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Community biocultural mapping reveals historical occupation and enables defense of African rainforestsNARA Subscribed
Global conservation maps often overlook community lands, impacting decision-making and reducing local agency. We focus on the high-profile and regionally important case of Massaha’s ancestral territory (Ibola Dja Bana Ba Massaha). In Gabon, the forest is largely gazetted into logging concessions and described as an Eden-like wilderness despite long-term human presence. We compare Massaha’s biocultural maps to global, colonial,...
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...
Large brown algae known as kelp cover extensive areas of Arctic coastlines and can form underwater forests that support diverse faunal communities. In many ice-scoured environments, where shallow subtidal habitats are structurally simplified, kelp may act as the primary foundation species, yet their ecological role across Arctic seascapes remains poorly resolved. Using baited cameras, diver surveys, habitat mapping, and satell...
Acute technostress, schizotypal traits, and visual illusion perception in the general populationNARA Subscribed
The present study investigated the impact of acute technostress (i.e., stress induced by technology – here, computer glitches) and schizotypy on visual illusions, including the Müller-Lyer, Ebbinghaus, Poggendorff, and Ponzo illusions. While previous research has examined perceptual anomalies in schizophrenia and schizotypy, the role of stress in perceptual distortions has been overlooked until recently. In particularly, its a...
Waterfowl Move Less in Heterogeneous and Human‐Populated Landscapes, With Implications for Spread of Avian Influenza VirusesNARA Subscribed
Animal movements contribute to the spread of infectious diseases and are driven in part by environmental conditions. We investigated the links among the environment, animal movement, and infectious disease dynamics in waterfowl, which are among the primary wildlife hosts of avian influenza viruses. By combining telemetry data on 4606 individuals from 26 waterfowl species with data on land cover, weather, and vegetation, we fou...
Demystifying the Romanticized Narratives About Carbon Credits From Voluntary Forest ConservationNARA Subscribed
Carbon offset projects aimed at avoiding deforestation and forest degradation, generally labeled “REDD+,” are frequently promoted as a pivotal tool to mitigate climate change, promising to offer additional co‐benefits for biodiversity and local communities. Despite this optimism, most positive impacts claimed by these initiatives in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) lack empirical support and are instead based on the hopeful n...
Expanding Monitoring Capacity for Potential Invasive Species in Arctic Canada With Environmental DNA MetabarcodingNARA Subscribed
To date, environmental conditions have been enough to act as an effective barrier to prevent non‐indigenous species from arriving and establishing in Arctic Canada. However, rapidly changing climatic conditions are creating more suitable habitats for non‐indigenous species to potentially establish and become invasive. Concurrently, shipping traffic in parts of Arctic Canada has increased by over 250% since 1990, providing an e...
Motivation Here, we make available a second version of the BioTIME database, which compiles records of abundance estimates for species in sample events of ecological assemblages through time. The updated version expands version 1.0 of the database by doubling the number of studies and includes substantial additional curation to the taxonomic accuracy of the records, as well as the metadata. Moreover, we now provide an R packag...
Diabetes and other age-related diseases are associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Methylglyoxal (MGO), a by-product of glycolysis and a major precursor in the formation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), is increased in individuals with diabetes and other age-related diseases and is associated with microvascular dysfunction. We now investigate...