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    Long-term monitoring of the Iberian ibex population in the Sierra Nevada of the southeast Iberian Peninsula

    1. Shackleton, D. Wild sheep and goats and their relatives. Status survey and conservation action plan for Caprinae. (IUCN/SSC Caprinae Specialist Group., 1997). 2. Pérez, J. M. et al. Distribution, status and conservation problems of the Spanish Ibex, Capra pyrenaica (Mammalia: Artiodactyla). Mammal Rev. 32, 26–39 (2002). Article  Google Scholar  3. Acevedo, P. & Casinello, […] More

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    Transition to tall evergreens

    Forests in tropical Asia — constituting South Asia, Southeast Asia and tropical China — are threatened by direct (land use change) and indirect (anthropogenic climate change) stressors. Climate change, for example, modifies plant phenology and vegetation structure, in turn influencing vegetation distribution, carbon storage and biodiversity. Effective management and policy recommendations therefore require in-depth understanding […] More

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    Hypolithic communities shape soils and organic matter reservoirs in the ice-free landscapes of East Antarctica

    Hypolithic horizon: types and transitions Hypolithic horizons most widely occurred in soils of the valley floors and flanks, which were elevated at least ten centimeters above the zone of meltwater streams at the peak of the warm season. We observed two distinct morphotypes of hypolithic horizons (Fig. 2): (1) cyanobacteria-dominated, which comprised biofilm-covered sandy particles several […] More

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    Biocrusts buffer against the accumulation of soil metallic nutrients induced by warming and rainfall reduction

    1. Marschner, H. & Marschner, P. Marschner’s Mineral Nutrition Of Higher Plants. (Academic Press, 2012). 2. Hänsch, R. & Mendel, R. R. Physiological functions of mineral micronutrients (Cu, Zn, Mn, Fe, Ni, Mo, B, Cl). Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 12, 259–266 (2009). PubMed  Google Scholar  3. Chapin, E. S. The mineral nutrition of wild plants. […] More

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    Free-roaming dogs limit habitat use of giant pandas in nature reserves

    1. Laurance, W. F. et al. Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature 489, 290–294 (2012). ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  2. Lovejoy, T. E. Protected areas: A prism for a changing world. Trends Ecol. Evol. 21, 329–333 (2006). PubMed  Google Scholar  3. Woodroffe, R. & Ginsberg, J. R. Edge effects and the […] More

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    An investigation of hibernating members from the Culex pipiens complex (Diptera, Culicidae) in subterranean habitats of central Germany

    1. Vinogradova, E. B. Culex pipiens pipiens Mosquitoes. Taxonomy, Distribution, Ecology, Physiology, Genetics, Applied Importance and Control (Pensoft, Sofia, 2000). Google Scholar  2. Linnaeus, C. Systema naturae Vol. 1. No. part 1 (Laurentii-Salvii, Stockholm, 1758). Google Scholar  3. Forskål, P. Flora Ægyptiaco-Arabica sive descriptiones plantarum quas per ægytum inferiorem et arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus […] More

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    Economic use of plants is key to their naturalization success

    By combining the largest currently available databases on economic uses and naturalization success, we show how the varied uses of plants by humans contribute to their ability to establish outside of their native ranges. The percentage of naturalized taxa among economic plants is almost 18 times higher than among the global seed plant flora without […] More

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    Silicon addition improves plant productivity and soil nutrient availability without changing the grass:legume ratio response to N fertilization

    1. Craine, J. M., Froehle, J., Tilman, D. G., Wedin, D. A. & Chapin, F. S. The relationships among root and leaf traits of 76 grassland species and relative abundance along fertility and disturbance gradients. Oikos 93, 274–285. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.930210.x (2001). Article  Google Scholar  2. Song, M. H. et al. Different responses to availability and form […] More