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    A synthesis of bacterial and archaeal phenotypic trait data

    The scripted workflow was developed to reproducibly (a) prepare datasets to be merged; (b) combine datasets; (c) condense similar or the same traits into columns; and (d) condense rows into species based on either the NCBI taxonomy17 or the Genomic Taxonomy Database (GTDB) taxonomy18 (Fig. 1, Online-only Table 1). This workflow generated five data products17 for the […] More

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    Photographic database of the European cave salamanders, genus Hydromantes

    1. Wake, D. B. The enigmatic history of the European, Asian and American plethodontid salamanders. Amphibia-Reptilia 34, 323–336 (2013). Article  Google Scholar  2. Lanza, B., Pastorelli, C., Laghi, P. & Cimmaruta, R. A review of systematics, taxonomy, genetics, biogeography and natural history of the genus Speleomantes Dubois, 1984 (Amphibia Caudata Plethodontidae). Atti del Museo Civico […] More

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    Global correlates of range contractions and expansions in terrestrial mammals

    Current and past distribution ranges We used species range maps from the 1970s24 and the present day, following IUCN Red List taxonomy, to measure the past change in species’ distributions. We represented the current distribution of terrestrial mammal species using the most recent maps of geographical ranges from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species6, […] More

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    Peppermint essential oil inhibits Drosophila suzukii emergence but reduces Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae parasitism rates

    1. Matsumura, S. Nihon konchū daizukan = 6000 illustrated insects of Japan-Empire. (Tōkyō: Tōkō Shoin (1931). 2. Atallah, J., Teixeira, L., Salazar, R., Zaragoza, G. & Kopp, A. The making of a pest: The evolution of a fruit-penetrating ovipositor in Drosophila suzukii and related species. Proc. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 281, 17181 (2014). Google […] More

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    A practical assessment of nano-phosphate on soybean (Glycine max) growth and microbiome establishment

    Nanoparticle characterization Although nano-fertilizers are advertised for sale to growers from several companies in China and India, full details of their compositions were not available. Thus, characterized hydroxyapatite (Ca10 (PO4)6(OH) 2) nanoparticles (nHA) were purchased from Sky Springs Nanomaterials, Inc. (Houston, Texas, USA) as <40 nm, with a needle shaped morphology, and 98.5% purity. nHA shape […] More

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    Whale catches fail to fill quotas

    1. Nature 565, 458 (2019). 2. Christiansen, J. S. Nature 568, 458 (2019). CAS  Article  Google Scholar  3. St.meld. nr. 27 (2003–2004) White Paper (Government of Norway, 2020); https://go.nature.com/3c2ynzi 4. Topic: Minke whale (Institute of Marine Research, Norway, 2020); https://www.hi.no/en/hi/temasider/species/minke-whale 5. Search: Vågehval (Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, 2020); https://www.fiskeridir.no/Soek?filter=yes&search=v%C3%A5gehval 6. Amundsen, E. S., Bjørndal, T. […] More

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    Experimental and archaeological data for the identification of projectile impact marks on small-sized mammals

    1. Blasco, R. et al. Environmental availability, behavioural diversity and diet: A zooarchaeological approach from the TD10-1 sublevel of Gran Dolina (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain) and Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain). Quaternary Science Reviews 70, 124–144 (2013). ADS  Google Scholar  2. Brown, K., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Finlayson, C. Small game and marine resource […] More

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    Widespread subsidence and carbon emissions across Southeast Asian peatlands

    1. Miettinen, J., Shi, C. & Liew, S. C. Land cover distribution in the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2015 with changes since 1990. Glob. Ecol. Conserv. 6, 67–78 (2016). Article  Google Scholar  2. Hooijer, A. et al. Subsidence and carbon loss in drained tropical peatlands. Biogeosciences 9, 1053–1071 (2012). Article  Google […] More