Genomic Insights Into Red Squirrels in Scotland Reveal Loss of Heterozygosity Associated With Extreme Founder Effects by Melissa M. Marr, Emily Humble, Peter W. W. Lurz, Liam A. Wilson, Elspeth Milne, Katie M. Beckmann, Jeffrey Schoenebeck, Uva‐Yu‐Yan Fung, Andrew C. Kitchener, Kenny Kortland, Colin Edwards, Rob Ogden

“…These findings highlight the genetic legacies of past anthropogenic influence on long‐term diversity in endangered taxa. Continuing management interventions and regular genetic monitoring are recommended to safeguard and improve future diversity.…”
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A dataset on environmental DNA, bacterio-, phyto- and zooplankton from an emerging periglacial lagoon in Svalbard, ArcticMendeley DataMendeley Data by Sergej Olenin, Dzmitry Lukashanets, Anastasija Zaiko, Aurelija Samuilovienė, Irina Olenina, Evelina Grinienė, Tobia Politi, Aleksej Šaškov, Greta Kilmonaitė, Andrius Šiaulys

“…The dataset contains the results of bacterioplankton (total cell concentration and carbon biomass), phytoplankton (taxonomic composition, cell size for selected taxa, abundance, biomass and carbon biomass), zooplankton (taxonomic composition, abundance), and environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding. …”
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Conservation networks do not match the ecological requirements of amphibians by Matutini, Florence, Baudry, Jacques, Fortin, Marie-Josee, Pain, Guillaume, Pithon, Josephine

“…Amphibians are among the most threatened taxa as they are highly sensitive to habitat degradation and fragmentation. …”
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Challenges and opportunities for assessing trends of amphibians with heterogeneous data – a call for better metadata reporting by Klaus Henle, Reinhard A. Klenke, M. Benjamin Barth, Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth, Diana E. Bowler

“…While heterogeneous data have proved useful for other taxa, our results highlight the complexity of using them for amphibians. …”
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<i>Lomatium</i> Species of the Intermountain Western United States: A Chemotaxonomic Investigation Based on Essential Oil Compositions by William N. Setzer, Ambika Poudel, Prabodh Satyal, Kathy Swor, Clinton C. Shock

“…The enantiomeric distributions of α-pinene, camphene, sabinene, β-pinene, limonene, and linalool were also utilized to discriminate between the <i>Lomatium</i> taxa. There are not enough consistent data to properly characterize <i>L. triternatum</i> var. …”
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Aerobiology matters: Why people in the community access pollen information and how they use it by Danielle E. Medek, Constance H. Katelaris, Andelija Milic, Paul J. Beggs, Edwin R. Lampugnani, Don Vicendese, Bircan Erbas, Janet M. Davies

“…Suggestions for improvement included extended duration (16.4%), wider geographic range (13.5%), and information on other taxa (17.2%). Conclusion There was a perceived need for localised, detailed and timely pollen information by people with pollen allergy. …”
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Natural factors outweigh anthropogenic impact on aquatic phoD-harboring communities along Yangtze River basin by Lin Xu, Qian Mao, Chaonan Li, Bo Tu, Xiangzhen Li

“…., species belonging to Firmicutes) taxa.…”
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How not to disappear completely: new Stereospondyli fossils from the Rhaetian, Upper Triassic of Bonenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia and their implications for the Late Triassic exti... by Andrea Prino, Florian Witzmann, Achim H. Schwermann, P. Martin Sander, Laurent Garbay, Dorota Konietzko-Meier

“…These fossils belong to at least two taxa of Capitosauria and one taxon of Plagiosauridae and represent the geologically youngest remains of both clades. …”
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Pulmonary Bacterial Communities in Surgically Resected Noncystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis Lungs Are Similar to Those in Cystic Fibrosis by Heather Maughan, Kristopher S. Cunningham, Pauline W. Wang, Yu Zhang, Marcelo Cypel, Cecilia Chaparro, D. Elizabeth Tullis, Thomas K. Waddell, Shaf Keshavjee, Mingyao Liu, David S. Guttman, David M. Hwang

“…A wide range of bacterial diversity was detected in both groups, with between 1 and 21 bacterial taxa found in each patient. Pseudomonas was the most common genus in both groups, comprising 49% of sequences detected and dominating numerically in 13 patients. …”
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Unveiling the diversity of macrobenthic crustaceans on sandy beaches of the eastern Mexican coast: new records and an updated checklist by María R. Muciño-Reyes, María R. Muciño-Reyes, Edlin Guerra-Castro, Edlin Guerra-Castro, Raúl E. Castillo-Cupul, Carlos E. Paz-Ríos, Nuno Simões, Nuno Simões, Nuno Simões

“…An updated checklist comprising 77 species/taxa for the eastern Mexican coast was compiled, integrating historical and new data. …”
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Carbon injection potential of the mesopelagic-migrant pump in the Southern Ocean during summer by Katherine Baker, Katherine Baker, Svenja Halfter, Svenja Halfter, Ben Scoulding, Kerrie M. Swadling, Kerrie M. Swadling, Shane A. Richards, Matthieu Bressac, Matthieu Bressac, Caroline A. Sutton, Philip W. Boyd, Philip W. Boyd

