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Benefits do not balance costs of biological invasions Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Laís Carneiro, Philip E Hulme, Ross N Cuthbert, Melina Kourantidou, Alok Bang, Phillip J Haubrock, Corey J A Bradshaw, Paride Balzani, Sven Bacher, Guillaume Latombe, Thomas W Bodey, Anna F Probert, Claudio S Quilodrán, Franck Courchamp
Biological invasions have profound impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and services, resulting in substantial economic and health costs estimated in the trillions of dollars. Preventing and managing biological invasions are vital for sustainable development, aligning with the goals of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference. However, some invasive species also offer occasional benefits
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Agreeing that maps can disagree: Moving away from map confusion in conservation Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Lindsay M Dreiss, Mark G Anderson, Brooke L Bateman, R Travis Belote, Julia L Michalak, Mindy B Rice
Deciding where to implement actions for biodiversity conservation remains challenging for many reasons, including the increase in maps aimed at prioritizing locations for conservation efforts. Although a growing numbers of maps can create the perception of uncertainty and competing science, a shared set of principles underlie many mapping initiatives. We overlaid the priority areas identified by a
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Individualized social niches in animals: Theoretical clarifications and processes of niche change Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Marie I Kaiser, Jürgen Gadau, Sylvia Kaiser, Caroline Müller, S Helene Richter
What are social niches, and how do they arise and change? Our first goal in the present article is to clarify the concept of an individualized social niche and to distinguish it from related concepts, such as a social environment and a social role. We argue that focal individuals are integral parts of individualized social niches and that social interactions with conspecifics are further core elements
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Considerations for developing and implementing a safe list for alien taxa Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Sabrina Kumschick, Laura Fernandez Winzer, Emily J McCulloch-Jones, Duran Chetty, Jana Fried, Tanushri Govender, Luke J Potgieter, Mokgatla C Rapetsoa, David M Richardson, Julia van Velden, Dewidine Van der Colff, Siyasanga Miza, John R U Wilson
Many species have been intentionally introduced to new regions for their benefits. Some of these alien species cause damage, others do not (or at least have not yet). There are several approaches to address this problem: prohibit taxa that will cause damage, try to limit damages while preserving benefits, or promote taxa that are safe. In the present article, we unpack the safe list approach, which
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The relationship between genetic diversity, function, and stability in marine foundation species Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Anastasia Konefal, Amanda Kirkland, Rebecca Gilpin, Kathryn Wyssmann, Nicola M Anthony, Just Cebrian, T Erin Cox
Seagrasses, corals, marsh plants, kelps, and mangroves support valuable coastal ecosystems but are threatened by environmental stressors. The need to manage these foundation taxa has spurred more than a decade of study on the relationship between genetic diversity and function or stability. We synthesized this literature base (129 relevant publications) and found more reported instances of neutral
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Systematic and persistent bias against introduced species Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Patricio Javier Pereyra, Paula de la Barra, Ludmila Lucila Daniela Amione, Andrea Arcángel, Barbara Macarena Marello Buch, Emiliano Rodríguez, Ana Mazzolari, Mara Anahí Maldonado, Leandro Hünicken, Arian D Wallach
Critics of invasion biology have argued that conservation science is biased against introduced species. We reviewed 300 randomly selected articles that described the ecological effects of introduced species and assessed whether they were framed negatively, neutrally, or positively. We then asked whether their framing was related to harms as defined by the conservation community; to knowledge about
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The biological basis for using optical signals to track evergreen needleleaf photosynthesis Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Zoe Amie Pierrat, Troy S Magney, Rui Cheng, Andrew J Maguire, Christopher Y S Wong, Magali F Nehemy, Mukund Rao, Sara E Nelson, Anneka F Williams, Jeremy A Hoyne Grosvenor, Kenneth R Smith, Jaret S Reblin, Jochen Stutz, Andrew D Richardson, Barry A Logan, David R Bowling
Evergreen needleleaf forests (ENFs) play a sizable role in the global carbon cycle, but the biological and physical controls on ENF carbon cycle feedback loops are poorly understood and difficult to measure. To address this challenge, a growing appreciation for the stress physiology of photosynthesis has inspired emerging techniques designed to detect ENF photosynthetic activity with optical signals
