Publications
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2025
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Komi Mensah Agboka Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman Daisy Salifu Brian Kanji Frank T. Ndjomatchoua Ritter Atoundem Guimapi Sunday Ekesi Landmann TobiasAbstract
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Lisa Fagerli Lunde Tone Birkemoe Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson Johan Asplund Rune Halvorsen O. Janne Kjønaas Jenni Nordén Sundy Maurice Inger Skrede Line Nybakken Håvard KauserudAbstract
Boreal forests are important carbon sinks and host a diverse array of species that provide important ecosystem functions.Boreal forests have a long history of intensive forestry, in which even-aged management with clear-cutting has been thedominant harvesting practice for the past 50–80 years. As a second cycle of clear-cutting is emerging, there is an urgentneed to examine the effects of repeated clear-cutting events on biodiversity. Clear-cutting has led to reduced numbers ofold and large trees, decreased volumes of dead wood of varied decay stages and diameters, and altered physical andchemical compositions of soils. The old-growth boreal forest has been fragmented and considerably reduced. Here,we review short- and long-term (≥50 years) effects of clear-cutting on boreal forest biodiversity in four key substrates:living trees, dead wood, ground and soil. We then assess landscape-level changes (habitat fragmentation and edge effects)on this biodiversity. There is evidence for long-term community changes af
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Jan Phillipp Geißel Noé Espinosa-Novo Luis Giménez Nicole Aberle Gro Ingleid van der Meeren Ralf Rautenberger Steffen Harzsch Gabriela TorresAbstract
Aim: This study sets out to understand the variability in larval traits of dispersive life stages of a famous invader, the European shore crab Carcinus maenas, in its native distribution range. Location: North East Atlantic coast from the Norwegian Arctic to the southern European distribution limit of C. maenas in Southern Spain. Taxon: European shore crab Carcinus maenas (Crustacea, Decapoda). Methods: We quantified latitudinal patterns in larval body mass, elemental composition (C and N content), and thermal tolerance of the first larval stage. We collected crabs from four populations spanning 25° of latitude (Vigo in Northern Spain; Bergen, Trondheim, and Bodø in Norway) and reanalysed published and unpublished data of body mass and elemental composition of additional populations from Germany, Wales, France, and Southern Spain. Furthermore, we used two laboratory experiments to test the thermal tolerance limits of the first larval stage from Vigo and the Norwegian populations. In the first experiment, we reared larvae from hatching to Zoea II at seven temperatures (9°C–27°C) and from hatching to LT50 at 6°C. In the second experiment, we exposed freshly hatched larvae acutely to increasing or decreasing temperatures (up to 40°C and down to 3°C). Results: Across the entire European range, we found a substantial increase in dry mass and carbon and nitrogen content of freshly hatched larvae with latitude. Norwegian populations exhibited higher survival at 9°C than the Vigo population. Furthermore, LT50 at 6°C increased from South to North. All populations showed high survival in the range 12°C–24°C but low survival at 27°C.
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Arne Verstraeten Andreas Schmitz Aldo Marchetto Nicholas Clarke Anne Thimonier Char Hilgers Anne-Katrin Prescher Till Kirchner Karin Hansen Tamara Jakovljevic Carmen Iacoban Wim de Vries Bernd Ahrends Henning Meesenburg Gunilla Pihl Karlsson Per Erik Karlsson Peter WaldnerAbstract
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Susanne Suvanto Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert Mart-Jan Schelhaas Julen Astigarraga Rasmus Astrup Emil Cienciala Jonas Fridman Helena M. Henttonen Georges Kunstler Gerald Kändler Louis A. König Paloma Ruiz-Benito Cornelius Senf Golo Stadelmann Ajdin Starcevic Andrzej Talarczyk Miguel A. Zavala Thomas A. M. PughAbstract
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Meriel McClatchie Véronique Matterne Núria Rovira Buendia Mila Andonova Ulrike Lohwasser Wendy Marie Waalen Filippos Bantis Marija Knez Jelena Milešević Amil Orahovac Paolo Prosperi Aparajita Banerjee Ivana Radić Aldona Mueller-Bieniek Meline Beglaryan Donal Murphy-Bokern David Gil Bálint Balázs Sónia NegrãoAbstract
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Emmanuel O. Anedo Dennis Beesigamukama Benson Mochoge Nicholas K. Korir Solveig Haukeland Xavier Cheseto Moses Nyongesa Patrick Pwaipwai Sevgan Subramanian Abdou Tenkouano Betty Kibaara Chrysantus M. TangaAbstract
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Urban agriculture has the potential to contribute to more sustainable cities, but its impacts are complex and varied. By implementing robust monitoring systems, cities can better understand the true effects of urban farming initiatives. This evidence can then inform smarter policies and more effective urban planning strategies.