Forests serve as key ecosystems for biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. The achievement of ambitious biodiversity targets, such as the EU Biodiversity Strategy’s target of strictly protecting 10% of the EU’s land area, requires the systematic identification of key forest areas for protection. However, clear guidance on selecting such forests is lacking. In this study, we address this issue by developing fo...

Butterflies and moths have played historically important roles in developing our understanding of both ecology and evolutionary biology, and neuroethology. In both contexts, the diversity of behavioral strategies and specializations displayed by different Lepidoptera make them informative case studies. However, as in neuroscience more broadly, lepidopteran neuroethology has tended to focus on intricate functional studies withi...

The high-grade stratabound copper ores of the Central European Kupferschiefer are one of the world’s most important sources of silver. Despite its economic significance, the mineralogical partitioning of silver within the Kupferschiefer ores is generally not well understood, other than the fact that silver minerals are not sufficiently abundant to account for the bulk of the silver content. This study provides the first fully...

A large number of South American camelids (SAC) presented to a veterinary clinic are diagnosed with anemia. While various causes are known, such as infections with Haemonchus contortus , chronic inflammation, neoplasia, gastric ulcers, or deficiencies, little is known about the role of the trace elements copper and iron in SAC. In this retrospective study, the laboratory diagnostic data, in particular the red and white blood c...

Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) has emerged as a novel therapy approach to restore form and function in patients with severe tissue defects of the face, hand, and abdominal wall, among other anatomical regions. The composite allografts comprise different tissues such as skin, muscle, or bone. Clinical data demonstrate promising mid- and long-term outcomes following VCA surgery, but our understanding of the cel...

Iron is an important trace element whose deficiency is associated with anemia, which is a common condition in South American camelids. However, there are only few data available on the physiologic relationships between serum iron and hematologic findings in alpacas. In 81 laboratory diagnostic datasets from 21 clinically healthy alpacas collected over a nine-year period, we recently reported significant positive correlations b...

Habitat-modifying plants engineer biogeomorphic landscapes through self-reinforcing interactions with their physical environment, or so-called ‘biogeomorphic feedbacks’. Nevertheless, benefits can vary across a biogeomorphic landscape gradient and between plant-life stages. For instance, European marram grass forms dunes by trapping sediments which triggers plant growth, in turn promoting sediment trapping. Yet, by increasing...

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major global health concern as it is a leading cause of morbidity, mortality and economic burden to the health care systems. In Germany, more than 15,000 people die every year from CAP. Climate change is altering weather patterns, and it may influence the probability and severity of CAP. The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events necessitate the study of their impac...

Purpose For optimization of respiratory drug delivery, the selection of suitable in vitro cell models plays an important role in predicting the efficacy and safety of (bio)pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical formulations. Therefore, an in-depth comparison of different primary and permanent in vitro cellular airway models was performed with a focus on selecting a suitable model for inhalative antibodies. Methods Primary cells isol...

Porphyry-epithermal veins hosting Re-rich molybdenite and rheniite (ReS 2 ) from the Maronia Cu-Mo ± Re ± Au porphyry in Thrace, NE Greece, provide new insights into the hydrothermal processes causing extreme Re enrichment. Quartz trace element chemistry (Al/Ti, Ge/Ti), Ti-in-quartz thermometry, and cathodoluminescence imaging reveal multiple quartz generations in consecutive hydrothermal quartz-sulfide veins associated with p...