Sierra Espuña (Librillos, 2023) by Miguel Ángel González Espinosa

“…Its turquoise waters embrace a landscape of badlands on soft material in a steppe ecosystem. The image is crowned by some good weather cumulus (cumulus humilis). …”
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Selected fermented indigenous vegetables and fruits from Malaysia as potential sources of natural probiotics for improving gut health by Olaide Olawunmi Ajibola, Raymond Thomas, Babatunde Femi Bakare

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Gut microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids and depression: deep insight into biological mechanisms and potential applications by Yan Zhang, Jin Liu, Junzhe Cheng, Hongkun Hu, Yumeng Ju, Mi Wang, Bangshan Liu

“…The gut microbiota is a complex and dynamic ecosystem known as the ‘second brain’. Composing the microbiota-gut-brain axis, the gut microbiota and its metabolites regulate the central nervous system through neural, endocrine and immune pathways to ensure the normal functioning of the organism, tuning individuals’ health and disease status. …”
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HiQ-FPAR: A High-Quality and Value-added MODIS Global FPAR Product from 2000 to 2023 by Kai Yan, Xinpei Yu, Jinxiu Liu, Jingrui Wang, Xiuzhi Chen, Jiabin Pu, Marie Weiss, Ranga B. Myneni

“…Abstract The Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) is essential for assessing vegetation’s photosynthetic efficiency and ecosystem energy balance. While the MODIS FPAR product provides valuable global data, its reliability is compromised by noise, particularly under poor observation conditions like cloud cover. …”
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The Dynamic Interplay between the Gut Microbiota and Autoimmune Diseases by Huihui Xu, Meijie Liu, Jinfeng Cao, Xiaoya Li, Danping Fan, Ya Xia, Xiangchen Lu, Jingtao Li, Dahong Ju, Hongyan Zhao

“…The human gut-resident commensal microbiota is a unique ecosystem associated with various bodily functions, especially immunity. …”
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Diversity and Distribution of Avifauna in the Northeast of Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia by Tamenut Desalegn, Belayneh Abebe

“…In the study area, urbanization is extremely impacting the environment and altering ecosystem services upon which human civilization depends. …”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) by Shufang Liu, Le Wang, Ruixiang Wang, Huan Wang, Ang Li, Changting An, Zining Meng, Zhimeng Zhuang

“…As a result, the fish is regard as a key species in its habiting ecosystem. However, the lack of genomic resources hampers our understanding of its genetic diversity and differentiation, as well as the evolutionary dynamics. …”
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Uncovering Diversity within the Glomeromycota: Novel Clades, Family Distributions, and Land Use Sensitivity by Camille S. Delavaux, Alexis Aellen, Sidney L. Stürmer, Silmar Primieri, Ursel M. E. Schütte, Devin M. Drown, Robert J. Ramos, Thomas W. Crowther, James D. Bever

“…ABSTRACT Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF, phylum Glomeromycota) are essential to plant community diversity and ecosystem functioning. However, increasing human land use represents a major threat to native AMF globally. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Feature Aware Vision Transformers for Real-Time Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Tracking by Hao Zhang, Hengzhou Ye, Xiaoyu Guo, Xu Zhang, Yao Rong, Shuiwang Li

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Exploring the potential of aerial drone imagery to distinguish breeding Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae), chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarcticus) and gentoo (Pygoscelis papua) penguins in An... by Christian Pfeifer, Stefan Knetsch, Jakob Maercker, Osama Mustafa, Marie-Charlott Rümmler, Alexander Brenning

“…Penguins are critical indicator species for detecting changes in the Antarctic ecosystem. As climate change impacts the Antarctic environment, the distribution of penguin breeding populations is also shifting. …”
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Did Turkey Experience Reductions in Air Pollution During The Covid-19 Lockdown and Partial Lockdown? by İsmet Yener, Kazım Onur Demirarslan