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Are nursery approaches maturing in their application to US fisheries management? Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Stacy N Trackenberg, Christopher J Baillie, F Joel Fodrie, Seth M Bartusek, Emory H Wellman, Rachel K Gittman
There have been significant conceptual advances for identifying nursery habitats within coastal systems used by juvenile fishes and crustaceans. The approaches for delineating nursery areas include measures of juvenile abundance, growth, or survival; habitat characteristics; seascape connectivity; population fitness; and contribution to adult biomass (per unit area or total). We used all US coastal
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Why nature matters: A systematic review of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Austin Himes, Barbara Muraca, Christopher B Anderson, Simone Athayde, Thomas Beery, Mariana Cantú-Fernández, David González-Jiménez, Rachelle K Gould, A P Hejnowicz, Jasper Kenter, Dominic Lenzi, Ranjini Murali, Unai Pascual, Christopher Raymond, Annalie Ring, Kurt Russo, Aibek Samakov, Sanna Stålhammar, Henrick Thorén, Egleé Zent
In this article, we present results from a literature review of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values of nature conducted for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, as part of the Methodological Assessment of the Diverse Values and Valuations of Nature. We identify the most frequently recurring meanings in the heterogeneous use of different value
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Achieving success with RISE: A widely implementable, iterative, structured process for mastering interdisciplinary team science collaborations Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Martha E Mather, Gabriel Granco, Jason S Bergtold, Marcellus M Caldas, Jessica L Heier Stamm, Aleksey Y Sheshukov, Matthew R Sanderson, Melinda D Daniels
Scientific experts from different disciplines often struggle to mesh their specialized perspectives into the shared mindset that is needed to address difficult and persistent environmental, ecological, and societal problems. Many traditional graduate programs provide excellent research and technical skill training. However, these programs often do not teach a systematic way to learn team skills, nor
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Shipwreck ecology: Understanding the function and processes from microbes to megafauna Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Avery B Paxton, Christopher McGonigle, Melanie Damour, Georgia Holly, Alicia Caporaso, Peter B Campbell, Kirstin S Meyer-Kaiser, Leila J Hamdan, Calvin H Mires, J Christopher Taylor
An estimated three million shipwrecks exist worldwide and are recognized as cultural resources and foci of archaeological investigations. Shipwrecks also support ecological resources by providing underwater habitats that can be colonized by diverse organisms ranging from microbes to megafauna. In the present article, we review the emerging ecological subdiscipline of shipwreck ecology, which aims to
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The panzootic potential of SARS-CoV-2 Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Makenzie E Mabry, Angela Fanelli, Carla Mavian, Alessio Lorusso, Costanza Manes, Pamela S Soltis, Ilaria Capua
Each year, SARS-CoV-2 is infecting an increasingly unprecedented number of species. In the present article, we combine mammalian phylogeny with the genetic characteristics of isolates found in mammals to elaborate on the host-range potential of SARS-CoV-2. Infections in nonhuman mammals mirror those of contemporary viral strains circulating in humans, although, in certain species, extensive viral circulation
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Drought experiments need to incorporate atmospheric drying to better simulate climate change Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Alexandra J Wright, Scott L Collins
Climate models predict more frequent, prolonged, and extreme droughts in the future. Therefore, drought experiments varying in amount and duration across a range of biogeographical scenarios provide a powerful tool for estimating how drought will affect future ecosystems. Past experimental work has been focused on the manipulation of meteorological drought: Rainout shelters are used to reduce precipitation
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The role of governance in rewilding the United States to stem the biodiversity crisis Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Shelby C Carlson, John A Vucetich, L Mark Elbroch, Shelby Perry, Lydia A Roe, Tom Butler, Jeremy T Bruskotter
A critical but underattended feature of the biodiversity crisis is the contraction of geographic range experienced by most studied terrestrial vertebrates. In the United States, the primary policy tool for mitigating the biodiversity crisis is a federal law, the Endangered Species Act (ESA). For the past two decades, the federal agencies that administer the ESA have interpreted the act in a manner
