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Informal supply chains of wild meat from rural Amazonia and food security in an urban centerNARA Subscribed
Iquitos, the most populated city in the Peruvian Amazon, is a hub in the regional supply chain of wild meat and supplies urban consumers. Studies on wild meat consumption have focused primarily on markets, limiting the scope of species considered to those that are economically valuable and potential inferences from those data. We conducted interviews with 1548 households in Iquitos across all four districts to assess wild meat...
Implications of the first recording of European silver eels Anguilla anguilla in the inland waters of CyprusNARA Subscribed
Migrating silver European eels Anguilla anguilla are reported from the inland waters of the island of Cyprus for the first time, expanding the known geographic range in the Eastern Mediterranean of emigrating adults of this critically endangered, catadromous species. Silver eels were captured attempting to migrate to sea from two separate locations. This is important, as Cyprus was previously exempt from European eel managemen...
Neurobiology of co-morbid stress and a western diet in mice: mitochondrial, proteomic and behavioral outcomesNARA Subscribed
Chronic stress (CS) and hyper-caloric diets promote affective disorders, however pathobiological interactions await definition. Neurobiological and behavioral influences of chronic stress (CS; 2 h/day restraint for 2 wks) were studied in male C57Bl/6 mice fed a control diet (CD; 12% kcal as fat/65% carbohydrate/23% protein) or Western diet (WD; 32% kcal fat/57% carbohydrate/11% protein) for 20 wks. CS induced weight loss and a...
Indigenous Perspectives on the Co-management of a Regional Conservation Area in the Peruvian AmazonNARA Subscribed
Growing awareness of the critical role Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) play in biodiversity conservation has underscored the need to shift conservation practices towards empowering IPLCs, supporting their land rights, traditional practices, and facilitating their political involvement. Despite IPLCs governing over 32% of global land, historically these communities have faced systemic marginalization and violen...
The Critical Role of Coefficients: Updating Allometric Normalisation Constants for Modern Ecology and ModellingNARA Subscribed
Allometry, the scaling of traits or biological rates with body mass, is central to a wide range of ecological research including dynamic food web modelling. There has been extensive focus on exponents (3/4 scaling laws), but little on the coefficients (normalisation constants). Coefficients that have been used since 2006 are derived from limited data and dated methodologies. Here, we compiled a data set of over 1000 genera wit...
Wild meat represents a vital source of micro‐ and macronutrients for forest‐dwelling people; however, city dwellers with access to animal protein from different animals may also consume large amounts of wild meat as part of their customs and traditions, to diversify their diets, to maintain connections to their rural kin, and to access meat without having to pay the high prices of domestic meat in the city. The aggregate urban...
Proposed highway in the Peruvian Amazon threatens vulnerable indigenous communities and natural protected areasNARA Subscribed
The conservation of biocultural diversity in the Amazon rainforest has become an international priority in the face of global change. Megadevelopment projects threaten conservation efforts and the rights of Indigenous communities to manage their ancestral lands. We examine the potential impacts of one proposed highway development project in the Peruvian Amazon, the Bellavista-El Estrecho Highway, on local and Indigenous commun...
John Raven, FRS, FRSE: a truly great innovator in plant physiology, photosynthesis and much moreNARA Subscribed
This is a tribute to a truly inspirational plant biologist, Prof. John A. Raven, FRS, FRSE (25th June 1941– 23rd May 2024), who died at the age of 82. He was a leader in the field of evolution and physiology of algae and land plants. His research touched on many areas including photosynthesis, ion transport, carbon utilisation, mineral use, such as silicon, iron and molybdenum, the evolution of phytoplankton, the evolution of...
Voxel-wise insights into early Alzheimer’s disease pathology progression: the association with APOE and memory declineNARA Subscribed
Longitudinal investigation of the Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype’s impact on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) biomarker progression, focusing on amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation and gray matter (GM) atrophy, integrating cognitive decline and baseline levels. Longitudinal florbetapir-PET and T1-weighted MRI data from 100 cognitively normal (CN) and mild cognitive impaired (MCI) participants both with considerable global Aβ accumulation...