Big cats (Carnivora, Felidae) still walking in Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve: a forgotten Jaguar Conservation Unit in northeastern Guatemala by Luis A. Trujillo, Alejandro Mármol-Kattán, Cristina Abugarade, Adriana Rivera-Sandoval, Cristina Chaluleu-Baeza, Raquel Leonardo, Diana Mansilla, Allison Trinidad, Claudia Quijivix, Isabel Martínez, Cristina Escobar, Rocío Paz, Andrid Ramírez, Bárbara I. Escobar-Anleu, Rebeca Escobar, Rony Garcia-Anleu

“…These findings have important implications for the long‑term survival and conservation of these species within Jaguar Conservation Units, emphasizing the necessity of effective management measures that promote functional connectivity through habitat preservation and restoration, especially for populations outside the Mayan Biosphere Reserve.…”
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Enhanced understanding of nitrogen fixing bacteria through DNA extraction with polyvinylidene fluoride membrane by Agnieszka Kalwasińska, Igor Królikiewicz, Sushma Rani Tirkey, Attila Szabó, Sweta Binod Kumar

“…Abstract The rhizobiota, particularly nitrogen-fixing bacteria, play a crucial role in plant functioning by providing essential nutrients and defense against pathogens. …”
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Community structure of shallow tropical reefs undergoing invasion by Tubastraea spp. in a Brazilian Marine Protected Area by Yollanda Carolina da Silva Ferreira Vançato, Joel Creed, Beatriz Grosso Fleury

“…MPAs aim to conserve biodiversity, preventing habitat loss and fragmentation and maintain healthy ecosystems. …”
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Spatio-temporal distribution of aquatic macrophytes in the Lower Volta Basin, Ghana by Linda Boamah Appiah, Charles Gyamfi, Clement Nyamekye, Jonathan Quaye Ballard, Geophrey Kwame Anornu

“…Abstract Aquatic macrophytes form an important component of freshwater systems and they perform a substantial role in the ecological and socio-economic functioning of this habitat. There has been a rise in problems related to the presence of aquatic plants on water bodies, which includes reduction in access to freshwater extraction, reduction in the harvest of fish, decrease in water transparency, light and oxygen, causing water traffic, etc., making monitoring of these plants very essential. …”
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Evaluating LiDAR‐Derived Structural Metrics for Predicting Bee Assemblages in Managed Forests by Marissa H. Chase, Alexandra Harmon‐Threatt, Samuel F. Stickley, Brian Charles, Jennifer M. Fraterrigo

“…We investigated whether structural metrics derived from light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data could predict bee diversity and abundance, as well as bee functional trait composition within managed and unmanaged forests in the central hardwood region in southern Illinois, United States of America. …”
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Extinction debt in lake fish due to river–lake disconnection by Yuan Yuan, Zhijun Xia, Mingzheng Li, Tao Chang, Kunyu Shang, Dekui He, Pengcheng Lin, Xin Gao

“…This study collected fish species occurrence data from the 1950s to 2020, along with data on lake area and disconnection time. Taxonomic (TD), functional (FD), and phylogenetic (PD) diversity indices were calculated and analyzed to test the hypothesis using three methods: time series analysis, equilibrium methods, and past habitat analysis. …”
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Canada goose fecal microbiota correlate with geography more than host‐associated factors by Joshua C. Gil, Heather R. Skeen, Celeste Cuellar, Sarah M. Hird

“…This work also suggests that there is a minimum geographic distance, likely associated with sufficient variation in habitat, climate, and local food sources, that must be reached before significant differences in the microbiota between two populations can be detected.…”
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Challenges and Management Strategies for Mediterranean Cork Oak Forests: Impacts of Climate Change, Human Activities, and Invasive Species – A Review by Mesfin Boja, Kaouther Mechergui, Wahbi Jaouadi, Youssef Ammari

“…The spread of invasive species, particularly Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis), exacerbates these challenges by encroaching on traditional cork oak habitats. This intrusion alters forest composition, reduces biodiversity, and affects ecosystem functionality. …”
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Assessing spatial variability of soil macro fauna and tree canopy using fractal theory (Case study: Riparian Forest of Maroon River) by Shaieste Gholami, ehsan sayad, Hamid Taleshi

“…For example, it is well recognized that habitat spatial heterogeneity can be an important contributor to the coexistence of species in communities. …”
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Pollinator Sharing in Specialized Bee Pollination Systems: a Test with the Synchronopatric Lip Flowers of Centrosema Benth (Fabaceae) by Mauro Ramalho, Maise Silva, Gilson Carvalho

“…Regression analysis of bee abundances in the habitat on bee abundances on C. pubescens flowers was significant (r = 0.69; P = 0.001) and became very consistent and highly significant (r = 0.87; P = 0.00001) using a size threshold of bee pollinators longer than 15mm. …”
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SSMM-DS: A semantic segmentation model for mangroves based on Deeplabv3+ with swin transformer by Zhenhua Wang, Jinlong Yang, Chuansheng Dong, Xi Zhang, Congqin Yi, Jiuhu Sun