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Multiscale adaptive management of social–ecological systems Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Ahjond Garmestani, Craig R Allen, David G Angeler, Lance Gunderson, J B Ruhl
Adaptive management is an approach for stewardship of social–ecological systems in circumstances with high uncertainty and high controllability. Although they are largely overlooked in adaptive management (and social–ecological system management), it is important to account for spatial and temporal scales to mediate within- and cross-scale effects of management actions, because cross-scale interactions
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Future-proofing environmental DNA and trait-based predictions of food webs Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Cátia Lúcio Pereira, Zeynep Ersoy, M Thomas P Gilbert, Dominique Gravel, Miguel B Araújo, Miguel G Matias
Food webs represent trophic interactions within ecosystems. Matching traits of consumers and resources helps infer trophic interactions and food-web properties. Environmental (e)DNA, commonly used for detecting species occurrences, is rarely used in trait-matching studies because abundance estimates and descriptions of relevant traits are generally missing. We synthesized recent literature on inferences
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Breaking the cycle: Reforming pesticide regulation to protect pollinators Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Adrian Fisher, Rafaela Tadei, May Berenbaum, James Nieh, Harry Siviter, James Crall, Jordan R Glass, Felicity Muth, Ling-Hsiu Liao, Kirsten Traynor, Nicole DesJardins, Roberta Nocelli, Noa Simon-Delso, Jon F Harrison
Over decades, pesticide regulations have cycled between approval and implementation, followed by the discovery of negative effects on nontarget organisms that result in new regulations, pesticides, and harmful effects. This relentless pattern undermines the capacity to protect the environment from pesticide hazards and frustrates end users that need pest management tools. Wild pollinating insects are
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Situating defaunation in an operational framework to advance biodiversity conservation. Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 John R Poulsen,Vincent Maicher,Halina Malinowski,Camille DeSisto
Anthropogenic pressures are causing the widespread loss of wildlife species and populations, with adverse consequences for ecosystem functioning. This phenomenon has been widely but inconsistently referred to as defaunation. A cohesive, quantitative framework for defining and evaluating defaunation is necessary for advancing biodiversity conservation. Likening defaunation to deforestation, we propose
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Mitigating human-wildlife conflict and monitoring endangered tigers using a real-time camera-based alert system. Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Jeremy S Dertien,Hrishita Negi,Eric Dinerstein,Ramesh Krishnamurthy,Himmat Singh Negi,Rajesh Gopal,Steve Gulick,Sanjay Kumar Pathak,Mohnish Kapoor,Piyush Yadav,Mijail Benitez,Miguel Ferreira,A J Wijnveen,Andy T L Lee,Brett Wright,Robert F Baldwin
The recovery of wild tigers in India and Nepal is a remarkable conservation achievement, but it sets the stage for increased human-wildlife conflict where parks are limited in size and where tigers reside outside reserves. We deployed an innovative technology, the TrailGuard AI camera-alert system, which runs on-the-edge artificial intelligence algorithms to detect tigers and poachers and transmit
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Value exclusion in social–scientific approaches for assessing and valuing ecosystem features: Implications for behavioral compliance Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Stanley T Asah, Virginie Maris, Sunneetha M Subramanian, Dale J Blahna, Marie Stenseke, Adrina Chacón-Cascante
Value inclusion is critical for effective ecosystem science policy and largely emerged from critiques of the value-exclusionary attributes of ecological and economic approaches to value assessments and valuations. But whether and how value is excluded during social–scientific approaches to the assessments and valuations of ecosystem features has not received adequate attention. We identify and discuss
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A metasystem approach to designing environmental flows Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Mathis L Messager, Julian D Olden, Jonathan D Tonkin, Rachel Stubbington, Jane S Rogosch, Michelle H Busch, Chelsea J Little, Annika W Walters, Carla L Atkinson, Margaret Shanafield, Songyan Yu, Kate S Boersma, David A Lytle, Richard H Walker, Ryan M Burrows, Thibault Datry
Accelerating the design and implementation of environmental flows (e-flows) is essential to curb the rapid, ongoing loss of freshwater biodiversity and the benefits it provides to people. However, the effectiveness of e-flow programs may be limited by a singular focus on ensuring adequate flow conditions at local sites, which overlooks the role of other ecological processes. Recent advances in metasystem
