Prediction of Climate Change Impacts on the Distribution of an Umbrella Species in Western Sichuan Province, China: Insights from the MaxEnt Model and Circuit Theory by Xiaoyun Deng, Qiaoyun Sun

“…Climate change poses a significant threat to biodiversity. Predicting the impacts of climate change on species distribution and dispersal through computational models and big data analysis can provide valuable insights. …”
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Is rewilding too wild? Assessing the benefits and challenges of forest succession on abandoned land in the mid‐hills of Nepal by Nicola McGunnigle, Douglas Bardsley, Ian Nuberg, Bishnu Hari Pandit

“…Regenerating forests could contribute to global biodiversity targets through development pathways promoting the emerging biota that also contribute to livelihood benefits. …”
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Temperature-dependent variations in under-canopy herbaceous foliar diseases following shrub encroachment in grasslands by Yilin Dang, Peng Zhang, Peixi Jiang, Junsheng Ke, Yao Xiao, Yingying Zhu, Mu Liu, Minjie Li, Jihua Wu, Jianquan Liu, Bin Tian, Xiang Liu

“…Abstract Shrub encroachment into grasslands poses a global concern, impacting species biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Yet, the effect of shrub encroachment on herbaceous diseases and the dependence of that effect on climatic factors remain ambiguous. …”
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Using dynamic Bayesian belief networks to infer the effects of climate change and human activities on changes in regional ecosystem services by Haoran Yu, Junyi Jiang, Xinchen Gu, Chunwu Cao, Cheng Shen

“…Concerning spatial differentiation, Water yield (WY) and Biodiversity maintenance (BM) exhibit heightened sensitivity to changes in precipitation, while Net primary productivity (NPP) is significantly influenced by variations in vegetation cover and temperature. …”
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How Developments in Genebanks Could Shape Utilization Strategies for Domestic Animals by Qianzi Ren, Ying Gong, Peng Su, Gang Liu, Yabin Pu, Fuqing Yu, Yuehui Ma, Zhenqing Wang, Yefang Li, Lin Jiang

“…These banks not only aid in maintaining biodiversity but also provide valuable genetic material for future breeding programmes and scientific research. …”
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Integrating Drone Truthing and Functional Classification of Remote Sensing Time Series for Supervised Vegetation Mapping by Giacomo Quattrini, Simone Pesaresi, Nicole Hofmann, Adriano Mancini, Simona Casavecchia

“…Accurate vegetation mapping is essential for monitoring biodiversity and managing habitats, particularly in the context of increasing environmental pressures and conservation needs. …”
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Predicting species distributions in the open ocean with convolutional neural networks by Morand, Gaétan, Joly, Alexis, Rouyer, Tristan, Lorieul, Titouan, Barde, Julien

“…As biodiversity plummets due to anthropogenic disturbances, the conservation of oceanic species is made harder by limited knowledge of their distributions and migrations. …”
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Taxonomic and functional diversity of protists in saline and hypersaline lakes in southern Western Siberia, a region strongly affected by climate change by Elena A. Gerasimova, Alexander S. Balkin, Vladimir Y. Kataev, Ekaterina S. Filonchikova, Yulia V. Mindolina, Denis V. Tikhonenkov

“…These changes are threatening the unique biodiversity that lake ecosystems currently support. …”
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Diversification outbreaks and dynamics of Asian leaf-litter frogs, genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae), with the description of a new species from Guizhou Province, China by Tao Luo, Zi-Fa Zhao, Zhong-Lian Wang, Chang-Ting Lan, Ming-Yuan Xiao, Huai-Qing Deng, Ning Xiao, Jiang Zhou

“…These two geologic events greatly altered topography and drainage patterns that, in turn, affected the regional climate, the landscape and the evolution of biodiversity. Despite this, little is known about how orogeny and climate affect the evolution of biodiversity, especially the dynamics of diversification, including origins, peaks and endings. …”
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Chromosome-level genome reference of the Caucasian dwarf goby Knipowitschia cf. caucasica, a new alien Gobiidae invading the River Rhine by Schoenle, Alexandra, Guiglielmoni, Nadège, Mainz, Tobias, Greve, Carola, Hamadou, Alexander Ben, Heermann, Lisa, Borcherding, Jost, Waldvogel, Ann-Marie

