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Despite extensive conservation efforts worldwide, biodiversity loss continues, particularly in tropical regions. It is, therefore, essential to develop biodiversity monitoring methods that can be effectively scaled up in both time and space, enabling wildlife managers to quickly assess and respond to changes in populations or communities. We explored the effectiveness of combining camera traps with acoustic methods to survey s...
Global patterns and regional insights into kelp forest protection, restoration, and stewardshipNARA Subscribed
Kelp forests are among the most extensive and productive coastal ecosystems, yet they remain underrepresented in global conservation policy despite widespread declines driven by interacting global- (i.e., ocean warming, marine heatwaves) to local-scale stressors. At the same time, kelp conservation and restoration efforts are expanding rapidly across regions, but measures of success and syntheses tend to primarily focus on eco...
A machine learning framework for California vineyard water status monitoring using sUAS Imagery and short-term meteorological dataNARA Subscribed
Efficient irrigation management is essential for sustainable crop production under increasing temperatures and tightening water supplies. In vineyards, water status significantly influences vine growth, yield, and fruit quality, and deficit irrigation is often used to impose controlled stress while avoiding damaging levels of water limitation. This creates a practical need for routine, field-scale monitoring of vine water stat...
Bioacoustic Baselines for Intact ForestsNARA Subscribed
Forests are at the frontline of both climate and biodiversity crises: forests are fundamental to the regulation of Earth's atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, and tropical forests alone harbour over half of all terrestrial species. Consequently, forests are at the centre of global efforts to both prevent extinctions of species and sequester carbon to mitigate climate change. Most carbon sequestration initiatives do not measure...
This study evaluated various extraction pathways for crude carrageenan extraction (CCAR) from Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry, using combinations of hydrothermal-, enzymatic- (Cellic ® CTec3), and ultrasound (US)-assisted extractions. Extraction yield, purity, chemical composition, structural features, film and gel rheology were assessed to guide an integrated seaweed biorefinery design. Hydrothermal-assisted extracti...
Progress status of the NUSES Space MissionNARA Subscribed
Over the past decade, the estimation of water requirements in almond orchards has improved through the application of remote sensing models like the Two-Source Energy Balance (TSEB) model using various remote sensing platforms. However, there is limited understanding of how canopy-induced shadows influence surface reflectance and thermal infrared (TIR) signals particularly from small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) imagery in...
Review About the Biodiversity of Pill Clams (Bivalvia, Sphaeriidae) in the Confines of the World, the Argentinean PatagoniaNARA Subscribed
This study aims at updating the diversity and distribution of Sphaeriidae in Argentine Patagonia, with a particular emphasis on the Santa Cruz Province. Samples were collected between 2015 and 2023 across diverse habitats, including rivers, lakes, lagoons, and Patagonian wetlands, and this was complemented by data obtained from a comprehensive literature review and a revision and improvement of major malacological collections....
Acoustic Indices Reveal Fundamental Differences in Daily Phenology of Tropical and Temperate Forest SoundscapesNARA Subscribed
Aim Forests support the majority of the planet's terrestrial biodiversity, and in recent years the characterisation of soundscapes has emerged as a powerful tool for understanding forest ecosystems, both in terms of ecology and for the purpose of conservation. But it is still poorly understood to what extent generalisations can be made about soundscapes in different parts of the world, and to what extent we should expect sound...
Governance Arrangements That Fit Social‐Ecological Context Are Associated With Fishery SustainabilityNARA Subscribed
In many parts of the world, natural resources are primarily managed by governance arrangements at the local level. Those arrangements range from collective, such as cooperatives and associations, to individualistic, such as patrons and owner‐operators. A key question is how such arrangements influence resource use and associated social and ecological outcomes. We hypothesize that sustainable resource use is not associated with...
Under the current global biodiversity crisis, there is a need for automated and noninvasive monitoring techniques that can gather large amounts of data cost‐effectively at various ecological scales, from local to large spatial scales. These data can then be analyzed to inform stakeholders and decision‐makers. One such technique is passive acoustic monitoring, which is commonly coupled with automatic identification of animal sp...
Marine megafauna species are affected by a wide range of anthropogenic threats. To evaluate the risk of such threats, species’ vulnerability to each threat must first be determined. We build on the existing threats classification scheme and ranking system of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species by assessing the vulnerability of 256 marine megafauna species to 23 at‐sea threat...
Disrupting fzd9b in Zebrafish Recapitulates Stress- and Anxiety-Like Behaviours Relevant to Williams SyndromeNARA Subscribed
Williams syndrome (WS) is a multifaceted developmental disorder characterized by a spectrum of physical and intellectual traits. Individuals with WS exhibit friendly, impulsive, and hyper-social behaviours, often coupled with anxiety. WS is caused by a hemizygous microdeletion on chromosome 7q11.23. Among the affected genes, FZD9 is implicated in neural development and synaptic function. Thus, we postulated that disruption of...
All Reforestation Methods Can Support Tropical Tree Diversity Recovery, but Drivers and Species Composition VaryNARA Subscribed
Tropical landscapes are undergoing rapid transformation due to human activities and global change. Forest restoration has emerged as a key strategy to mitigate biodiversity loss and climate warming. However, a standardized assessment of how different restoration methods contribute to biodiversity recovery and conservation remains lacking. Here, we present the first comprehensive comparison of tree diversity restoration and the...