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Climate change-related threats to the Sicilian pond turtle

Adapted from Fig 1: Predicted habitat suitability for Emys trinacris

June 5, 2018

Climate change-related threats to the Sicilian pond turtle

The pond turtle Emys trinacris is an endangered endemic species of Sicily. In this study, researchers modelled the potential distribution of the species under current and future climatic conditions.

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June 15, 2018

Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation

Alejandro Estrada, Paul A. Garber, Russell A. Mittermeier, Serge Wich, Sidney Gouveia, Ricardo Dobrovolski, K.A.I. Nekaris, Vincent Nijman, Anthony B. Rylands, Fiona Maisels, Elizabeth A. Williamson, Julio Bicca-Marques, Agustin Fuentes, Leandro Jerusalinsky, Steig Johnson, Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo, Leonardo Oliveira, Christoph Schwitzer, Christian Roos, Susan M. Cheyne, Maria Cecilia Martins Kierulff, Brigitte Raharivololona, Mauricio Talebi, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Jatna Supriatna, Ramesh Boonratana, Made Wedana, Arif Setiawan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4869 PubMed 29922508

June 20, 2018

Effects of anthropogenic wildfire in low-elevation Pacific island vegetation communities in French Polynesia

Erica A. Newman, Carlea A. Winkler, David H. Hembry

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5114 PubMed 29942716

June 4, 2018

Seasonal fluctuation of oribatid mite communities in forest microhabitats

Katja Wehner, Michael Heethoff, Adrian Brückner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4863 PubMed 29888124

June 18, 2018

Individual-based simulation of the spatial and temporal dynamics of macroinvertebrate functional groups provides insights into benthic community assembly mechanisms

Nikolaos Alexandridis, Cédric Bacher, Nicolas Desroy, Fred Jean