Mid-Late Holocene Stalagmite δ18O and δ13C Records in Naduo Cave, Guizhou Province, China by Jialu Wang

“…A stalagmite ND3 collected in Naduo Cave was used to reconstruct the history of local climate and environmental changes from 0.55 to 5.07 ka BP based on the data of 13 230Th ages and 642 groups of oxygen and carbon stable isotopes. …”
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First report of fatty acid-derived alkaloids produced by species of the ladybird genus Scymnus (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera) by Magro, Alexandra, Ramon-Portugal, Felipe, Touboul, David, Borges, Isabel, Hemptinne, Jean-Louis

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Modelling HIV/AIDS epidemiological complexity: A scoping review of Agent-Based Models and their application. by Rodrigo Volmir Anderle, Robson Bruniera de Oliveira, Felipe Alves Rubio, James Macinko, Ines Dourado, Davide Rasella

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, despite the increasing poverty and inequalities, policies should be designed to deal with population heterogeneity and environmental changes. Bottom-up designs, such as the Agent-Based Model (ABM), can model these features, dealing with such complexity. …”
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Multilevel Analysis of Ground Beetle Responses to Forest Management: Integrating Species Composition, Morphological Traits and Developmental Instability by Dominik Stočes, Jan Šipoš

“…Traditional approaches that rely on averaged identity‐based descriptors often overlook phenotypic plasticity and functional trait variability, potentially masking species‐specific responses to environmental changes. To address this, we applied a three‐layered analytical approach to address this gap, utilising ground beetle occurrence and morphological trait data from Podyjí National Park, Czech Republic. …”
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Predicting the presence of tephra layers in lacustrine deposits using spectral gamma ray data: An example from Lake Chalco, Mexico City. by Mehrdad Sardar Abadi, Christian Zeeden, Arne Ulfers, Alex Susan Meyer, Thomas Wonik, Mexidrill team

“…Spectral gamma ray borehole logging data can yield insights into the physical properties of lake sediments, serving as a valuable proxy for assessing climate and environmental changes. The presence of tephra layers resulting from volcanic ash deposition is not related to climate and environmental conditions. …”
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Learning-induced sensory plasticity of mouse olfactory epithelium by A. V. Romashchenko, Р. Е. Kireeva, M. В. Sharapova, Т. A. Zapara, A. S. Ratushnyak

“…Thus, the sensory plasticity of the OE plays a signifcant role in the formation of the neuronal response to the provision of an initially indifferent odor and is part of the adaptive responses to the environmental changing.…”
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Climate factors dominate the spatial variation of forest soil nutrients: a meta analysis by Xiaoxuan Du, Xinyi Li, Jiangfeng Wang, Jiali Xu, Jie Gao

“…However, with global changes, there is scant evidence to suggest whether the soil nutrients in planted and natural forests have a consistent response mechanism to environmental changes. Utilizing soil nutrient data from 263 planted forests and 434 natural forests in China, collected through field surveys of 298 forests and literature searches from 2005 to 2020, this study explores the differences in soil nutrients between natural and planted forests and their controlling factors. …”
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Lighting Spectrum Optimization With Deep Learning for Moss Species Classification by Kenichi Ito, Pauli Falt, Markku Hauta-Kasari, Shigeki Nakauchi

“…Mosses, due to their sensitivity to environmental changes, are utilized in investigations related to air pollution, water quality, and carbon consumption and emissions. …”
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Gas Chromatography Coupled to High Resolution Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry as a High-Throughput Tool for Characterizing Geochemical Biomarkers in Sediments by Hector Henrique Ferreira Koolen, Clécio Fernando Klitzke, Joe Binkley, Jeffrey Patrick, Ana Cecília Rizatti de Albergaria-Barbosa, Rolf Roland Weber, Márcia Caruso Bícego, Marcos Nogueira Eberlin, Giovana Anceski Bataglion

“…The characterization of geochemical biomarkers along a sedimentary core collected in the area of Valo Grande Channel (Cananéia-Iguape Estuarine-Lagunar System (São Paulo, Brazil)) provided evidences of environmental changes. Sediments deposited before opening of channel showed dominance of biomarkers from mangrove vegetation, whereas sediments of the pos-opening period showed an increase of biomarkers from aquatic macrophyte (an invasive vegetation).…”
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Experimental Study on Thermal Conductivity of Organic-Rich Soils under Thawed and Frozen States by Ruixia He, Ning Jia, Huijun Jin, Hongbo Wang, Xinyu Li