“…However, they face threats from habitat degradation, deforestation, pollution, and climate change. …”
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Novel polyomavirus in the endangered garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus by Emilija Vasiliūnaitė, Monika Repšytė, Eva Marie Kramer, Johannes Lang, Christine Jelinek, Rainer G. Ulrich, Christopher B. Buck, Alma Gedvilaitė

“…Genes encoding the putative structural proteins VP1, VP2, and VP3, as well as the Large, Middle, and small T antigens, containing conserved functional domains were identified. Polyomavirus DNA was detected in 2 of 74 dormice (2.7%, 95% confidence interval: 0-6.4%) through PCR, while 12 of 69 animals (17.4%, 95% confidence interval: 8.4-26.3%) tested positive for polyomavirus-specific antibodies. …”
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Monitoring a New England Cottontail Reintroduction with Noninvasive Genetic Sampling by Melissa L. Bauer, Brett Ferry, Heidi Holman, Adrienne I. Kovach

“…For New England cottontail reintroductions to be successful in the long term, releases will be needed at multiple patches within dispersal distance, and habitat corridors need to be restored among patches to create a functioning metapopulation. …”
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Non-stereotypy (to species) in mysticete downsweeps by Paul Nguyen Hong Duc, Christine Erbe, Shyam Madhusudhana, Daniel Wilkes, Lachlan Gill, Cristina Tollefsen, Narissa de Bruin, Aiyana Erbeking, Curt Jenner, Micheline Jenner, Angela Recalde-Salas, Chandra P. Salgado Kent, Chandra P. Salgado Kent, Kautilya Srivastava, Kautilya Srivastava, Chong Wei, Robert McCauley

“…The Australian EEZ provides habitat for ten species of mysticete whales seasonally supporting critical life functions ranging from feeding to breeding. …”
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Metagenomic signatures of extraintestinal bacterial infection in the febrile term infant gut microbiome by Anna L. DeVeaux, Carla Hall-Moore, Nurmohammad Shaikh, Meghan Wallace, Carey-Ann D. Burnham, David Schnadower, Nathan Kuppermann, Prashant Mahajan, Octavio Ramilo, Phillip I. Tarr, Gautam Dantas, Drew J. Schwartz

“…Although many EBI-causing species commonly reside in the infant gut, proof that the digestive system is a pre-infection habitat remains unestablished. Results We studied a cohort of febrile term infants < 60 days old who presented to one of thirteen US emergency departments in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network from 2016 to 2019. …”
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A spatial matrix factorization method to characterize ecological assemblages as a mixture of unobserved sources: An application to fish eDNA surveys by Letizia Lamperti, Olivier François, David Mouillot, Laëtitia Mathon, Théophile Sanchez, Camille Albouy, Loïc Pellissier, Stéphanie Manel

“…Abstract Understanding how ecological assemblages vary in space and time is essential for advancing our knowledge of biodiversity dynamics and ecosystem functioning. Metabarcoding of environmental DNA (eDNA) is an efficient method for documenting biodiversity changes in both marine and terrestrial ecosystems. …”
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Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly and Comparative Transcriptome Analyses Identified Energy Conservation as a Key Strategy for Anadromous Adaptation of the Hilsa Shad, <i>Tenualosa i... by Kishor Kumar Sarker, Liang Lu, Roland Nathan Mandal, Md Rashedur Rahman, Anirban Sarker, Mohammad Abdul Baki, Chenhong Li

“…We observed rapid expansion of gene families to facilitate efficient signaling and osmotic balance, as well as a substantial selection pressure in metabolism regulatory genes, potentially relevant to a highly anadromous fish. We detected 1298 and 252 differentially expressed transcripts between sea and freshwater in the liver and muscle of <i>T. ilisha</i>, respectively, reflecting habitat and organ-specific adaptations. …”
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Lower reclamation of coastal lagoon conserves higher waterbird assemblage phylogenetic diversity by Xianli Che, Min Zhang, Wangming Li, YanYan Zhao, Xuebing Zhao, Yisheng Peng, Alexandra Ashley Grossi, Zhaohui Pang, Fasheng Zou

“…Our program explored three dimensions of diversity, namely taxonomic diversity, phylogenetic diversity, and functional diversity, of waterbird at coastal lagoon, a typical waterbird habitat, with two degrees of reclamation. …”
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Predator‐specific mortality of sage‐grouse nests based on predator DNA on eggshells by Nolan A. Helmstetter, Courtney J. Conway, Shane Roberts, Jennifer R. Adams, Paul D. Makela, Lisette P. Waits

“…However, sage‐grouse contend with a diverse suite of nest predators that vary in functional traits (e.g., search tactics or hunting mode) and abundance. …”
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Plasticity in activity patterns of ungulates under the influence of shade coffee agricultural intensification in Ethiopia by Behailu Etana, Peter J. Fashing, Anagaw Atickem, Afework Bekele, Nils Chr. Stenseth

“…Several ungulates play a crucial role in maintaining forest functions and are vulnerable to disturbances caused by humans. …”
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