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Progress in China's environmental policy in synergy with foundational giant panda conservation program Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Ronald R Swaisgood, Wei Wei, Zejun Zhang
In recent years, China has embarked on a remarkable journey toward greater environmental sustainability, investing in a vast protected area system, ecocompensation programs, and a more protectionist regulatory framework. The result is a model program in the making, with progress and future prospects for China's environmental health that few could have foreseen a few short decades ago. Paralleling and
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Recent advances in availability and synthesis of the economic costs of biological invasions Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Danish A Ahmed, Phillip J Haubrock, Ross N Cuthbert, Alok Bang, Ismael Soto, Paride Balzani, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Rafael L Macêdo, Laís Carneiro, Thomas W Bodey, Francisco J Oficialdegui, Pierre Courtois, Melina Kourantidou, Elena Angulo, Gustavo Heringer, David Renault, Anna J Turbelin, Emma J Hudgins, Chunlong Liu, Showkat A Gojery, Ugo Arbieu, Christophe Diagne, Boris Leroy, Elizabeta Briski, Corey
Biological invasions are a global challenge that has received insufficient attention. Recently available cost syntheses have provided policy- and decision makers with reliable and up-to-date information on the economic impacts of biological invasions, aiming to motivate effective management. The resultant InvaCost database is now publicly and freely accessible and enables rapid extraction of monetary
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Evolutionary fire ecology: An historical account and future directions Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Juli G Pausas, Jon E Keeley
The idea that fire acts as an evolutionary force contributing to shaping species traits started a century ago, but had not been widely recognized until very recently. Among the first to realize this force were Edward B. Poulton, R. Dale Guthrie, and Edwin V. Komarek in animals and Willis L. Jepson, Walter W. Hough, Tom M. Harris, Philip V. Wells, and Robert W. Mutch in plants. They were all ahead of
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Hurdles and opportunities in implementing marine biosecurity systems in data-poor regions Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Susana Carvalho, Hailey Shchepanik, Eva Aylagas, Michael L Berumen, Filipe O Costa, Mark John Costello, Sofia Duarte, Jasmine Ferrario, Oliver Floerl, Moritz Heinle, Stelios Katsanevakis, Agnese Marchini, Sergej Olenin, John K Pearman, Raquel S Peixoto, Lotfi J Rabaoui, Greg Ruiz, Greta Srėbalienė, Thomas W Therriault, Pedro E Vieira, Anastasija Zaiko
Managing marine nonindigenous species (mNIS) is challenging, because marine environments are highly connected, allowing the dispersal of species across large spatial scales, including geopolitical borders. Cross-border inconsistencies in biosecurity management can promote the spread of mNIS across geopolitical borders, and incursions often go unnoticed or unreported. Collaborative surveillance programs
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Long-term ecological research in freshwaters enabled by regional biodiversity collections, stable isotope analysis, and environmental informatics. Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-29 Thomas F Turner,Henry L Bart,Frank McCormick,Alexi C Besser,Rachel E Bowes,Krista A Capps,Emily S DeArmon,Casey B Dillman,Katelyn P Driscoll,Aubrey Dugger,Gregor L Hamilton,Phillip M Harris,Dean A Hendrickson,Joel Hoffman,Jason H Knouft,Ryan F Lepak,Hernán López-Fernández,Carmen G Montaña,Seth D Newsome,Allison A Pease,W Leo Smith,Christopher A Taylor,Rachel L Welicky
Biodiversity collections are experiencing a renaissance fueled by the intersection of informatics, emerging technologies, and the extended use and interpretation of specimens and archived databases. In this article, we explore the potential for transformative research in ecology integrating biodiversity collections, stable isotope analysis (SIA), and environmental informatics. Like genomic DNA, SIA
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Setting conservation priorities in multi-actor systems Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Christopher J O'Bryan, Jonathan R Rhodes, Olusegun O Osunkoya, Geoff Lundie-Jenkins, Nisansala Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage, Travis Sydes, Moya Calvert, Eve McDonald-Madden, Michael Bode
Nature conservation is underresourced, requiring managers to prioritize where, when, and how to spend limited funds. Prioritization methods identify the subset of actions that provide the most benefit to an actor's objective. However, spending decisions by conservation actors are often misaligned with their objectives. Although this misalignment is frequently attributed to poor choices by the actors
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Correction to: Increasing biodiversity knowledge through social media: A case study from tropical Bangladesh. Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-07
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biad042.].
