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Expanding OBIS beyond species occurrences
An OBIS workshop explored the options of biodiversity data standards to create new combined oceanic datasets.
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Fire-resistance in a hotter future
Fire-resistant traits may help tree communities survive a warmer climate in which wildfires are expected to increase in frequency.
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Investigating seed tolerance to dehydration
Not all plant seeds can survive dehydration, but how widespread is the trait?
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Tracing evolution of photosynthetic pathways
This study examines the evolution of photosynthesis from C3 to C4 pathway and sheds light on the ecology of intermediate species
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Assessing potential causes of bamboo invasions
Some species may be better invaders that others, but human usage is strongest driver of introductions and invasions
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The impact of climate change on ecological networks
Ecological interaction communities are likely to handle animal extinctions better than plant extinctions
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New World burying beetle resurrected
Evidence from molecular data and breeding trials divides burying beetle species into two groups
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RAINBIO – a compilation of tropical African vascular plants
In this data paper, researchers present a comprehensive database of vascular plants in tropical sub-Saharan Africa compiled from 13 different datasets
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Ferns in the sky islands of east Africa
This study explores pteridophyte diversity of the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot
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You say tomato, I say potato
A new approach to determining ancestral ranges and identifying biogeographical events illustrated using the nightshade family