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    Regional records improve data quality in determining plant extinction rates

    1. Humphreys, A. M., Govaerts, R., Ficinski, S. Z., Lughadha, E. N. & Vorontsova, M. S. Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 3, 1043–1047 (2019). Article Google Scholar 2. NatureServe Explorer: An Online Encyclopedia of Life (NatureServe, accessed 21 June 2019); http://explorer.natureserve.org/ 3. Calflora: Information […] More

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    Publisher Correction: Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life

    Author notes Unaffiliated: Florian D. Schneider, Jorrit H. Poelen. Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Rachael V. Gallagher , John Alroy , Alexandra J. R. Carthey , Mark Westoby  & Ian J. Wright Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New […] More

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    Chance and necessity in the pleiotropic consequences of adaptation for budding yeast

    1. Barrick, J. E. & Lenski, R. E. Genome dynamics during experimental evolution. Nat. Rev. Genet. 14, 827–839 (2013). 2. Lee, C. E. Evolutionary genetics of invasive species. Trends Ecol. Evol. 17, 386–391 (2002). Article Google Scholar 3. Bedhomme, S., Hillung, J. & Elena, S. F. Emerging viruses: why they are not jacks of all […] More

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    Socio-ecological factors determine crop performance in agricultural systems

    PLS description Usefulness of PLS Projections to latent structures (PLS), a more correct term for Partial Least Squares27, is a powerful multivariate method that is able to integrate data from different scientific disciplines in a single analysis22,24. It has minimum demands in terms of sample size, residual distribution and measurement scales28, while at the same […] More

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    Estimation of the spawning time of Japanese eels in the open ocean

    Estimation of spawning time In this study, we used two types of environmental water temperature parameters experienced by the eggs to estimate spawning time, namely the incubation temperature and the experienced temperature (Fig. 1). Arbitrary spawning time (AST) was assumed at any time before the new moon, and the time elapsed from fertilisation (ET, unit: hour) […] More

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    The association between breastmilk oligosaccharides and faecal microbiota in healthy breastfed infants at two, six, and twelve weeks of age

    In the cohort described in this study we observed directional changes in both HMO concentrations in breast milk and in infant faces, and in the composition of infant faecal microbiota. HMO concentrations differed between individuals and depended on lactation time and infant age. Earlier studies showed that faecal microbiota structure is highly dynamic during infancy […] More

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    Uncovering diversity and metabolic spectrum of animals in dead zone sediments

    1. Michael Beman, J., Arrigo, K. R. & Matson, P. A. Agricultural runoff fuels large phytoplankton blooms in vulnerable areas of the ocean. Nature 434, 211–214 (2005). 2. Doney, S. C. The growing human footprint on coastal and open-ocean biogeochemistry. Science 328, 1512–1516 (2010). 3. Carstensen, J., Andersen, J. H., Gustafsson, B. G. & Conley, […] More