Motivation The database initiated by the Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN) is one of the few globally implemented standardized vegetation surveys in mountains. The focus is on collecting plant species occurrences at 5‐year intervals along and adjacent to mountain roads spanning elevational gradients, with the goal of providing critical information about the ongoing spread of non‐native plants and the potential impacts...

Knowledge of species distributions is essential for informing policies on nature conservation and restoration. However, updating them on a regular basis and doing so in a harmonized manner at the international level is difficult. The European Bird Census Council integrated national monitoring data covering 5 years to update farmland bird distributions and assessed how they changed. We used these data on 50 farmland bird specie...

The identity of the proximal ligand of its catalytic heme 1 center - lysine or histidine - may directly affect how efficiently pentaheme cytochrome c nitrite reductase catalyzes the six-electron reduction of nitrite (NO 2 − ) to ammonium (NH 4 + ) and may also alter substrate specificity. This reaction is part of the pathway of dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium, which competes with denitrification and avoids the form...

Zusammenfassung Die Studie untersucht die Entwicklung der Grundwasserstände in Deutschland anhand von 5844 Messstellen sowie deren Reaktionsdynamik gegenüber klimatologischen Antrieben im Referenzzeitraum 1991–2020. Zusätzlich wird die Entwicklung seit 2018 im Kontext der außergewöhnlichen Dürreperiode betrachtet, um die Reaktionsfähigkeit und Vulnerabilität der Grundwassersysteme gegenüber extremen klimatischen Bedingungen zu...

Flatfishes are important components of benthic communities and support small-scale fisheries that sustain livelihoods in the southwestern Indian Ocean. However, limited data on their diversity and distribution hinder effective management and conservation, especially under growing threats from destructive fishing and climate change. To address this, 134 flatfish specimens from the Tanzanian coast were analyzed. Specimens were i...

Metacommunity theory has expanded our understanding of how spatial dynamics and local interactions influence species communities. Different assembly archetypes, reflecting different roles of species differences, habitat differences, and dispersal have been described, but we lack empirical studies specifically in terrestrial habitats testing which archetype is most important. In a replicated design, we experimentally enhanced s...

Since the advent of widely accessible AI tools, AI technology has been in high demand by businesses, academic researchers and individuals. Technology companies are building AI infrastructure at a rapid pace, and these facilities consume vast and growing resources, particularly electricity and water, with significant real and projected climate impacts. There is a need for new research initiatives to support long time horizon ef...