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

“…We employ and compare two methods: 12S rRNA eDNA metabarcoding coupled with custom built reference database and simultaneous extensive underwater visual census (UVC) surveys. eDNA detected a higher species richness per site. Yet, each survey method featured a distinct species profile with associated trophic guilds, where 98 (32.3%) species found exclusively by UVC and 120 (39.6%) species detected only by eDNA. eDNA featured species from diverse habitats and evolutionary distances, including cryptic and large mobile fishes, offering enhanced prediction on local ecosystem functions. eDNA also recorded 90 putative species that had never been recorded in additional seven yearlong UVC dataset, with seven prospective new occurrence records to the territorial waters. …”
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University proceedings. Volga region. Natural sciences by O.V. Chernyshova, N.A. Kartavov, R.A. Ilyin, S.V. Titov

“…As the conducted studies of ground squirrels hybrids show, their inheritance of the characteristics of the parent species is not only intermediate in nature. Depending on the succession in the further crossing of hybrid individuals and the participation in this process of individuals of one (or both) of the parent species, a heterogeneous combination of characteristics of the parent species occurs. …”

Biodiversity Patterns of Rocky Coastal and Human-Made Structures in Gheshm Shorelines; Role of Slope and Tidal Levels Characteristics in Determining Patterns of Biodiversity by Marzieh Razaghi, Ali Nasrolahi, Ehsan Kamrani, Mohammad Sharif Ranjbar, Amir Vazirizadeh

“…A similar trend was observed in the number of species, with the stations of Mosen, Ramchah, and Naqashah hosting the highest species counts. …”
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Spatiotemporal range dynamics and conservation optimization for endangered medicinal plants in the Himalaya by Fu-Lv Liu, Winnie Wanjiku Mambo, Jie Liu, Guang-Fu Zhu, Raees Khan, Abdullah, Shujaul Mulk Khan, Lu Lu

“…Global climate change threatens the spatiotemporal distribution and resilience of species, especially those in mountainous regions. …”
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Automatic morphology phenotyping of tetra- and hexaploid wheat spike using computer vision methods by A. Yu. Pronozin, A. A. Paulish, E. A. Zavarzin, A. Yu. Prikhodko, N. M. Prokhoshin, Yu. V. Kruchinina, N. P. Goncharov, E. G. Komyshev, M. A. Genaev

“…The modern cultivated wheat species originated from three wild diploid ancestors as a result of several rounds of genome doubling and are represented by di-, tetra- and hexaploid species. …”
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Adapting a country-specific Dragonfly Biotic Index: Framework for seven Central European countries and transboundary pattern analysis by Eva Bílková, Hana Šigutová, Petr Pyszko, Veronika Prieložná, Aleš Dolný

“…Anisoptera exhibited moderate total DBI values, whereas Zygoptera presented either high or low values. Furthermore, lentic species displayed lower sensitivity than lotic species. …”
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Ulitníky pseudokrasovej tiesňavy Parkaň v pohorí Bachureň na východnom Slovensku by Jakub Repaský, Dagmar Říhová, Kateřina Kubíková, Radovan Coufal, Jan Oravec, Lucie Juřičková

“…In total, we recorded 52 species of terrestrial gastropods. These were predominantly forest species (38; 73%), euryvalent species were less represented (13; 25%), and one open country species was also found (1; 2%). …”
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Phylogeny and taxonomy of the shore-fly tribe Ephydrini with comments on related tribes in Ephydrinae (Diptera: Ephydridae) by Wayne N. Mathis, Luciane Marinoni, Tatiana A. Sepúlveda

“…ABSTRACT Ephydrini comprises 118 species (plus seven nomina dubia species) that are distributed in all biogeographical regions except Antarctica. …”
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Three decades of research efforts on the uses, conservation, and management of Cola nitida (Vent.): State of knowledge and prospects in Africa by Tokannou Isabelle E.T., Sanogo Souleymane, Houndonougbo Juliano S.H., Salako Kolawolé Valère, Fandohan Adandé Belarmain

