Xiangtai Wang, Richard Michalet, Shuyan Chen, Liang Zhao et al.
Abstract Questions Contrasting understorey species responses to the effects of dominant species might occur within a single community even with neutral community‐level interactions. However, no studies have assessed the contribution of below‐ and above‐ground effects for all species of a community a...
Andrew T. Smith, Luigi Boitani, Colin J. Bibby, David Brackett et al.
We were pleased to see the attention afforded bioinformatics for biodiversity in Science 's special issue on the topic (29 Sept., pp. [2305][1]-[2314][2]). It is essential that informatics technology be devoted to increasing our understanding of Earth's taxonomic diversity and to developing means to
B. Ward, Thomas B. Bragg, Barbara A. Hayes
A study of 26 burnt mulga (Acacia aneura) stands was conducted from 2003 to 2012 in the Gibson Desert and eastern Gascoyne–Murchison region of Western Australia to assess the effect of fire interval on seedling regeneration. Tree-ring analysis and Landsat satellite imagery identified mulga stands wi...
Azim U. Mallik, M.N. Karim
Abstract Questions: Can we use local native plants for roadside revegetation? What cultural methods help enhance the process? Location: Trans Canada Highway, Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland. Objectives: To (1) test stratification requirements for seed ger‐mination, (2) determine if germinatio...
Ellen Gellesch, Mohammed Abu Sayed Arfin Khan, Anke Jentsch, Carl Beierkuhnlein
Daniel Krofcheck, Jan U.H. Eitel, Christopher D. Lippitt, Lee A. Vierling et al.
Remote sensing is a key technology that enables us to scale up our empirical, in situ measurements of carbon uptake made at the site level. In low leaf area index ecosystems typical of semi-arid regions however, many assumptions of these remote sensing approaches fall short, given the complexities o...
Jinfeng Chen, X. Wu, Hai Lin, Guofa Cui
Aims:The List of State Key Protected Wild Animals is a crucial legal foundation that guides the implementation of species conservation efforts, especially rescue plans for endangered species.The recently published and implement 2021 version of the List of State Key Protected Wild Animals, represents...
Md. Ariful Islam, R.W. Bell, C. Johansen, M. Jahiruddin et al.
Abstract Studies of rice‐based systems in the Indo‐Gangetic Plain (IGP) have demonstrated the beneficial effects of Conservation Agriculture on soil organic carbon (SOC) status, along with increased soil health and crop productivity. However, it remains unclear as to the time for such treatments to ...
Sina Attar Roshan, Mehdi Heydari, Alexander Wait, S. M. Mijan Uddin et al.
Nazimur Rahman Talukdar, Parthankar Choudhury, Firoz Ahmad, Hassan Al-Razi et al.
Asiatic elephants are facing numerous direct and indirect anthropogenic threats throughout their geographical distributional range. Consequent to the land use and land cover change, habitat loss, fragmentation, and deterioration of the corridor status are the prime threats for the species. The curre...
David M. Green
Sex ratios among anurans at breeding sites are routinely observed to be skewed toward males, which has implications for the strength of sexual selection in these animals. However, the relative numbers of males and females observed at breeding sites also depends upon their relative conspicuousness an...
Murad Ahmed Farukh, Hiroshi Hayasaka
Severe lightning flashes, 120,000 a year or four times more than in the average year, started around 300 fires in each of the three years of 2004, 2005, and 2007 but the burnt area of each year differed considerably. The burnt areas in 2004 and 2005 were the largest and the third largest in the last...
Rina K. Nichols, Jessica Steiner, Lance Woolaver, E. T. Williams et al.
Abstract The term ‘field propagation and release’ refers to the breeding of captive adults in large field enclosures, allowing them to raise their young, and then releasing those young from that location. This technique is currently being implemented in Canada as one of several recovery tools for th...
Richard Estes, T. E. Raghunathan, D. van Vleck
Horning vegetation, an expression of aggression predominately among adult males, may be universal among horned ungulates. We found that horning by wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) males had an important impact on the Serengeti ecosystem, Africa, from the 1960s to the 1980s, as the wildebeest popul...
Bradley Law, Mark Chidel, Alf Britton, Caragh G. Threlfall
We describe microhabitat use and response to disturbance by the eastern pygmy-possum (Cercartetus nanus) in heathy dry sclerophyll forest using spool-and-line-tracking. We compared unlogged forest with forest regenerating four years after selective logging. Structural and floristic attributes were s...