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    Sexual reproduction and genetic polymorphism within the cosmopolitan marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia pungens

    1. De Queiroz, K. Ernst Mayr and the modern concept of species. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 102, 6600–6607 (2005). ADS  PubMed  Google Scholar  2. Hey, J. On the failure of modern species concepts. Trends Ecol. Evol. 21, 447–450 (2006). PubMed  Google Scholar  3. 3Mayden, R. L. A hierarchy of species concepts: the denouement in the […] More

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    Enzyme-catalysed mineralisation experiment study to solidify desert sands

    1. Middleton, N. & Thomas, D. S. G. World Atlas of Desertification 182 (Arnold, London, 1997). Google Scholar  2. Wang, T., Xue, X., Zhou, L. H. & Guo, J. Combating aeolian desertification in northern China. Land Degrad. Dev. 26, 118–132 (2015). Article  Google Scholar  3. Le Houérou, H. N. Biogeography of the arid steppeland north […] More

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    Modelling sexually deceptive orchid species distributions under future climates: the importance of plant–pollinator interactions

    1. Pacifici, M. et al. Assessing species vulnerability to climate change. Nat. Clim. Change 5, 215–225 (2015). ADS  Google Scholar  2. Foden, W. B. & Young, B. E. (eds) IUCN SSC Guidelines for Assessing Species’ Vulnerability to Climate Change (IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, 2016). Google Scholar  3. Conde, D. A. et al. Data gaps […] More

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    Larval behaviour, dispersal and population connectivity in the deep sea

    Particles are simulated with the Ariane software (available from http://stockage.univ-brest.fr/~grima/Ariane/doc.html,20,21) modified to include independent, age-related, vertical motion of particles22. The modified Ariane is driven by the velocity, potential temperature, T, and salinity, S, fields output from the VIKING20 configuration23 of the NEMO ocean model24. VIKING20 hydrodynamic model: description and verification Used here as input for […] More

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    90s slow-down

    More than a third of industrial-age fossil fuel CO2 emissions have been absorbed by the ocean. This uptake has had implications for ocean chemistry and marine life by driving ocean acidification, but has also mitigated atmospheric CO2 concentrations and their impact on climate. However, despite its critical importance for climate and understanding climate–carbon feedbacks, the […] More

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    Impact of habitat alteration on amphibian diversity and species composition in a lowland tropical rainforest in Northeastern Leyte, Philippines

    Study area The study was conducted in a tropical rainforest in Babatngon Range in the northeastern portion of Leyte Island (Fig. 7) which covers two municipalities- San Miguel and Babatngon. The core of the mountain range is represented by ultramafic outcrops known as the Tacloban Ophiolite Complex (TOC). It is a NW–SE trending massif in the […] More

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    The BenBioDen database, a global database for meio-, macro- and megabenthic biomass and densities

    1. Giere, O. Meiobenthology – The Microscopic Motile Fauna of Aquatic Sediment. (Springer-Verlag, 2009). 2. Schratzberger, M. & Ingels, J. Meiofauna matters: The roles of meiofauna in benthic ecosystems. J. Exp. Mar. Bio. Ecol. 502, 12–25 (2018). Google Scholar  3. Carpentier, A., Como, S., Dupuy, C., Lefrançois, C. & Feunteun, E. Feeding ecology of Liza […] More