“…Carbon injection potential (CIP) for the dominant taxa at each site was estimated through four pathways, i.e., excretion, respiration, fecal pellets, and carcass production. …”
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IMPACTO DA COVID-19 NA MORBIMORTALIDADE DA TUBERCULOSE NO BRASIL by Gustavo Miranda Oliveira, Ana Clara Noleto Tolentino, Lucas Lopes Fagundes, Angélica Thaís De Freitas Santos, Alice Simões Santos, Rafaela Zilio Bandeira, Karina Andrade de Prince

“…Os resultados demonstraram diminuição no número de notificações da doença entre 2019 e 2021 (10%). No entanto, a taxa de mortalidade aumentou, passando de 7.93% para 11.38%. …”
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Prevalence of <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> in Amphibians in Northwestern Italy’s Protected Areas by Arianna Meletiadis, Matteo Riccardo Di Nicola, Stefano Bovero, Marco Favelli, Marzia Pezzolato, Stefania Grella, Giusi Rezza, Pier Luigi Acutis

“…Sampling of 166 individuals across seven amphibian taxa revealed an overall Bd occurrence of 38.6%, with <i>Pelophylax</i> sp. showing the highest detection rate (50.5% of 93 individuals). …”
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Antibiotic exposure is associated with minimal gut microbiome perturbations in healthy term infants by Alain J. Benitez, Ceylan Tanes, Elliot S. Friedman, Joseph P. Zackular, Eileen Ford, Jeffrey S. Gerber, Patricia A. DeRusso, Andrea Kelly, Hongzhe Li, Michal A. Elovitz, Gary D. Wu, Babette Zemel, Kyle Bittinger

“…Antibiotic exposure (predominantly amoxicillin) was associated with minimal microbiome differences, whereas all tested taxa were modified by breastfeeding. In the short-term substudy, we observed microbiome differences only in the first 2 weeks following antibiotics initiation, mainly a decrease in Bifidobacterium bifidum. …”
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Helminth diversity of nutria (Myocastor coypus) across the Morava basin in the Czech Republic by Michal Benovics, Eva Nosková, Anna Klimešová, Lucie Škorpíková, Ema Jaššová, Jakub Drimaj, Jan Slováček, Ondřej Mikulka

“…The highest prevalence was observed for Strongyloides myopotami (78.3%) and Trichuris myocastoris (37.0%), both of which are host-specific nematodes of nutria. Only 2 trematode taxa were recorded (Echinostoma sp. and a representative of the family Psilostomidae). …”
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Semi-field experiments reveal contrasted predation and movement patterns of aquatic macroinvertebrate predators of Anopheles gambiae larvae by Hudson Onen, Emmanuel W. Kaindoa, Joel Nkya, Alex Limwagu, Martha A. Kaddumukasa, Fredros O. Okumu, Jonathan K. Kayondo, Anne M. Akol, Frédéric Tripet

“…Their larval stages inhabit a variety of aquatic habitats in which, under natural circumstances, they are preyed upon by different taxa of aquatic macroinvertebrate predators. Understanding the potential impact of predators on malaria vector larval population dynamics is important for enabling integrated local mosquito control programmes with a stronger emphasis on biocontrol approaches. …”
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COMPARAÇÃO DAS INTERNAÇÕES E DOS ÓBITOS POR LEISHMANIOSE VISCERAL, LEISHMANIOSE CUTÂNEA E LEISHMANIOSE MUCOCUTÂNEA POR MACRORREGIÕES BRASILEIRAS by Maria Rafaela Alves Nascimento, Fernando Guimarães Fonseca, Fernanda Moreira Fagundes Veloso, Gustavo Santos Viana, Iury Marcos Silva Pessoa, Yure Batista de Sousa, Lanuza Borges Oliveira, Karina Andrade de Prince

“…As variáveis utilizadas foram: sociodemográficas (sexo, faixa etária e etnia) e clínicas (número de internações e média de permanência, taxa de mortalidade, caráter, regime de atendimento e custos das internações). …”
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A novel high-resolution eco-functional vegetation mapping of coastal dunes by Michele Innangi, Mirko Di Febbraro, Marco Balsi, Ginevra Colonna, Michele Finizio, Federica Pontieri, Maria Laura Carranza

“…Field sampling recorded 46 taxa, reflecting diverse habitat types according to the EUNIS classification system. …”
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Microbial communities associated with the skin, gill, and gut of large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) by Jingan Wang, Chenghao Hu, Xiaojie Tong, Yuan Gao, Renjie Liang, Chibo Liu, Kai Zhao

“…Discriminative microbial taxa such as Psychrobacter in the skin, Enterobacterales in the gill, and Fusobacterium in the gut, and discriminative predictive functions were identified in the skin, gill and gut. …”
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The relationship between prenatal drought exposure and the diversity and composition of gut microbiome in pregnant women and neonates by Qingbo Fang, Tianlai Qiu, Fenglan Chen, Xuqi Tian, Zijun Feng, Yanan Cao, Jinbing Bai, Jing Huang, Yanqun Liu

“…This study identified that prenatal SPEI levels were correlated with specific maternal and neonatal gut microbial taxa, as well as neonatal gut microbial functional pathways. …”
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