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The ECO framework: advancing evidence-based science engagement within environmental research programs and organizations Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Sarah Garlick, Kathy Fallon
Despite widespread interest in science communication, public engagement with science, and engaged research, a large gap exists between the theories behind science engagement and how it is practiced within the scientific community. The scholarship of science engagement is also fractured, with knowledge and insights fragmented across discourses related to science communication, informal science learning
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Increasing biodiversity knowledge through social media: A case study from tropical Bangladesh Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Shawan Chowdhury, Upama Aich, Md Rokonuzzaman, Shofiul Alam, Priyanka Das, Asma Siddika, Sultan Ahmed, Mahzabin Muzahid Labi, Moreno Di Marco, Richard A Fuller, Corey T Callaghan
Citizen science programs are becoming increasingly popular among naturalists but remain heavily biased taxonomically and geographically. However, with the explosive popularity of social media and the near-ubiquitous availability of smartphones, many post wildlife photographs on social media. Here, we illustrate the potential of harvesting these data to enhance our biodiversity understanding using Bangladesh
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Shower thoughts: why scientists should spend more time in the rain Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 John T Van Stan, Scott T Allen, Douglas P Aubrey, Z Carter Berry, Matthew Biddick, Miriam A M J Coenders-Gerrits, Paolo Giordani, Sybil G Gotsch, Ethan D Gutmann, Yakov Kuzyakov, Donát Magyar, Valentina S A Mella, Kevin E Mueller, Alexandra G Ponette-González, Philipp Porada, Carla E Rosenfeld, Jack Simmons, Kandikere R Sridhar, Aron Stubbins, Travis Swanson
Stormwater is a vital resource and dynamic driver of terrestrial ecosystem processes. However, processes controlling interactions during and shortly after storms are often poorly seen and poorly sensed when direct observations are substituted with technological ones. We discuss how human observations complement technological ones and the benefits of scientists spending more time in the storm. Human
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Correction to: How Social Considerations Improve the Equity and Effectiveness of Ecosystem Restoration. Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-09
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biac099.].
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Sexual harassment disproportionately affects ecology and evolution graduate students with multiple marginalized identities in the United States Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Kate Wilkins, Sarah L Carroll, Kristin P Davis, Rina Hauptfeld, Megan S Jones, Courtney L Larson, Theresa M Laverty, Liba Pejchar
Sexual harassment within academic institutions has profound impacts that may lead to the attrition of groups historically excluded from the biological sciences and related disciplines. To understand sexual harassment's effects on vulnerable communities within academia, we examined graduate student experiences with sexual harassment. In a survey of ecology and evolutionary biology programs across the
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Challenges and opportunities to build quantitative self-confidence in biologists Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Kim Cuddington, Karen C Abbott, Frederick R Adler, Mehmet Aydeniz, Rene Dale, Louis J Gross, Alan Hastings, Elizabeth A Hobson, Vadim A Karatayev, Alexander Killion, Aasakiran Madamanchi, Michelle L Marraffini, Audrey L McCombs, Widodo Samyono, Shin-Han Shiu, Karen H Watanabe, Easton R White
New graduate students in biology programs may lack the quantitative skills necessary for their research and professional careers. The acquisition of these skills may be impeded by teaching and mentoring experiences that decrease rather than increase students’ beliefs in their ability to learn and apply quantitative approaches. In this opinion piece, we argue that revising instructional experiences
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Food security in high mountains of Central Asia: A broader perspective Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Roy C Sidle, Aziz Ali Khan, Arnaud Caiserman, Aslam Qadamov, Zulfiqor Khojazoda
Addressing food security in high mountains is a multidimensional conundrum because of complex climate patterns and environmental attributes. These conditions affect water supplies, biodiversity, droughts, and other hazards. The climate change–land degradation nexus, although it is difficult to disentangle, poses formidable challenges. Isolated mountain villages, coupled with poverty, a strained subsistence
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Nature's chefs: Uniting the hidden diversity of food making and preparing species across the tree of life Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Brad W Taylor, Bradley Allf, Skylar R Hopkins, Rebecca E Irwin, Michelle Jewell, Omer Nevo, Lauren M Nichols, Nabila Rodríguez Valerón, Joshua D Evans, Pia M Sörensen, Robert R Dunn
There may be no such thing as a free meal, but many species have evolved mechanisms for other species to consume the literal fruits of their labors. In the present article, inspired by a chef's recognition that such species are “nature's chefs,” we consider food-making species from the plant, animal, and fungal kingdoms, which produce food or mimic food to increase their own fitness. We identify three