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Limited impacts of climatic conditions on commercial oil palm yields in Malaysian plantations by Susannah Fleiss, Colin J. McClean, Henry King, Jane K. Hill

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A theory of change to improve conservation outcomes through CITES by Daniel W. S. Challender, Daniel W. S. Challender, Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes, Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes, Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes, Steven Broad, E. J. Milner-Gulland, E. J. Milner-Gulland

“…Finally, we highlight the role that CITES could play in the broader global biodiversity governance regime; better alignment with other relevant MEAs could lead to more effective biodiversity conservation overall.…”
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Honoring the Afro-Colombian musical culture with the naming of Epipedobates currulao sp. nov. (Anura, Dendrobatidae), a frog from the Pacific rainforests by Mileidy Betancourth-Cundar, Juan Camilo Ríos-Orjuela, Andrew J. Crawford, David C. Cannatella, Rebecca D. Tarvin

“…The number of amphibian species described yearly shows no signs of slowing down, especially in tropical regions, implying that the biodiversity of amphibians remains woefully underestimated. …”
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Octodon degus laboratory colony management principles and methods for behavioral analysis for Alzheimer’s disease neuroscience research by B. Maximiliano Garduño, Todd C. Holmes, Todd C. Holmes, Robert M. J. Deacon, Xiangmin Xu, Xiangmin Xu, Xiangmin Xu, Patricia Cogram, Patricia Cogram

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DNA Barcoding of Fish, Insects, and Shellfish in Korea by Dae-Won Kim, Won Gi Yoo, Hyun Chul Park, Hye Sook Yoo, Dong Won Kang, Seon Deok Jin, Hong Ki Min, Woon Kee Paek, Jeongheui Lim

“…DNA barcoding has been widely used in species identification and biodiversity research. A short fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequence serves as a DNA bio-barcode. …”
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Detecting Fish Diversity in Urban‐Impacted Ecosystems: A Comparative Approach of eDNA Metabarcoding and UVC by Arthur Chung, Y. C. Kam, Stanley K. H. Shea, Celia Schunter

“…ABSTRACT Comprehensive assessments of coastal biodiversity in complex coral communities are crucial but challenging, particularly under unfavorable conditions such as poor underwater visibility in urbanized and eutrophic environments. …”
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Historical biogeography and systematics of yellow-bellied toads (Bombina variegata), with the description of a new subspecies from the Balkans by Christophe Dufresnes, Simeon Lukanov, Sven Gippner, Johanna Ambu, Ilias Strachinis, Dragan Arsovski, Benjamin Monod-Broca, Hugo Cayuela, Petros Lymberakis, Daniele Canestrelli, Dan Cogălniceanu, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Tomasz Suchan, Mathieu Denoël, Daniel Jablonski

“…Abstract The Balkan Peninsula hosts a great proportion of Europe’s biodiversity, and this is well illustrated by amphibian richness and endemism. …”
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Can tourism lead competitive and sustainable development now and in the near future in Colombia? by Leonardo Garavito, Edna Rozo, Francisco Mojica

“…A major challenge was identified: how to achieve tourism while at the same time reducing social inequity and improving quality of life for the host communities of the zones that concurrently have the highest levels of environmental biodiversity and culture, and of poverty. If tourism in Colombia continues on its recent development pathway that is stimulated by external and unplanned factors, unsustainable scenarios are highly likely to emerge.…”
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Politiques environnementales brésiliennes : intentions et réalités by Neli Aparecida de Mello-Théry

“…This article is a reflection on the environmental policies elaborated and implemented over the last fifteen years, in particular those on biodiversity conservation, climate change and the Law on Forests (former Forestry Code). …”
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Controlling Invasive Exotic Plants in North Florida Forests by Chris Demers, Alan Long, Rick Williams

“…Invasive plants reduce biodiversity, encroach on endangered and threatened species, and rob native species of habitat. …”
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