union,through the European Social Fund(ESF);funded by the Instituto do Ambiente,Tecnologia e Vida from Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra(IATV-UC),the strategic plan of the Centre for Functional Ecology—Science for People and the Planet(CFE)(UIDB/04004/2020,DOI:10.54499/UIDB/04004/2020);Associate Laboratory TERRA(LA/P/0092/2020;DOI:10.54499/LA/P/0092/2020).
In this study we aimed to assess the role of wild red deer,along with other ungulates such as roe deer and wild boar,in the soil’s physical properties,namely soil penetration resistance and depth(used as a proxy for ...
Population and community ecology as a science are about 100 years old,and we discuss here our opinion of what approaches have progressed well and which point to possible future directions.The three major threads withi...
supported by the Romanian Ministry of Research,Innovation and Digitization,CNCS—UEFISCDI,within PNCDI III,through project numbers PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2021-0260(FS)and PN-IIIP4-PCE-2021-0818(DC),and by a grant from the Academy of Romanian Scientists(FS).
Age and growth-related data are basic biological parameters,essential in population ecology,evolution,and con-servation biology.There is a growing body of published information on reptile demography derived from scle-...
supported by the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Agricultural Science and Technology Independent Innovation Fund(NGSB20211405);Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(2008DP173354);the Survey of Wildlife Resources in Key Areas of Tibet(ZL202203601).
How many species of life are there on Earth?This is a question that we want to know but cannot yet answer.Some scholars speculate that the number of species may reach 2.2 billion when considering cryptic diversity and...
Beak deformation,known as avian keratin disorder(AKD),can impair feeding and preening of birds,reducing their survival.This disorder is apparently caused by Poecivirus infection,although to date,the viral origin has b...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.32271733);the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(grant no.2023A1515011045);the Science and Technology Projects in Guangzhou(grant no.2023A04J0121);the National College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program(grant no.202310574047).
Urbanization-driven biotic homogenization has been recorded in various ecosystems on local and global scales;however,it is largely unexplored in developing countries.Empirical studies on different taxa and bioregions ...
supported through TUB˙ITAK(The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye)2218—National Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program(Project number:123C151);supported through TUB˙ITAK(2221—Fellowships for Visiting Scientists and Scientists on Sabbatical Leave);supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(International Scientists Project;Funding No.IS23086);by the Research Fund for International Scientists of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42350410443).
Porcupines,members of the Hystricidae family,represent a unique group of herbivorous mammals.This study details the identification of a newly discovered mandible fragment of Hystrix primigenia,along with a right cheek ...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31172096,31670418);the Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission(KJQN201900534,KJQN202000538).
Limited aerobic scope(AS)during digestion might be the main constraint on the performance of bodily functions in water-breathing animals.Thus,investigating the postprandial changes in various physiological functions a...