NATURE PODCAST 26 February 2020 Hear the latest science updates, brought to you by Benjamin Thompson and Nick Howe. This week, the brain pathways of egg laying in fruit flies, and preventing fractures in metallic glass. Download MP3 In this episode: 00:46 Working out the wiring behind fruit fly behaviour Researchers have identified a neural […] More
The increased frequency and severity of extreme climate events make critical the need to identify vulnerable populations and spatial regions1,2,3,4,5. Because historical climate has shaped many traits that influence climate-induced vulnerability6,7, vulnerable populations may be identified by determining and predicting trait responses to present and projected climate8,9. Trait-based analyses have helped to explain species’ sensitivities […] More
Study area The Pantanal is a vast floodplain crossed by the Paraguay River and its tributaries, extending throughout Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia, with an area of approximately 140,000 km2 25. This large wetland has a predictable and monomodal flood pulse, with low amplitude and long duration26, and the structure and dynamics of the Pantanal are dependent […] More
1. IPCC. Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (Cambridge, UK, 2014). 2. Sultan, B. & Gaetani, M. Agriculture in West Africa in the Twenty-First Century: Climate Change and Impacts Scenarios, and Potential for Adaptation. Frontiers in Plant […] More
The depth measurements collected were used to develop a bathymetric map (Fig. S1) that shows a maximum depth of 12 m in the southeastern branch of the lake. Satellite imagery (Google Earth Engine) was used to determine that the area of the lake was 3.6 Ha. Combining the area of the lake and the bathymetric map, we constructed a […] More
1. Berger, L. et al. Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 95, 9031–9036 (1998). First study detailing the discovery of amphibian chytridiomycosis and linking chytrid fungi to amphibian declines. 2. Longcore, J. E., Pessier, A. P. & Nichols, D. […] More
Temperature and productivity trends The analysis of the whole dataset, employing traditional statistics on the monthly series, is shown in Figs. 2, 3 and Tables S1 and 2. Along with raw data (Fig. 2A), we also show the long-term series of annually averaged data (Fig. 2B). This record showed large interannual variability of all variables, revealing patterns more complex […] More
1. Singh, B. B., Ajeigbe, H. A., Tarawali, S. A., Fernandez-Rivera, S. & Abubakar, M. Improving the production and utilization of cowpea as food and fodder. Field Crops Res. 84, 169–177 (2003). Article Google Scholar 2. Tharanathan, R. N. & Mahadevamma, S. Grain legumes – A boon to human nutrition. Trends Food Sci. Technol. 14, […] More
