The genus Saxifraga comprises ca. 480 species and is a characteristic element of mountainous and boreal to subpolar vegetation, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere. It comprises primarily perennial herbaceous plants that often form leaf rosettes and frequently have colorful, insect-pollinated flowers. This study used flow cytometry to estimate the genome sizes of saxifrage species on a broader taxonomic scale, identifying...

The forest floor (FF) plays a key role in carbon, nutrient, and water cycling. It is the biologically most active compartment of forest soils, highly responsive to environmental conditions. Yet, its response to current changes in environmental conditions and forest management is understudied. Temperate forests are among the best studied ecosystems globally, providing the necessary ecological and biogeochemical background infor...

Children and young people with disabilities have long been marginalized in research on physical education (PE), resulting in knowledge shaped largely by ableist assumptions and researcher-led agendas. This paper advocates participatory research to center children’s lived, embodied experiences and challenge epistemic injustice in PE scholarship. Grounded in rights-based principles, participatory approaches promote research with...

This study sought to evaluate the characteristics of clinical-pharmacological (CP) medication reviews conducted by the Institute for Clinical Pharmacology of Hannover Medical School for older, multimorbid, polymedicated insurants of the German statutory health insurance fund Kaufmännische Krankenkasse (KKH). Special emphasis was put on potential sex-specific differences between female and male insurants, prescriptions of poten...

Farmland biodiversity and associated ecosystem services are threatened by the expansion and intensification of agriculture. Despite substantial efforts, European conservation policies have largely failed to halt or reverse the decline of farmland biodiversity. To address the pressures associated with agricultural intensification more effectively, conservation measures - such as agri-environmental schemes – need to be tailored...

Freshwater mussels in the order Unionida are a highly endangered taxon of ecosystem engineers with a variety of conservation and reintroduction efforts around the world attempting to increase wild populations. The unionid lifecycle involves a parasitic larval life-stage (glochidia), primarily adapted for dispersal rather than growth. Little is known about the behavioural effects of the glochidia on their host fish. We investig...

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...