“…The results may help better parameterize in simulating and predicting land surface processes and for optimizing frozen soil engineering designs and provide theoretical bases for exploring the dynamic mechanisms of environmental changes in cold regions under a changing climate.…”
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Land-use and land-cover changes and emerging non-tuberculous and tuberculous infectious diseases in humans and animals: a mixed-methods review of research findings from global and... by Jean-François Guégan, Carlos A Vargas Campos, Christine Chevillon, Ahmadou Sylla, Magdalene Dogbe, Kayla M Fast, Jennifer Pechal, Alex Rakestraw, Matthew E Scott, Michael W Sandel, Heather Jordan, M Eric Benbow

“…We make connections of LULC with environmental changes (e.g. soils) that likely lead to an increased risk of mycobacteria spillover to human and other animal populations. …”
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A simple and highly efficient protocol for 13C-labeling of plant cell wall for structural and quantitative analyses via solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance by Tasleem Javaid, Akshayaa Venkataraghavan, Matrika Bhattarai, Debkumar Debnath, Wancheng Zhao, Tuo Wang, Ahmed Faik

“…Abstract Background Plant cell walls are made of a complex network of interacting polymers that play a critical role in plant development and responses to environmental changes. Thus, improving plant biomass and fitness requires the elucidation of the structural organization of plant cell walls in their native environment. …”
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Analysis of functional and phylogenetic diversity of bat communities: insights from resource use in the Pantanal and Cerrado by Marcione B. de Oliveira, Luiz Flamarion B. de Oliveira, Cibele R. Bonvicino

“…Metrics such as functional and phylogenetic diversity are crucial as they unveil how communities respond to environmental changes, providing a deeper understanding of their current state and resilience. …”
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Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach by David R Daversa, Ella Baxter, Gonçalo M Rosa, Chris Sergeant, Trenton WJ Garner

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Seasonal Variations and Long-term Trend of Mineral Dust Aerosols over the Taiwan Region by Yanda Zhang, Yi-Jhen Cai, Fangqun Yu, Gan Luo, Charles C. K. Chou

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The role of climate change and niche shifts in divergent range dynamics of a sister-species pair by Summers, Jeremy, Lukas, Dieter, Logan, Corina J, Chen, Nancy

“…Species ranges can shift if environmental changes affect available habitat, or if the niche or habitat connectivity of a species changes. …”
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Transition characteristics and driving mechanisms of different types of rural settlements in plain agricultural areas by QU Yanbo, HE Xinhan, DONG Xiaozhen, LIU Chunqiang, YANG Yong, LI Yuanchao

“…[Conclusion] The different transition types are the result of adapting of internal conditions and external environmental changes of different rural settlements. In order to promote the sustainable use and management of rural settlements, corresponding policies for transition and development should be formulated based on their morphological characteristics.…”
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Spatiotemporal variability in the South American mammalian fossil record and its impact on macroevolutionary inference by Pedro D. de S. Ugarte, João C. S. Nascimento, Mathias M. Pires

“…Despite the limitations of the fossil record, we were still able to identify significant rate shifts throughout the diversification of most South American clades that may be explained by environmental changes. Yet, we also find discrepancies with macroevolutionary patterns inferred from phylogenies, which suggest that some of the patterns we detect with fossils might reflect regional macroevolutionary trends or be driven by lineages with higher preservation. …”
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Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of cephalopods and their responses to changes in the marine environment in the coastal waters of Zhejiang, China by Jun Liang, Jun Liang, Yongdong Zhou, Yongdong Zhou, Tian Wu, Feng Chen, Feng Chen, Kaida Xu, Kaida Xu, Guangjie Fang, Yazhou Zhang, Yazhou Zhang

“…The GAM revealed that, in spring, surface dissolved oxygen and sea bottom temperature led to significant changes in cephalopod resource density (p&lt;0.05), and water depth significantly affected cephalopod resource density (p&lt;0.01); in autumn, only water depth significantly affected cephalopod resource density (p&lt;0.01).DiscussionThe cephalopod resources in the coastal waters of Zhejiang are under the dual stresses of fishing and environmental changes. The protection and restoration of traditional economic cephalopod resources are needed to ensure their sustainable development and utilization.…”
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Genome-wide identification and characterization of the bZIP family in the Mangrove Plant Kandelia obovata and its role in response to stress by Yuchong Yi, Yuting Qiu, Hongyao Hu, Dandan Qin, Hechen Huang, Taiping Chen, Wenqi Zha, Yingjia Shen

“…Abstract Background The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors play crucial roles in plant growth, development, and responses to environmental changes. The mangrove plant Kandelia obovata, native to subtropical and tropical coastal intertidal zones, has evolved various adaptive mechanisms to cope with unstable muddy substrates, tidal fluctuations, saltwater intrusion, and intense ultraviolet radiation. …”
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