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So overt it's covert: Wildlife coloration in the city Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Samantha E S Kreling
With novel human–wildlife interaction, predation regimes, and environmental conditions, in addition to often fragmented and smaller populations, urban areas present wildlife with altered natural selection parameters and genetic drift potential compared with nonurban regions. Plumage and pelage coloration in birds and mammals has evolved as a balance between avoiding detection by predator or prey, sexual
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Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams are pivotal corridors for aquatic and terrestrial animals Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 María Mar Sánchez-Montoya, Thibault Datry, Albert Ruhi, Stephanie M Carlson, Roland Corti, Klement Tockner
Rivers are efficient corridors for aquatic animals, primarily under the assumption of perennial flow. However, the recognition that river drying is a common and widespread phenomenon requires reexamining animal movement through river networks. Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams have been overlooked when studying animal movement, even though approximately 60% of the global river network dries
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Experimental evidence that behavioral nudges in citizen science projects can improve biodiversity data Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Corey T Callaghan, Maureen Thompson, Adam Woods, Alistair G B Poore, Diana E Bowler, Fabrice Samonte, Jodi J L Rowley, Nadiah Roslan, Richard T Kingsford, William K Cornwell, Richard E Major
One way to improve the value of citizen science data for a specific aim is through promoting adaptive sampling, where the marginal value of a citizen science observation is dependent on existing data collected to address a specific question. Adaptive sampling could increase sampling at places or times—using a dynamic and updateable framework—where data are expected to be most informative for a given
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Technological innovations enhance invasive species management in the anthropocene Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Rachel M Fricke, Julian D Olden
Curbing the introduction, spread, and impact of invasive species remains a longstanding management and policy prerogative. In recent decades, globalization and environmental change have further complicated efforts to execute science-based actions that address these challenges. New technologies offer exciting opportunities to advance invasion science knowledge, enhance management actions, and guide
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Correction to: More than a bit of fun: the multiple outcomes of a bioblitz. Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-11
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biac100.].
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Anthropogenic changes to the nighttime environment Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-07 Kevin J Gaston, Alexandra S Gardner, Daniel T C Cox
How the relative impacts of anthropogenic pressures on the natural environment vary between different taxonomic groups, habitats, and geographic regions is increasingly well established. By contrast, the times of day at which those pressures are most forcefully exerted or have greatest influence are not well understood. The impact on the nighttime environment bears particular scrutiny, given that for
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A Transdisciplinary Framework to Unlock the Potential Benefits of Green Spaces for Urban Communities Under Changing Contexts. Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Brenda B Lin,Erik Andersson
New urban models increasingly seek to create more sustainable, livable, and healthier cities by reinvigorating green space. In this article, we highlight and briefly review several main but disconnected areas of study in which the factors that frame human-environment interactions and therefore also influence the potential well-being outcomes of those interactions are studied. We then use the intersection
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Living Naked in the Cold: New Insights into Metabolic Feasibility in Primeval Cultures Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Richard W Hill
The people of three primeval cultures lived naked or nearly naked in regions where they experienced air temperatures of ± 5 degrees Celsius during cold seasons. These were the Australian Aboriginal peoples, the Bushmen of southern Africa, and the Yamana and the Alakaluf of Tierra del Fuego. Recent meta-analyses of data on human metabolic rate and metabolic endurance enable a quantitative demonstration
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Attitudes Toward Engagement in Citizen Science Increase Self-Related, Ecology-Related, and Motivation-Related Outcomes in an Urban Wildlife Project Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Hannah Greving, Till Bruckermann, Anke Schumann, Milena Stillfried, Konstantin Börner, Robert Hagen, Sophia E Kimmig, Miriam Brandt, Joachim Kimmerle
Citizen science projects are crucial for engaging citizens in conservation efforts. Although attitudes toward engagement in citizen science were mostly considered an outcome of citizen science participation, citizens may also have a certain attitude toward engagement in citizen science when starting with a citizen science project. Moreover, there is a lack of citizen science studies that consider changes
