Anthropogenic habitat transformation has led to population declines and increasing isolation of populations of many species, particularly top predators, where small and fragmented populations often experience limited dispersal and reduced genetic diversity. Jaguars ( Panthera onca ), for example, have lost half of their historical range and most populations outside the Amazon biome are small, isolated and highly threatened. He...

Plants have developed adaptive strategies to combat dehydration, including forming associations with microbes, which help plants cope with drought by altering hormone levels, enhancing antioxidants, or improving water uptake. Selaginella species, the resurrection plants, can endure desiccation and revive with rehydration. Here, we investigated the bacteriome of leaves and roots of S. convoluta and S. sellowii inhabiting rocky...

Many studies have highlighted the potential negative effects of recreational hunting on wildlife species. In this study, we used a long-term (14 years) dataset to evaluate the effect of red-legged partridge Alectoris rufa call-lure hunting, a type of hunting that occurs from fixed places (hunters in blinds close to a live caged lure) in late winter, on the incubation behaviour and hatching success of Bonelli’s eagles Aquila fa...