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The paper evaluates stability metrics for ecosystems using time series data, finding they are robust to data quality but sensitive to community size.

The paper quantifies how biodiversity affects ecosystem stability using simulations and experiments, finding stability often exceeds expectations due to diversity.

This study models ASFV transmission within swine barns, identifying between-pen contact as the primary route, with nose-to-nose contact contributing most, and aerosol transmission having minimal impact.

This study uses environmental data to model hybrid zone dynamics between red- and yellow-bellied toads, revealing how elevation and forestation influence species distribution and hybridization patterns.

This study investigates how adult crowding affects Drosophila fitness, showing that body size and food surface area significantly influence outcomes, with small flies benefiting from higher densities.

This study shows that group size affects how vulturine guineafowl adjust their behavior to thermoregulation-foraging trade-offs, with intermediate group sizes showing more flexible use of open areas.

This study identifies organo-metal coprecipitation as the primary mechanism stabilizing organic carbon in mangrove soils, showing its role in maintaining long-term carbon storage.

The paper provides two datasets on amphibians and reptiles in Guinea-Bissau, documenting species occurrences across different land-use types and filling distribution gaps.

The paper reveals hidden diversity in shark and ray meat trade, showing underreported species and trade patterns across multiple countries.

The paper examines how functional traits of ectomycorrhizal tree genera influence soil organic matter properties, finding consistent differences among Quercus, Carya, and Tilia.

The paper shows that structural stability measures are too sensitive for empirical use, and simpler metrics better explain community stability patterns.

The paper shows that uric acid accumulation in termite workers increases their susceptibility to infectious diseases by reducing reactive oxygen species levels, linking colony health to individual antioxidant balance.

This study examines genetic responses of Circaea lutetiana to forest edge dynamics, finding delayed genetic changes and highlighting the role of historical forest configuration in shaping current genetic diversity.

The paper analyzes biodiversity and food web time series from riverine fish communities to show how biodiversity loss affects food web structure and redundancy.

This study shows that plant species and floral traits have a greater impact on arthropod communities in restored prairies than neonicotinoid contamination.

This study examines how direct and indirect heat stress affects zebrafish embryos in a mutagenic environment, finding that direct heat stress can have a hormetic effect, while combined heat and social metabolites reduce fitness.

This study compares the environmental impact of hybrid urine treatment systems with centralized wastewater treatment plants using life cycle assessment, finding some hybrids reduce impacts in most categories but increase others.

The paper combines bird and environmental data to improve predictions of wild bee richness in the U.S., showing better accuracy than using either data type alone.

The paper investigates how dynamic dog populations affect rabies control in Arequipa, finding that rapid turnover and growth reduce vaccination effectiveness and herd immunity.

This study reviews the impacts of climate and human activities on commercially relevant marine species in the Mediterranean Sea from the Late Pleistocene to the Industrial Revolution, identifying research gaps and data trends.