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Measuring What We Don't Know: Biodiversity Catalogs Reveal Bias in Taxonomic Effort Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-03 Jacob A Gorneau, Siddharth Kulkarni, Franklyn Cala-Riquelme, Lauren A Esposito
Biodiversity catalogs are an invaluable resource for biological research. Efforts to scientifically document biodiversity have not been evenly applied, either because of charisma or because of ease of study. Spiders are among the most precisely cataloged and diverse invertebrates, having surpassed 50,000 described species globally. The World Spider Catalog presents a unique opportunity to assess the
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More than a Bit of Fun: The Multiple Outcomes of a Bioblitz. Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Sofie Meeus,Iolanda Silva-Rocha,Tim Adriaens,Peter M J Brown,Niki Chartosia,Bernat Claramunt-López,Angeliki F Martinou,Michael J O Pocock,Cristina Preda,Helen E Roy,Elena Tricarico,Quentin J Groom
Bioblitzes are a popular approach to engage people and collect biodiversity data. Despite this, few studies have actually evaluated the multiple outcomes of bioblitz activities. We used a systematic review, an analysis of data from more than 1000 bioblitzes, and a detailed analysis of one specific bioblitz to inform our inquiry. We evaluated five possible bioblitz outcomes, which were creating a species
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On the Challenges of Identifying Benthic Dominance on Anthropocene Coral Reefs. Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Sterling B Tebbett,Samantha K Crisp,Richard D Evans,Christopher J Fulton,Albert Pessarrodona,Thomas Wernberg,Shaun K Wilson,David R Bellwood
The concept of dominance is frequently used to describe changes in rapidly reconfiguring ecosystems, but the definition of dominance can vary widely among studies. Using coral reefs as a model, we use extensive benthic composition data to explore how variability in applying dominance concepts can shape perceptions. We reveal that coral dominance is sensitive to the exclusion of key algal groups and
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Approaches to Forecasting Damage by Invasive Forest Insects and Pathogens: A Cross-Assessment Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Kenneth F Raffa, Eckehard G Brockerhoff, Jean-Claude Grégoire, Richard C Hamelin, Andrew M Liebhold, Alberto Santini, Robert C Venette, Michael J Wingfield
Nonnative insects and pathogens pose major threats to forest ecosystems worldwide, greatly diminishing the ecosystem services trees provide. Given the high global diversity of arthropod and microbial species, their often unknown biological features or even identities, and their ease of accidental transport, there is an urgent need to better forecast the most likely species to cause damage. Several
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How Social Considerations Improve the Equity and Effectiveness of Ecosystem Restoration Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2022-12-14 Sara Löfqvist, Fritz Kleinschroth, Adia Bey, Ariane de Bremond, Ruth DeFries, Jinwei Dong, Forrest Fleischman, Sharachchandra Lele, Dominic A Martin, Peter Messerli, Patrick Meyfroidt, Marion Pfeifer, Sarobidy O Rakotonarivo, Navin Ramankutty, Vijay Ramprasad, Pushpendra Rana, Jeanine M Rhemtulla, Casey M Ryan, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Geoff J Wells, Rachael D Garrett
Ecosystem restoration is an important means to address global sustainability challenges. However, scientific and policy discourse often overlooks the social processes that influence the equity and effectiveness of restoration interventions. In the present article, we outline how social processes that are critical to restoration equity and effectiveness can be better incorporated in restoration science
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Understanding Local Adaptation to Prepare Populations for Climate Change Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Mariah H Meek, Erik A Beever, Soraia Barbosa, Sarah W Fitzpatrick, Nicholas K Fletcher, Cinnamon S Mittan-Moreau, Brendan N Reid, Shane C Campbell-Staton, Nancy F Green, Jessica J Hellmann
Adaptation within species to local environments is widespread in nature. Better understanding this local adaptation is critical to conserving biodiversity. However, conservation practices can rely on species’ trait averages or can broadly assume homogeneity across the range to inform management. Recent methodological advances for studying local adaptation provide the opportunity to fine-tune efforts
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A Half Century of Student Data Reveals the Professional Impacts of a Biology Field Course Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Lina M Arcila Hernández, Cinnamon S Mittan-Moreau, Todd Lamb, Katherine D Holmes, Coby A McDonald, Kelly R Zamudio, Cissy J Ballen
Field courses provide learning experiences that diversify curricula and inspire students. Despite these benefits, we still have much to learn about field course impacts on student outcomes and career trajectories. We used a 50-year longitudinal data set to compare career outcomes for graduate students who participated in a biology field course with those of students who did not. More broadly, we surveyed
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Place-Based Bias in Environmental Scholarship Derived from Social–Ecological Landscapes of Fear Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Gabriel I Gadsden, Nigel Golden, Nyeema C Harris
