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Ant foraging and recruitment often relies heavily on pheromone trails, and ants modulate pheromone trail deposition strategically. Ants are also known to modulate trail following depending on their own private information, such as the known location of the nest and their knowledge of food sources in the environment. Here we ask how a series of important context variables—distance from the nest, direction of travel, and prior f...
Expanding insights into plant rhabdovirus diversity through the discovery of viruses representing 32 putative novel speciesNARA Subscribed
Plant-infecting rhabdoviruses (family Rhabdoviridae , subfamily Betarhabdovirinae ) include several viruses that cause important crop diseases and are subject to phytosanitary regulation. Despite their agricultural and ecological importance, the diversity of plant rhabdoviruses and their impact on plant health remain poorly understood. Here, we report 32 tentative novel species of plant-infecting rhabdoviruses, identified via...
Carbon dioxide activated biochars as mediators for reductive debromination of 1,2-dibromoethaneNARA Subscribed
The fuel additive and pesticide 1,2-dibromoethane (DBA) is a problematic organic pollutant found in soil and aquifers. Remediation methods face drawbacks because of undesirable by-products and slow rates of removal. Biochars (BCs) are catalysts of reductive dehalogenation in anoxic environments by the layered iron(II)-iron(III) hydroxide green rust (GR). However, so far, such catalytic properties have generally only been obser...
Disease-driven collapse of the native Kauaʻi avifauna and the rise of introduced bird speciesNARA Subscribed
Hawaii hosts one of Earth’s most unique and threatened avifaunas. Upslope migration of mosquito-vectored avian malaria on Kauaʻi (maximum elevation 1,598 m) has likely caused its rapid loss of avifaunal diversity; only 8 of 13 historic forest bird species remain. We update the status and trends of Kauaʻi forest bird populations since the original (1981) surveys using the latest (2023) survey data and distance sampling. We fit...
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...
In humans, glucocorticoid resistance is attributed to mutations in the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Most of these mutations result in decreased ligand binding, transactivation, and/or translocation, albeit with normal protein abundances. However, there is no clear genotype‒phenotype relationship between the severity or age at disease presentation and the degree of functional loss of the receptor. Previously, we documented tha...
Long‐Term Soil Warming Drives Different Belowground Responses in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal and Ectomycorrhizal TreesNARA Subscribed
The ability of trees to acquire soil nutrients under future climate conditions will influence forest composition and function in a warmer world. Rarely are multiple belowground carbon allocation pathways measured simultaneously in large global change experiments, restricting our understanding of how trees may shift their allocation of resources to different nutrient acquisition mechanisms under future climates. Leveraging a 20...
Objective To determine if and which types of organisational interventions conducted in small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in healthcare are effective on mental health and wellbeing. Methods Following PRISMA guidelines, we searched six scientific databases, assessed the methodological quality of eligible studies using QATQS and grouped them into six organisational intervention types for narrative synthesis. Only controlle...
Outcome assessment of a complex mental health intervention in the workplace. Results from the MENTUPP pilot studyNARA Subscribed
Objective Multicomponent interventions are recommendable to achieve the greatest mental health benefits, but are difficult to evaluate due to their complexity. Defining long-term outcomes, arising from a Theory of Change (ToC) and testing them in a pilot phase, is a useful approach to plan a comprehensive and meaningful evaluation later on. This article reports on the pilot results of an outcome evaluation of a complex mental...
A mowing strategy for urban parks to support spring flowers in a mediterranean climate city in South AfricaNARA Subscribed
Converting road verges and Public Open Space (POS) to floral-rich resources is an important strategy for supporting populations of urban pollinators. One of the ways this can be achieved is through adjusting mowing schedules, either with a “delayed start” after the end of winter, or a reduction in mowing frequency. In Mediterranean climate ecosystems with mild, wet winters, plant growth continues through the winter season and...