“…Air pollution, one of humanity's essential environmental problems due to the increasing population and urbanization, negatively affects the ecosystem and public health. During reduced human activity, such as martial law, war, and pandemics like COVID-19, improvements in air quality may be observed due to diminished anthropogenic impact. …”
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The Role of Pathogens in Bumblebee Decline: A Review by Huanhuan Chen, Nawaz Haider Bashir, Qiang Li, Chao Liu, Muhammad Naeem, Haohan Wang, Wenrong Gao, Richard T. Corlett, Cong Liu, Mayra C. Vidal

“…Bumblebees, the most important wild pollinators in both agricultural and natural ecosystems, are declining worldwide. The global decline of bumblebees may threaten biodiversity, pollination services, and, ultimately, agricultural productivity. …”
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Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and resilience in urban informal settlements: Insights from kibera, kenya and Villa 20, Argentina by Caroline Kibii, Flávia Guerra, Philip Bonera Bananayo, Simone Sandholz

“…NbS in urban areas have been associated with varied benefits and ecosystem services such as flood management, cooling effects and recreational values. …”
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Pawpaws prevent predictability: A locally dominant tree alters understory beta‐diversity and community assembly by Anna C. Wassel, Jonathan A. Myers

“…Abstract While dominant species are known to be important in ecosystem functioning and community assembly, biodiversity responses to the presence of dominant species can be highly variable. …”
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Spatial-Temporal Pattern of Vegetation Net Primary Productivity and Its Natural Driving Factors in Ordos Section of the Yellow River Basin by Xiaoguang Wu, Weiwei Hao, Guohua Qu, Lingyun Yang

“…Weather change has a great impact on vegetation growth restoration and ecosystem service function, resulting in significant changes in vegetation net primary productivity (NPP). …”
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Fish Gut Metabarcoding Detects Diets and Parasites Simultaneously by Dilli Prasad Rijal, Per Arneberg, Tanja Hanebrekke, Torild Johansen, Daniela Sint, Michael Traugott, Mette Skern‐Mauritzen, Jon‐Ivar Westgaard

“…ABSTRACT Understanding the dietary habits and trophic niches of species is crucial for the conservation and management of species and ecosystems. Science‐based fisheries management requires large‐scale data of prey and parasites of fish species that enables the analysis of multitrophic interactions in an ecosystem. …”
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Risk assessment of hazardous impacts on urbanization and industrialization activities based upon toxic substances by T. Salem, Sh.S. Ahmed, M. Hamed, G.H. Abd ElAziz

“…A risk assessment study was conducted to predict the expected hazardous influence on the ecosystem resulted from urbanization and industrialization activities at Helwan area, Egypt. …”
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UV-Enhanced removal of enrofloxacin in water using oyster shell-derived CaO-ZnO composite by Sihombing Mastavioni, Azizah Nurfiah, Febriyanti Siti, Miraza Adithya Zulfadli, Prajaputra Vicky, Isnaini Nadia, Karina Sofyatuddin, Riswan M.

“…The contamination of aquatic environments by enrofloxacin, a commonly used veterinary antibiotic, poses serious risks to both ecosystem health and human safety. This study investigates the potential of calcium oxide-zinc oxide (CaO-ZnO) composites derived from oyster shells for the UV-enhanced degradation of enrofloxacin in water. …”
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Preliminary species diversity and community phylogenetics of wood-inhabiting basidiomycetous fungi in the Dabie Mountains, Central China reveal unexpected richness by Xiang-Yang Liu, Shi-Liang Liu, Hao-Wen Wei, Xue-Wei Wang, Jia Yu, Shan Shen, Li-Wei Zhou

“…Abstract Wood-inhabiting fungi have important economic values as well as playing a major ecological role in forest ecosystem cycles. The Dabie Mountains, at the junction of Henan, Hubei, and Anhui Provinces, Central China, provide an ideal climate and favorable niches for the speciation and diversification of various forms of life including fungi. …”
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The Diversity of Ants in Different Land Develompental: An Agroforestry Phase Approach by Ananto Triyogo, Budiadi Budiadi, SM Widyastuti, Suwito Setyo Budi, Selly Varanita

“…The levels of land development process typically followed by changes in the vegetation structure of the ecosystems that comprises it. In a process, interventions whether artificial (human) or naturals were able to affect land development, either support or hinder. …”
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