“…Cola nitida is a key multipurpose fruit tree species widely distributed across African countries. …”
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Wing spot in a tropical and a temperate drosophilid: C = C enrichment and conserved thermal response by Divita Garg, Harshad Vijay Mayekar, Sanjeev Paikra, Monalisa Mishra, Subhash Rajpurohit

“…Here, we investigated the wing pigmentation response of two species with wing spots: D. biarmipes and D. suzukii species to thermal variation. …”
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Comparative Cranial Joint Variation in Three Different Lizards: Impact of Feeding Habit by Elif Yıldırım Caynak, Kamil Candan, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Ahmet Gökay Korkmaz, Sezen Birlik, Dudu Mertgenç Yoldaş, Serkan Gül, Çetin Ilgaz

“…The cranial joints are similar among species that generally exhibit cranial kinesis. The stomach contents of the species were analyzed, and <i>E. schneideri</i> has the highest prey diversity among the examined species, followed by <i>E. suphani</i> and <i>A. colchica</i> in that order. …”
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Study of bats in the upper Neretva River valley (Bosnia and Herzegovina) by Maja Zagmajster, Vojo Milanović, Behare Rexhepi, Ester Premate, Špela Borko, Anton Vorauer

“…The morphological identification of some species was confirmed using DNA analyses. We detected at least 13 bat species in the study area extending from Krupac to Konjic. …”
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Distribution of the common nettle Urtica dioica L. and annual nettle U. urens L. in the Russian Federation by N. N. Luneva, T. Yu. Zakota, Y. A. Fedorova

“…Areas where occurrences of an individual nettle species are scored as “very often”, “often”, “usually” or “often” were blended into one territory characterized with the “often” occurrence: this is the optimum zone for the species in question. …”
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Mimosa diplotricha (Fabaceae) Recruits Native Pollinators, But Does it Matter? by I.N. Egbon, O.P. Nzie, J. Rotimi

“…That the floral resources of M. diplotricha supported high abundance of few species and some species with low abundance indicate that those of the latter case were casual visitors. …”
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Germline-restricted chromosomes of the songbirds by P. M. Borodin

“…The GRC of each bird species consists of amplified and modified copies of genes from the basic genome of that species. …”
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Diversity in the Dark: Bat Fauna from Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Royal Reserve by Hannah Haggon, David White, Joshua Smithson, David Wells, Ricardo Oliveira Ramalho

“…Tissue and faecal samples were taken during the surveys and compared to a global database to confirm the species present. The survey results confirmed the presence of 18 species belonging to 14 genera of eight families. …”
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Ethnopharmacology of Psychotria: Potential Use of P. malayana Jack Leaves as Antidiabetic Agent by Sharifah Nurul Akilah Syed Mohamad, Alfi Khatib, Siti Zaiton Mat Soád, Qamar Uddin Ahmed, Zalikha Ibrahim

“… This review provides a comprehensive exploration of the Psychotria species, a genus of plants known for their medicinal properties and traditional uses. …”
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Grasses in African ethnoveterinary medicine: Review of their ethnopharmacological properties by Alfred Maroyi

“…Ethnoveterinary uses of 40 species belonging to 26 genera of the Poaceae family are recorded. …”
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Reproductive Interference and Niche Partitioning in Aphidophagous Insects by Suzuki Noriyuki, Naoya Osawa

“…The range and quality of prey species differ greatly among closely related species of predators. …”
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Assessment and analysis of riparian zone downstream of Brantas River at three different points in Mojokerto region, East Java, Indonesia by Khalifa Abdalnasser A M, Leksono Amin Setyo, Marjono, Rachmansyah Arief

“…This study aims to analyse the species richness downstream of the Brantas River riparian zone in the Mojokerto Region. …”
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