Effects of public roads on wildlife-vehicle collisions in two protected areas, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park and iSimangaliso Wetland Park, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Cameron T. Cormac, Cormac Price, Wendy Collinson, Dave J. Druce, Jarryd P. Streicher, Colleen T. Downs

“…A total of 1606 road mortalities were recorded, with small-bodied vertebrates (< 5 kg) comprising most of the identified species. Amphibians experienced the highest number of mortalities, 1066 individuals, while birds had the highest species diversity in the mortality record with 31 identified species. …”
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The lingering menace: How legacy organochlorine pesticides still threaten our rivers and food chains by Wenping Xie, Guangjun Wang, Ermeng Yu, Jun Xie, Wangbao Gong, Zhifei Li, Kai Zhang, Yun Xia, Jingjing Tian, Hongyan Li

“…Bottom-dwelling carnivorous fish species exhibited greater OCP residue levels than those in the upper layers of the freshwater. …”
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Molecular prevalence and associated risk factors of Entamoeba spp. in donkeys in Shanxi Province, North China by Ze-Dong Zhang, Han-Dan Xiao, Dong-Yang Wang, Nan Su, Xun-Zhi Liu, Zi-Rui Wang, Shi-Chen Xie, Xing-Quan Zhu, Shuo Zhang, Wen-Wei Gao

“…Abstract Background The intestinal protozoa Entamoeba spp. can infect humans and various animals, including donkeys, causing diarrhea and malabsorption and presenting significant risks to animal husbandry and public health. Most Entamoeba species are not pathogenic except for Entamoeba histolytica. …”
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Determining the status of ecosystem degradation trends and their implications for ecological integrity in the southern African grassland biome by L.R. Vukeya, T.M. Mokotjomela, N. Pillay

“…Of the 1332 alien plant species recorded, 17.8 %-36.2 % were invasive. The hotspots for APS covered 19.7 % (374,002 km2) of the biome, were concentrated in one province, and were highly dominated by herbs and woody species (46 % and 38 %, respectively). …”
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Analytical Methods for Atmospheric Carbonyl Compounds: A Review by Xiaoshuai Gao, Xin Zhang, Yan Nie, Jiemeng Bao, Junling Li, Rui Gao, Yunfeng Li, Wei Wei, Xiaoyu Yan, Yongxin Yan, Hong Li

“…It was found that the direct sampling methods of atmospheric carbonyl compounds were applicable to low-molecular-weight carbonyl species with low reactivity, low boiling points, high polarity, and high volatility, while indirect sampling methods were suitable for a wider range and various types and phases of species. …”
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Antileishmanial Effect of 5,3′-Hydroxy-7,4′-dimethoxyflavanone of Picramnia gracilis Tul. (Picramniaceae) Fruit: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies by Sara M. Robledo, Wilson Cardona, Karen Ligardo, Jéssica Henao, Natalia Arbeláez, Andrés Montoya, Fernando Alzate, Juan M. Pérez, Victor Arango, Iván D. Vélez, Jairo Sáez

“…Species of Picramnia genus are used in folk medicine to treat or prevent skin disorders, but only few species have been studied for biological activity and chemical composition. …”
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dataFishing: An efficient Python tool and user-friendly web-form for mining mitochondrial and chloroplast sequences, taxonomic, and biodiversity data by Luan Rabelo, Davidson Sodré, Oscar David Albito Balcázar, Murilo Furtado do Rosário, Aurycéia Jaquelyne Guimarães-Costa, Grazielle Gomes, Iracilda Sampaio, Marcelo Vallinoto

“…NCBI GenBank and BOLD Systems are important databases for biodiversity research, in which the deposited data can be used for various purposes, such as species identification analysis, evolutionary studies, biodiversity monitoring, as well as assessing the effects of possible climate changes on species distributions. …”
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Genome assembly of an endemic butterfly (Minois aurata) shed light on the genetic mechanisms underlying ecological adaptation to arid valley habitat by Wenqian Hu, Yi Wang, Xiaoxiao Chen, Jialong Huang, Jingge Kuang, Lei Wang, Kangshan Mao, Liang Dou

“…Further mitochondrial genome analysis of four Minois species placed M. aurata in a basal position within the genus, supporting it as an independent species. …”
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High, but variable prevalence of Sarcocystis cruzi infections in farm-raised American bison (Bison bison) beef destined for human consumption by Larissa S. de Araujo, Aditya Gupta, Marianne Dias Papadopoulos, Doaa Naguib, Jacquin Battle, Oliver Kwok, Asis Khan, Benjamin Rosenthal, Jitender P. Dubey

