Meteorological and potential climatic influence on high cyanobacterial biomass within Patos Lagoon (southern Brazil): A case study of the summer of 2019–2020 by Beatriz Feltrin Caneve, Márcio Silva de Souza, Eliana Veleda Klering, Felipe de Lucia Lobo, Elisa Helena Leão Fernandes, João Sarkis Yunes

“…Moreover, weak winds (<<6 m s−1) seemed to accumulate cyanobacterial patches on the water surface, including after vertical mixing caused by strong winds (>6 m s−1). …”
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Effects of plant invasions on wildlife in desert grasslands by Robert J. Steidl, Andrea R. Litt, William J. Matter

“…Although eradication is unlikely once a non‐native plant has naturalized, retaining patches of native vegetation within a matrix of non‐native plants may provide a strategy to reduce effects of plant invasions on wildlife in grasslands. © 2013 The Wildlife Society.…”
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Tree seed dispersal modes affect forest resilience along savanna-forest boundaries by Max van der Ree, Gerard T Barkema, Arie Staal

“…The effects of global changes on tropical forests and savannas are manifested primarily at their boundaries. The dynamics at these forest-savanna boundaries depend on their shapes, which influence the spread of fires through the savanna landscape. …”
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Fake news? The impact of information mismatch on mating behaviour by Leonor R. Rodrigues, Sara Magalhães

“…Here, we tested the consequences of such mismatch by exposing males to mated or virgin females on patches previously impregnated with cues deposited by females of either mating status. …”
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The Silent City Hunters: Exploring Shrews through Stray Cats (Felis catus) in Urban Ecosystems in Jordan by Ehab Eid

“…Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in Dair Ghbar, a residential area with agricultural patches, using opportunistic documentation of prey items presented by stray cats. …”
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Quantifying the impact of urban blue-green spaces on humid-heat exposure risk: A case study of Nanjing’s central urban area by Yueyue Ma, Chenfeng Xu, Zhijie Yang

“…The results indicated that high-risk humid-heat exposure areas were mainly concentrated in densely populated urban centers with fragmented UBGS; green spaces played a dominant role in regulating humid-heat exposure, with green area size being the most influential factor, while the regulatory effect of existing blue spaces was relatively limited; and the effectiveness of UBGS was significantly influenced by its spatial configuration, with complex-shaped and clustered green patches enhancing cooling efficiency. This study provides a novel perspective on the dynamics and driving mechanisms of urban UBGS and offers a scientific foundation for its future planning, conservation, and sustainable development.…”
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Ecological impacts of recreational transformation and war on bird communities in the Siverskyi Donets river floodplain: diversity, synanthropization, and restoration strategies by Tatiana V. Shupova, Roman I. Kratenko

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Landscape Heterogeneity and Transition Drive Wildfire Frequency in the Central Zone of Chile by Mariam Valladares-Castellanos, Guofan Shao, Douglass F. Jacobs

“…Areas with a high number of large forest patches were especially prone to fire frequency increases. …”
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Spatiotemporal Evolution and Driving Factors of Karst Rocky Desertification in Guangxi, China, Under Climate Change and Human Activities by Jialei Su, Meiling Liu, Qin Yang, Xiangnan Liu, Zeyan Wu, Yanan Wen

“…We then applied transition matrices, dynamic degree indices, and landscape metrics to analyze the spatiotemporal evolution of KRD. …”
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Spatial entropy drives the maintenance and dissemination of transferable plasmids by Wenzhi Xue, Juken Hong, Runmeng Zhao, Huaxiong Yao, Yi Zhang, Zhuojun Dai, Teng Wang

“…Here we establish a theoretical framework describing plasmid spread over a metacommunity of multiple patches. By analyzing the gene flow dynamics on randomly generated landscapes, we show that plasmid survival and dispersal are dictated by a simple feature of the landscape, spatial entropy. …”
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Effects of forest structure and harvest‐induced edges on predation risk by Jenny R. Foggia, Scott A. Rush, Darren A. Miller, T. Bently Wigley, James A. Martin

“…ABSTRACT Managed forest systems have implications for wildlife conservation because of their direct influence on condition and distribution of forest patches on the landscape. Spatial arrangement, structure, and composition of patches can influence reproductive outcomes for breeding birds by mediating nest site selection, survival, and predator–prey dynamics. …”
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Advancing Tissue Engineering Through a Portable Perfusion and Incubation System by Angie Zhu, Emmett Reid, Tilak Jain, Amatullah Mir, Usmaan Siddiqi, Olivia Dunne, Narutoshi Hibino

