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Tracking freshwater snail diversity: a historical and environmental study in sub-tropical South AfricaNARA Subscribed
Freshwater snails are integral to aquatic ecosystems, contributing to nutrient cycling and serving as bioindicators of environmental health. However, this group faces growing threats from human activities, habitat degradation, and invasive species. This study investigated the diversity, distribution, and abundance of freshwater snails in a sub-tropical South African region, comparing current populations with historical data fr...
The 56th meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) was held in Bari, Italy, in July/August, 2024, and 115 submitted taxonomy proposals were reviewed. A total of 112 were subsequently ratified by the ICTV membership. An additional 9 error correction proposals were also approved in August 2025. This article lists the taxonomy proposals that have now been incorporated int...
Neoproterozoic kimberlite and lamproite magmatism of the Man Craton, Liberia, from a common sub-lithospheric sourceNARA Subscribed
It has been proposed that, rather than the lithosphere, cratonic lamproites may be derived from convecting mantle sources like those of kimberlites, but with extensive subsequent melt modification via melt-rock reaction with metasomatized, phlogopite-rich sub-continental lithospheric mantle (SCLM). Here we explore this model using samples from kimberlite (Camp Alpha) and olivine lamproite (Weasua) localities in Liberia, West A...
Environmental Conditions Modulate Warming Effects on Plant Litter Decomposition GloballyNARA Subscribed
Empirical studies worldwide show that warming has variable effects on plant litter decomposition, leaving the overall impact of climate change on decomposition uncertain. We conducted a meta‐analysis of 109 experimental warming studies across seven continents, using natural and standardised plant material, to assess the overarching effect of warming on litter decomposition and identify potential moderating factors. We determin...
Changes to virus taxonomy and the ICTV Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2024)NARA Subscribed
This article reports changes to virus taxonomy and taxon nomenclature that were approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in April 2024. The entire ICTV membership was invited to vote on 203 taxonomic proposals that had been approved by the ICTV Executive Committee (EC) in July 2023 at the 55th EC meeting in Jena, Germany, or in the second EC vote in November 2023. All proposals were ra...
Biological invasions in remote areas that experience low human activity provide unique opportunities to elucidate processes responsible for invasion success. Here we study the most widespread invasive plant species across the isolated islands of the Southern Ocean, the annual bluegrass, Poa annua . To analyse geographical variation in genome size, genetic diversity and reproductive strategies, we sampled all major sub‐Antarcti...
Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communitiesNARA Subscribed
Aim Understanding the variation in community composition and species abundances (i.e., β‐diversity) is at the heart of community ecology. A common approach to examine β‐diversity is to evaluate directional variation in community composition by measuring the decay in the similarity among pairs of communities along spatial or environmental distance. We provide the first global synthesis of taxonomic and functional distance decay...
Human activity strongly influences genetic dynamics of the most widespread invasive plant in the sub‐AntarcticNARA Subscribed
The link between the successful establishment of alien species and propagule pressure is well‐documented. Less known is how humans influence the post‐introduction dynamics of invasive alien populations. The latter requires studying parallel invasions by the same species in habitats that are differently impacted by humans. We analysed microsatellite and genome size variation, and then compared the genetic diversity and structur...
Sexual reproduction in populations of Austropuccinia psidiiNARA Subscribed
TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open accessNARA Subscribed
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodivers...