Flood Risk Assessment and Zoning for Niamey and Lokoja Metropolises in Niger and Nigeria by Youssoufa Doulla Nouhou, Martins Yusuf Otache, Salamatou Abdourahamane Illiassou, Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola, Appollonia Aimiosino Okhimamhe, Thanh Thi Nguyen

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Evaluation of 16s Long Read Metabarcoding for Characterizing the Microbiome and Salmonella Contamination of Retail Poultry Meat by Zachary Tobar, Katie Y. Lee, Megan E. Gaa, Bryshal P. Moore, Xunde Li, Maurice E. Pitesky

“…This indicates this process may have value characterizing biodiversity and pathogen contamination of poultry samples in earlier steps of the poultry meat production process where bacterial contamination concentrations are likely to be higher.…”
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Complementary Non‐invasive Fish Monitoring Distinguishes Depth‐Dependent Fish Communities by Ewan Burns, Vijini Mallawaarachchi, Thomas M. Clarke, Belinda Martin, Joseph D. DiBattista, Jamie Hicks, Danny Brock, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale, Charlie Huveneers, Michael P. Doane

“…These findings emphasize the value of integrating multiple approaches for enhanced fish species detection, offering valuable insights into future biodiversity monitoring and conservation efforts.…”
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A spatiotemporal optimization engine for prescribed burning in the Southeast US by Reetam Majumder, Adam J. Terando, J. Kevin Hiers, Jaime A. Collazo, Brian J. Reich

“…Many ecosystems in the Southeast US are dependent upon frequent low-intensity surface fires to sustain native biodiversity, ecosystem services, and endangered species populations. …”
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Challenges and strategies in meeting urban tree canopy targets: A scenario discovery analysis to guide urban forest planning in new developments by Raymundo Marcos Martinez, Natthanij Soonsawad, Mariana Dias Baptista, Stephen Cook, Guy Barnett, Joseph Chee, Tim Field, Tim Muster

“…With increasing urban populations worldwide, new developments face ambitious tree canopy cover targets to mitigate urban heat, reduce stormwater runoff, support biodiversity, and promote health benefits. Achieving substantial tree canopy cover in dense urban areas is challenging due to space constraints and varying species performance. …”
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Study of Antibacterial Activity of Root Bark, Leaves, and Pericarp Extracts of Diploknema butyracea and Evaluation of Prospective Antioxidant Activity by Alisha Karki Chhetry, Subhila Dhakal, Lalita Chaudhary, Khimdhoj Karki, Ram Bahadur Khadka, Gautam Prasad Chaudhary, Tonking Bastola, Amrit Poudel, Pramod Aryal, Jitendra Pandey

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Extensive Admixture Among Karst‐Obligate Salamanders Reveals Evidence of Recent Divergence and Gene Exchange Through Aquifers by Chris C. Nice, Katherine L. Bell, Zachariah Gompert, Lauren K. Lucas, James R. Ott, Ruben U. Tovar, Paul Crump, Peter H. Diaz

“…ABSTRACT Karst ecosystems often contain extraordinary biodiversity, but the complex underground aquifers of karst regions present challenges for assessing and conserving stygobiont diversity and investigating their evolutionary history. …”
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Morphological analysis of cold-water coral skeletons for evaluating in silico mechanical models of reef-scale crumbling by Marta Peña Fernández, Josh Williams, Janina V. Büscher, Janina V. Büscher, J. Murray Roberts, Sebastian J. Hennige, Uwe Wolfram, Uwe Wolfram

“…Increased porosity and thinning in structurally critical parts of the reef framework may lead to rapid physical collapse on an ecosystem scale, reducing their potential for biodiversity support. Understanding the structural-mechanical relationships of reef-forming corals is important to enable the use of in silico mechanical models as predictive tools that allow us to determine risk and timescales of reef collapse. …”
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How to Coordinate Urban Ecological Networks and Street Green Space Construction? Insights from a Multi-Scale Perspective by Shujun Hou, Ying Yu, Taeyeol Jung, Xin Han

“…However, most studies have primarily addressed biodiversity needs, with limited focus on coordinating street spaces in human settlement planning. …”
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Microbial biogeography along a 2578 km transect on the East Antarctic Plateau by Victor Parro, María Ángeles Lezcano, Mercedes Moreno-Paz, Alfonso F. Davila, Armando Azua-Bustos, Miriam García-Villadangos, Jacek Wierzchos, Miguel Ángel Fernández-Martínez, Ramón Larramendi, Hilo Moreno, Ignacio Oficialdegui, Manuel Olivera, Miguel Redondo-Nieto, Pedro Mustieles-del-Ser, Mariusz Potocki, Paul Andrew Mayewski, Sergi González-Herrero, Ana Justel, Antonio Quesada

