supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.32201304);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.2412022QD026)。
The transformation of natural habitats into human-modified landscapes has far-reaching consequences for species distribution and abundance.As species adapt to these changing environments,shifts in distribution pattern...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32301295 to J.W.,32101242 to L.M.and 32260253 to L.W.);High-Level Talents Research Start-Up Project of Hebei University (521100222044 to J.W.)。
Nest predation is the leading cause of reproductive failure in birds and a major driving force in the evolution of anti-predation strategies.Current studies on the anti-predation strategies of birds driven by predatio...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32171765).
Plant carbon(C)concentration is a fundamental trait for estimating C storage and nutrient utilization.However,the mechanisms of C concentration variations among different tree tissues and across species remains poorly...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32070417),the Anhui Natural Science Foundation(Youth,1908085QC127);the Biodiversity Survey,Monitoring and Assessment Project(2019–2023)of Ministry of Ecology and Environment,Special Investigation of Basic Science and Technology Resources(2019 FY101803);Anhui Province Academic and Technical Leader and Backup Candidate Academic Research Activities Fund(2017H130).
Global climate change is expected to have a profound effect on species distribution.Due to the temperature constraints,some narrow niche species could shift their narrow range to higher altitudes or latitudes.In this ...
supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(STEP,2019QZKK0501);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32172436);the Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Academy of Science(2022K-16).
With the overuse of antibiotics in health care and animal husbandry,antibiotic resistance becomes a serious threat to public health.Antibiotic residues from veterinarymedicine have increased the dissemination of antib...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation for the Higher Education Institutions of Anhui Province of China(grant no.KJ 2021A0246).
The gut microbiota of migratory waterbirds is affected by various complex factors,including cross-species transmission,which increases the risk of pathogen spreading among sympatric animals and poses a potential publi...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31971539);the National Science and Technology Basic Resources Survey Program of China(2019FY101700 and 2021FY100702);the Research Project of Tianjin Normal University(52XB2010).
Understanding the competition and coexistence of flagship carnivores is key to creating strategies for their conservation in the face of global carnivore declines.Although studies exploring the dynamics and competitio...
the financial support for this study by PAPIIT-UNAM grant(IN222817)to LAS-G;the Fran?ois Vuilleumier Fund for Neotropical Bird Research from the Neotropical Ornithological Society(NOS)awarded to OJE-C。
Due to a complex geological and biotic history,the Isthmus of Tehuantepec(IT),has been long recognized as a driver for the evolutionary divergence of numerous lowland and highland taxa.Widely distributed in the lowlan...
Research was funded through projectsCGL2007-61395,CGL2010-15726,CGL2013-42451-P;PID2019-109685GB-100 of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation。
Carotenoids are diet-based micronutrients important in health and coloration signaling.Related species with similar diets can differ in the kinds and levels of circulating carotenoids,which suggests specific physiolog...
supported by the European Commission LIFE Ricotí(LIFE15-NAT-ES-000802);LIFE Connect Ricotí(LIFE20-NAT-ES000133)projects;This is a contribution to the Excellence Network Remedinal TE-CM(S2013/MAE2719);JG-C is funded by a Margarita Salas postdoctoral fellowship(CA4/RSUE/2022-00205)。
Parental food provisioning is crucial for the growth and survival of offspring.Growth rate depends on food quality and food supplied to offspring may differ from what adults use for their own.In the case of steppe pas...