“…An unidentified species of Sarcocystis found in two bison samples needs further study. …”
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Comparison of sialic acid content in bovine and buffalo milk and meat by Michela Contò, Simona Rinaldi, Sebastiana Failla

“…Data was analyzed by ANOVA using a bifactorial model with interactions (products and species). Both products and the species influenced the content of Neu5Ac (p<0.001 and p<0.014, respectively) and Neu5Gc (p<0.001, for both). …”
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Multi-task aquatic toxicity prediction model based on multi-level features fusion by Xin Yang, Jianqiang Sun, Bingyu Jin, Yuer Lu, Jinyan Cheng, Jiaju Jiang, Qi Zhao, Jianwei Shuai

“…Understanding how different species respond to these compounds helps assess the potential ecological impact of pollution on aquatic ecosystems as a whole. …”
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A Highly Divergent Mitochondrial Genome in Extant Cape Buffalo From Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa by Deon deJager, Marlo Möller, Eileen Hoal, Paul vanHelden, Brigitte Glanzmann, Cindy Harper, Paulette Bloomer

“…ABSTRACT The reduced cost of next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has allowed researchers to generate nuclear and mitochondrial genome data to gain deeper insights into the phylogeography, evolutionary history and biology of non‐model species. While the Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) has been well‐studied across its range with traditional genetic markers over the last 25 years, researchers are building on this knowledge by generating whole genome, population‐level data sets to improve understanding of the genetic composition and evolutionary history of the species. …”
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ISOLATION AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO SAPONINS FROM THE ROOTS OF Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Laurentii’ by Duc Hung Nguyen, Quang Tan Tu, Hoang Mau Chu

“…Sansevieria is a genus consisting of about 60 species natively distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. …”
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Efficiency of Buzzing Bees in Fruit Set and Seed Set of Solanum violaceum in Sri Lanka by R. W. M. U. M. Wanigasekara, W. A. I. P. Karunaratne

“…The present study aimed at determining the flower visiting bees of the vegetable crop, Solanum violaceum, and the efficiency of buzz pollination by bees on fruit and seed production in Sri Lanka. Seven bee species: Hoplonomia westwoodi, Amegilla comberi, Patellapis kaluterae, Xylocopa tenuiscapa, Apis dorsata, Trigona iridipennis, and Ceratina hieroglyphica visited the flowers of S. violaceum, and the first four species were buzzing bees. …”
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Evolution of the C-Type Lectin-Like Receptor Genes of the DECTIN-1 Cluster in the NK Gene Complex by Susanne Sattler, Hormas Ghadially, Erhard Hofer

“…Recent developments in sequencing and the availability of comprehensive sequence data comprising many species showed that the receptors of the DECTIN-1 cluster are not only homologous to each other but also highly conserved between species. …”
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Discovering the allure of forests: Exploring adolescent queries in nature-rich environments. by A M Arroz, R Gabriel, A R Silva, F Piasentin, I R Amorim, A Picanço, S Matos

“…Biotic elements, like species, turned out to be more intriguing than abiotic elements, originating 89.6% of the questions. …”
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Life history and behavioural observations during the rearing of Dira clytus clytus (Linnaeus, 1764) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae), with notes on implications for climate chan... by Silvia Mecenero, Stephen P. Kirkman

“…Understanding these responses is important for the conservation of Lepidoptera species, especially those that are not widely distributed. …”
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Climate Change Adaptation: New Perspectives for Natural Resource Management and Conservation by Rebecca G. Harvey, Laura A. Brandt, Frank J. Mazzotti

“…The rate at which climate is projected to change in coming decades is likely too fast for many species to genetically adapt or to migrate to new suitable areas. …”
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Reachability Analysis of Low-Order Discrete State Reaction Networks Obeying Conservation Laws by Gergely Szlobodnyik, Gábor Szederkényi

“…Therefore, the number of feasible trajectories satisfying the reachability relation can be counted in polynomial time in the number of species and in the distance of initial and target states, assuming fixed number of reactions in the system.…”
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Review of Comprehensive Measurements of Speciated NOy and its Chemistry: Need for Quantifying the Role of Heterogeneous Processes of HNO3 and HONO by Hajime Akimoto, Hiroshi Tanimoto

“…For the further validation of CTMs with individual species of NOy, previous field studies of comprehensive observation of NOy speciation in ground-based and aircraft campaigns have also been reviewed. …”
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