Historical perspectives (e.g., moments of social, political, and economic significance) are increasingly relevant for developing insights into landscape change and ecosystem degradation. However, the question of how to incorporate historical events into ecological inquiry is still under development, owing to the evolving paradigm of transdisciplinary thinking between natural science and the humanities
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Monarch Butterfly Ecology, Behavior, and Vulnerabilities in North Central United States Agricultural Landscapes. Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2022-11-09 Tyler J Grant,Kelsey E Fisher,Niranjana Krishnan,Alexander N Mullins,Richard L Hellmich,Thomas W Sappington,James S Adelman,Joel R Coats,Robert G Hartzler,John M Pleasants,Steven P Bradbury
The North American monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a candidate species for listing under the Endangered Species Act. Multiple factors are associated with the decline in the eastern population, including the loss of breeding and foraging habitat and pesticide use. Establishing habitat in agricultural landscapes of the North Central region of the United States is critical to increasing reproduction
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In Living Color: Pigment-Based Microbial Ecology At the Mineral-Air Interface. Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-22 Federica Villa,Ying-Li Wu,Andrea Zerboni,Francesca Cappitelli
Pigment-based color is one of the most important phenotypic traits of biofilms at the mineral-air interface (subaerial biofilms, SABs), because it reflects the physiology of the microbial community. Because color is the hallmark of all SABs, we argue that pigment-based color could convey the mechanisms that drive microbial adaptation and coexistence across different terrestrial environments and link
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Safeguarding Imperiled Biodiversity and Evolutionary Processes in the Wallacea Center of Endemism. Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-19 Matthew J Struebig,Sabhrina G Aninta,Maria Beger,Alessia Bani,Henry Barus,Selina Brace,Zoe G Davies,Maarten De Brauwer,Karen Diele,Cilun Djakiman,Rignolda Djamaluddin,Rosie Drinkwater,Alex Dumbrell,Darren Evans,Marco Fusi,Leonel Herrera-Alsina,Djoko T Iskandar,Jamaluddin Jompa,Berry Juliandi,Lesley T Lancaster,Gino Limmon,Lindawati,Michaela G Y Lo,Pungki Lupiyaningdyah,Molly McCannon,Erik Meijaard
Wallacea-the meeting point between the Asian and Australian fauna-is one of the world's largest centers of endemism. Twenty-three million years of complex geological history have given rise to a living laboratory for the study of evolution and biodiversity, highly vulnerable to anthropogenic pressures. In the present article, we review the historic and contemporary processes shaping Wallacea's biodiversity
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Greater Consideration of Animals Will Enhance Coastal Restoration Outcomes Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-12 Michael Sievers, Christopher J Brown, Christina A Buelow, Robin Hale, Andria Ostrowski, Megan I Saunders, Brian R Silliman, Stephen E Swearer, Mischa P Turschwell, Stephanie R Valdez, Rod M Connolly
As efforts to restore coastal habitats accelerate, it is critical that investments are targeted to most effectively mitigate and reverse habitat loss and its impacts on biodiversity. One likely but largely overlooked impediment to effective restoration of habitat-forming organisms is failing to explicitly consider non-habitat-forming animals in restoration planning, implementation, and monitoring.
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Policy-Oriented Research in Invasion Science: Trends, Status, Gaps, and Lessons Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Eva M Pinto, A Sofia Vaz, João P Honrado, Helen E Roy, Anibal Pauchard, Peter Stoett, Ross T Shackleton, David M Richardson, Joana R Vicente
Invasive alien species are a major driver of global environmental change. Escalating globalization processes such as international trade and long-distance transport have contributed to an increase in the ecological, economic, and sociocultural impacts of biological invasions. As a result, their management has become an increasingly relevant topic on environmental policy agendas. To better understand
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The Future of Invasion Science Needs Physiology Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Leigh Boardman, Julie L Lockwood, Michael J Angilletta, Jesse S Krause, Jennifer A Lau, Michael E Loik, Daniel Simberloff, Christopher J Thawley, Laura A Meyerson
Incorporating physiology into models of population dynamics will improve our understanding of how and why invasions succeed and cause ecological impacts, whereas others fail or remain innocuous. Targeting both organismal physiologists and invasion scientists, we detail how physiological processes affect every invasion stage, for both plants and animals, and how physiological data can be better used
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Messaging Should Reflect the Nuanced Relationship between Land Change and Zoonotic Disease Risk. Bioscience (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2022-09-16 André D Mader,Neil A Waters,Erin C Kawazu,Michelle Marvier,Noémie Monnin,Daniel J Salkeld
A hallmark of the media publicity surrounding COVID-19 has been the message that land change causes zoonotic diseases to spill over from wild animals to humans. The secondary peer-reviewed literature sends a similar message. However, as indicated in the primary peer-reviewed literature, the complexity of interacting variables involved in zoonotic disease spillover makes it unlikely for such a claim