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This study evaluated the effects of providing 3–15 kg of a soluble and biodegradable biopolymer-based enrichment material (blend of biodegradable polymers and natural fibers) to prepartum sows housed in farrowing crates. Fifteen sows were blocked by body weight and backfat thickness and assigned to three treatments: no enrichment material (CONT), 3 kg of enrichment material (BN3), or 15 kg of enrichment material with added nut...
The Asian Green Mussel Perna viridis in the Canal do Itajurú, Brazil: Establishment in a Hypersalinity-Influenced Coastal ChannelNARA Subscribed
The Asian green mussel, Perna viridis , is a globally successful invasive bivalve first recorded in the South Atlantic in 2018. Here, we report and characterize the establishment of P. viridis in the Canal do Itajurú, a coastal channel connecting the hypersaline Araruama Lagoon to the Atlantic Ocean in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We assessed its spatial distribution, substrate association, and morphometric variation to evaluate lo...
Seasonal Variability and Oceanic Modulation of Daily Rainfall Regimes During Autumn Over Northeast BrazilNARA Subscribed
This study identified four hidden rainfall states in Northeast Brazil (NEB) during the austral autumn (March–May) from 1981 to 2015 using a Hidden Markov Model (HMM). Two states correspond to widespread dry (State 1) and wet (State 2) conditions, both exhibiting strong daily persistence and associations with large‐scale atmospheric features, including the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), the South American Monsoon System...
Schistosomiasis, a complex chronic intravascular parasitic disease caused by Schistosoma mansoni , triggers a multifaceted host immune response and drives endothelial cells toward a sustained proinflammatory phenotype. The dysfunctional endothelial cells are a hallmark event that contributes to intestinal and liver damage mainly due to an increased monocyte adhesion, but the elevated morbidity unveils the lack of knowledge abo...
Melatonin Alleviates Aluminum Toxicity in Pfaffia glomerata by Modulating Tolerance MechanismsNARA Subscribed
Aluminum (Al) toxicity is the main factor limiting agricultural production in acidic soils around the world. In this scenario, melatonin (MET) has emerged as a promising approach to alleviate Al toxicity. Thus, we investigated morphophysiological responses of Pfaffia glomerata (Spreng.) Pedersen, a medicinal plant, to Al toxicity and MET application. Plants were grown in vitro for 40 days in MS medium (control) supplemented wi...
Aluminum (Al) contamination in acidic soils severely limits plant growth and development. This study investigated the mechanisms and timing of Al toxicity in Pfaffia glomerata , a medicinal species of growing pharmacological interest. Based on the hypothesis that P. glomerata mitigates Al toxicity through tissue-specific adjustments in redox metabolism, accumulation of protective metabolites, and regulation of genes involved i...
The Marsupial Database: A comprehensive dataset on the ecology and life history of American and Australasian marsupialsNARA Subscribed
Marsupials are an important but typically neglected group of mammals that have been overlooked in many comparative analyses of vertebrate ecology and life history evolution. In order to address this knowledge bias, we have developed The Marsupial Database. The Marsupial Database contains traits for a phylogenetically diverse set of 414 extant and recently extinct (last 200 years) species from all seven modern marsupial orders...
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered unparalleled political, economic, and social ramifications, exacerbating global food insecurity (FI). To understand the overall impact of the pandemic and how different socio-economic groups were affected, we assessed prevalence and severity of FI in a sample of 18,997 households across seven countries in South America. We employed the Food Insecurity Experience Scale developed by the FAO. Our r...
The Seaward Migration of European Eel at a Continental Scale: A Europe‐Wide Biotelemetry Meta‐AnalysisNARA Subscribed
The European eel ( Anguilla anguilla L.) has a catadromous life cycle, with a single panmictic population that colonises continental Europe and northern Africa yet migrates 5000 to 9000 km to spawn in the Atlantic Ocean. It is unknown how this continental migration is organised so individual eels arrive in time for spawning with conspecifics. This meta‐analysis combined tracking data from 18 water bodies in freshwater and tran...
Aim The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can track life underwater and on land. However, we lack a unified methodology to report this sampling effort and a comprehensive overview of PAM coverage to gauge its potential as a global research and monitoring tool. To address this...