“…Perfusion also facilitated enhanced spatial organization within tissue patches, reducing the inter-spheroids distance. Furthermore, perfusion strengthened the tissue matrix and reduced the degradation rate of the hydrogel scaffold. …”
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A core-surface flow model derived from magnetic data of Macau Science Satellite-1 by JinFeng Li, YuFeng Lin, HongBo Yao, JuYuan Xu, Keke Zhang

“…The core-surface flow is crucial for understanding the dynamics of the Earth’s outer core and geomagnetic secular variations. …”
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Tip optofluidic immunoassay: Evaluating COVID-19 antibody protection with 1 μL fingertip blood by Xiaotian Tan, Yujuan Chai, Ruihan Li, Binmao Zhang, Hao Li, Jie Zhang, Tianen Zhu, Weishu Wu, Lixiang An, Shi Hu, Bin Yang, Li Wang, Zhenqiu Cao, Hongjiu Zhang, Peng Wang, Lingling Yu, Shan Yin, Xingyu Li, Fei Shao, Jianheng Huang, Jinze Li, Fan Yang, Chao Zhao, Jiajia Guo, Lin Zeng, Dong Liang, Zhengting Zou, Hairong Zheng, Xudong Fan, Liangzhi Xie, Yunlong Cao, Hui Yang

“…The system integrates batch-fabricated microfluidic immunoreactors with a portable chemiluminescent imaging station, completing both binding and neutralization capability assessments within 40 min. …”
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Population Genomics Reveals Small‐Scale Metapopulation Structure of Two Strictly Aquatic Keystone Species in a Recently Restored Urban River System (Emscher, Germany) by Martina Weiss, Marie V. Brasseur, Armin W. Lorenz, Florian Leese

“…ABSTRACT Urbanization and the resulting modifications of freshwater ecosystems can play an important role in shaping metapopulation structure and dynamics of aquatic organisms. Ecological restoration aims at improving river ecosystems by reducing or removing anthropogenic stressors and habitat fragmentation, facilitating natural dispersal among population patches. …”
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Abundance and diversity of host-seeking adult female mosquitoes in a coastal ecosystem in southern Mexico. by Julio César Canales-Delgadillo, Nallely Vázquez-Pérez, Vicente Viveros-Santos, Rosela Pérez-Ceballos, José Gilberto Cardoso-Mohedano, Arturo Zaldívar-Jiménez, Omar Celis-Hernández, Alejandro Gómez-Ponce, Martín Merino-Ibarra

“…Adult mosquitoes were collected using buccal aspirators during 24-hour cycles in mangrove and low-semideciduous forest patches across three climate seasons: norte, rainy and dry. …”
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Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD) of achromatic, mean-modulated flicker in clinical assessment and experimental studies of visual systems. by Luke E Hallum, Shaun L Cloherty

“…Fourier transformation of nominally static test patches revealed spectra free of artifacts, with the exception of a frame response. …”
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Reinforcement Learning for Mitigating Malware Propagation in Wireless Radar Sensor Networks with Channel Modeling by Guiyun Liu, Hao Li, Lihao Xiong, Yiduan Chen, Aojing Wang, Dongze Shen

“…To control malware spread, a hybrid control strategy combining quarantine and patching measures are introduced. In addition, the optimal control method is used to minimize control costs. …”
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Effects of animal rennet, fermentation-produced chymosin, and microbial coagulants on bovine milk coagulation properties by Giorgia Stocco, Dario Casali, Andrea Summer, Elena Mariani, Edward Concar, Suzanne Lantz, Jonathan Goodwins, Claudio Cipolat-Gotet

“…The coagulants were tested at 3 different doses (35, 50, and 65 international milk clotting units per liter) across 8 batches of unhomogenized, pasteurized, full-fat, bovine milk purchased from different commercial brands, in 2 replicates, for a total of 384 coagulation analyses (8 milk batches × 8 coagulants × 3 doses × 2 replicates). …”
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The temporal scale of energy maximization explains allometric variations in movement decisions of large herbivores by Daniel Fortin, Christopher F. Brooke, Hervé Fritz, Jan A. Venter

“…Unlike the other species, eland avoided grasslands; when they ventured into grasslands, they selected patches offering high short‐term energy gains at the expense of daily gains. …”
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