“…Our findings suggest that some microorganisms could exhibit transient, basal metabolic activity when associated to high salt particles, contributing to set biodiversity patterns and biogeographic compartmentalization on Antarctic Plateau ice.…”
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Effect of tree size attributes on fruit production and animal-mediated seed dispersal web in Melia azedarach L. (Chinaberry) in north-west Himalaya, India by Sukumaran Arun, Sasidharan Sarath, Khanduri Vinod Prasad, Suraj, Rawat Shweta, Chand Vaisakhy Prem

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Potential Medicinal Fungi from Freshwater Environments as Resources of Bioactive Compounds by Ilenia Cicero, Giulia Mirabile, Giuseppe Venturella

“…Such fungal species are noteworthy since they represent an important quote of biodiversity to preserve their fundamental ecological role and a possible solution for different health problems for humans and animal farms.…”
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Astrobiological Field Campaign to a Volcanosedimentary Mars Analogue Methane Producing Subsurface Protected Ecosystem: Imuruk Lake (Alaska) by F. Gómez, O. Prieto-Ballesteros, D. Fernández-Remolar, J. A. Rodríguez-Manfredi, M. Fernández-Sampedro, M. Postigo Cacho, J. Torres Redondo, N. Rodríguez, J. Gómez-Elvira, R. Amils

“…Considerable studies have been developed on extreme ecosystems and permafrost in particular, to evaluate the possibility of life on Mars and to test specific automated life detection instruments for space missions. The biodiversity of permafrost located on the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve has been studied as an example of subsurface protected niche of astrobiological interest. …”
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Bryophytes as Indicators of Disturbance in One of the Last Remnants of the Mountain Forests of El Oro Province, Ecuador by Ángel Benítez, Richard Nagua, Jefferson Medina, Gregorio Lapo, Erika Yangua-Solano, Rolando Andrade-Hidalgo

“…Epiphytic bryophytes are an important component in terms of the diversity and functioning of montane forests known as biodiversity hotspots. Bryophytes are highly dependent on their external environments because they are sensitive to environmental changes related to disturbance, fragmentation, air pollution, and climate change. …”
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Native versus non-native Prosopis woody species: Which fertilize the soil better? by Moslehi Maryam, Ahmadi Farzad, Matinizadeh Mohammad, Sadeghi Seyed Mousa, Izadi Masoumeh, Faunae Nafiseh, Alizadeh Tahereh, Shackleton Ross T.

“…In contrast, invasive P. juliflora trees raise soil salinity, threatening soil quality, biodiversity, and ecosystem services in the Sahara-Sahel region. …”
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Ethephon and Diethyl Aminoethyl Mixture (EDAH) Reduces Maize Lodging and Enhances Overall Productivity in Maize/Peanut Intercropping by Xiaojin Zou, Jiayi Xu, Huasen Xu, Liang Gong, Lizhen Zhang, Ying Wang, Liangshan Feng, Zhanxiang Sun

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Recent Advances in Biotechnological Methods for Wheat Gluten Immunotoxicity Abolishment – a Review by Vijole Bradauskiene, Lina Vaiciulyte-Funk, Bakht Ramin Shah, Darius Cernauskas, Mihaela Adriana Tita

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Habitat Quality Dynamics in Urumqi over the Last Two Decades: Evidence of Land Use and Land Cover Changes by Siying Chen, Ümüt Halik, Lei Shi, Wentao Fu, Lu Gan, Martin Welp

“…Rapid urbanization has led to habitat degradation and loss of biodiversity, posing severe threats to regional sustainability, particularly in extremely vulnerable arid zones. …”
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Assessment of line differentiation in the Thoroughbred horse breed using DNA microsatellite loci by L. A. Khrabrova, N. V. Blohina, O. I. Suleymanov, G. А. Rozhdestvenskaya, V. F. Pustovoy

“…The data indicate genetic differentiation of lines of TB at the STR markers and confirm the effectiveness of the system of linear breeding for the maintenance of interbreed biodiversity.…”
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Predicting climate-change impacts on the global glacier-fed stream microbiome by Massimo Bourquin, Hannes Peter, Grégoire Michoud, Susheel Bhanu Busi, Tyler J. Kohler, Andrew L. Robison, Mike Styllas, Leïla Ezzat, Aileen U. Geers, Matthias Huss, Stilianos Fodelianakis, The Vanishing Glaciers Field Team, Tom J. Battin

“…We predict that declining environmental selection promotes primary production in GFSs, stimulating both bacterial biomass and biodiversity. Concomitantly, predictions suggest that the phylogenetic structure of the GFS microbiome will change and entire bacterial clades are at risk. …”
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