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    Long-term imaging of the photosensitive, reef-building coral Acropora muricata using light-sheet illumination

    1. Gladfelter, E. H. Skeletal development in Acropora cervicornis: I. Patterns of calcium carbonate accretion in the axial corallite. Coral Reefs 1, 45–51 (1982). ADS  Google Scholar  2. Muscatine, L., Tambutte, E. & Allemand, D. Morphology of coral desmocytes, cells that anchor the calicoblastic epithelium to the skeleton. Coral Reefs 16, 205–213 (1997). Google Scholar  […] More

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    Sexual differences in age-dependent survival and life span of adults in a natural butterfly population

    1. Carey, J. R. Insect biodemography. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 46, 79–110 (2001). CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  2. Bronikowski, A. M. & Promislow, D. E. L. Testing evolutionary theories of aging in wild populations. Trends Ecol. Evol. 20, 271–273 (2005). PubMed  Google Scholar  3. Stearns, S. C. The evolution of life histories. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, […] More

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    Heavy metals and radon content in spring water of Kosovo

    Heavy metals. In Table 1 and Supplementary Table 1A (Appendix) the measuring results of the concentration (μg/L) of heavy metals As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn are shown. Actually, Table 1 represents minimum, maximum and mean values per municipality, of all measured parameters, and Supplementary Table 1A represents the average value of […] More

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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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    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