Automating airborne pollen classification: Identifying and interpreting hard samples for classifiers by Manuel Milling, Simon D.N. Rampp, Andreas Triantafyllopoulos, Maria P. Plaza, Jens O. Brunner, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Björn W. Schuller, Athanasios Damialis

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SEADETECT: developing an automated detection system to reduce whale-vessel collision risk by Silvia Paoletti, Bob Rumes, Nino Pierantonio, Simone Panigada, Romain Jan, Thomas Folegot, Anita Schilling, Nicolas Riviere, Vincent Carrier, Antoine Dumoulin, David Van Hamme, Gildas Marquis-Laisné, François-Antoine Bruliard, Félix Petitpierre, Damien Demoor

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Global changes and their environmental stressors have a significant impact on soil biodiversity—A meta-analysis by Helen R.P. Phillips, Erin K. Cameron, Nico Eisenhauer, Victoria J. Burton, Olga Ferlian, Yiming Jin, Sahana Kanabar, Sandhya Malladi, Rowan E. Murphy, Anne Peter, Isis Petrocelli, Christian Ristok, Katharine Tyndall, Wim van der Putten, Léa Beaumelle

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Long-Term Population Trends and Diversity Shifts among Shorebirds: A Predictor of Biodiversity Loss along the Arabian Gulf Coasts by H. Shamna, K. A. Rubeena, Humood A. Naser, T. R. Athira, Ajay Kumar Singh, Ali H. Almusabeh, Stamatis Zogaris, Omar F. Al-Sheikhly, Yanjie Xu, Aymen Nefla, Durga Rao Gijjappu, Sabir Bin Muzaffar, K. M. Aarif

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The Effect of Host-Plant Phylogenetic Isolation on Species Richness, Composition and Specialization of Insect Herbivores: A Comparison between Native and Exotic Hosts. by Julio Miguel Grandez-Rios, Leonardo Lima Bergamini, Walter Santos de Araújo, Fabricio Villalobos, Mário Almeida-Neto

“…Understanding the drivers of plant-insect interactions is still a key issue in terrestrial ecology. Here, we used 30 well-defined plant-herbivore assemblages to assess the effects of host plant phylogenetic isolation and origin (native vs. exotic) on the species richness, composition and specialization of the insect herbivore fauna on co-occurring plant species. …”
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Local determinants influencing stream water quality by Aadil Hamid, Sami Ullah Bhat, Arshid Jehangir

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Conservation of Threatened Grassland Birds in the Mediterranean Region: Going Up or Giving Up? by Mário Santos, José Lourenço

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A straightforward protocol to sample morphological traits of dragonflies and damselflies in the field by Roberto Novella Fernandez

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A new species of Ocyale (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Madagascar, with first observations on the biology of a representative in the genus by Merlijn Jocque, Siel Wellens, J.D. Andrianarivosoa, F. Rakotondraparany, Sam The Seing, Rudy Jocqué

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Do covers influence the capture efficiency of pitfall traps? by Sascha BUCHHOLZ, Karsten HANNIG

“…Pitfall traps are widely used in terrestrial ecology to capture ground-dwelling arthropods. …”
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Distance decay effects predominantly shape spider but not carabid community composition in crop fields in north-western Europe by Zulin Mei, Jeroen Scheper, Riccardo Bommarco, Gerard Arjen de Groot, Michael P.D. Garratt, Simon G. Potts, Sarah Redlich, Henrik G. Smith, Wim H. van der Putten, Stijn van Gils, David Kleijn

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Iberian Protected Areas Capture Regional Functional, Phylogenetic and Taxonomic Diversity of Most Tetrapod Groups by Sonia Llorente-Culebras, Sonia Llorente-Culebras, Rafael Molina-Venegas, Rafael Molina-Venegas, A. Márcia Barbosa, Silvia B. Carvalho, Miguel Á. Rodríguez, Miguel Á. Rodríguez, Ana M. C. Santos, Ana M. C. Santos, Ana M. C. Santos

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Global systematic map of research on bats in agricultural systems by Bruna Silva Xavier, Ana Rainho, Ana M. C. Santos, Ana M. C. Santos, Marcus Vinícius Vieira, William Douglas Carvalho, William Douglas Carvalho, William Douglas Carvalho

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LPJ-GUESS/LSMv1.0: a next-generation land surface model with high ecological realism by D. Martín Belda, P. Anthoni, D. Wårlind, S. Olin, G. Schurgers, G. Schurgers, J. Tang, J. Tang, J. Tang, B. Smith, B. Smith, A. Arneth

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European Habitats Directive has fostered monitoring but not prevented species declines by Eva Katharina Engelhardt, Diana E. Bowler, Christian Hof

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Editorial: Human impacts on bats in tropical ecosystems: sustainable actions and alternatives by Paulo Estefano D. Bobrowiec, Paulo Estefano D. Bobrowiec, William Douglas Carvalho, William Douglas Carvalho, William Douglas Carvalho, Ana Rainho, Paul W. Webala, Ludmilla M. S. Aguiar

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Editorial: Can the trees save the crops? Predicting the services provided by traditional and novel agroforests in changing Mediterranean landscapes by Mário Santos, Mário Santos, Mário Santos, Maria Rosa Mosquera-Losada, Maria Rosa Mosquera-Losada, Berta Gonçalves

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Shrinking sea ice, increasing snowfall and thinning lake ice: a complex Arctic linkage explained by Ben W Brock

“…The dramatic shrinkage of Arctic sea ice is one of the starkest symptoms of global warming, with potentially severe and far-reaching impacts on arctic marine and terrestrial ecology (Post et al 2013 Science http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1235225 341 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1235225 ) and northern hemisphere climate (Screen et al 2015 Environ. …”
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The oldest semi-aquatic beaver in the world and a new hypothesis for the evolution of locomotion in Castoridae by Jonathan J. M. Calede

“…I also provide morphological data supporting a terrestrial ecology for the sister taxon to Castoridae. …”
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Permian-Triassic insect diversity revealed by fossils from China by Wang Peiran

“…Insect diversification can reflect changes in terrestrial ecology, providing a reliable example of changes in our current climate environment: scientists can predict the possible ecological impact of global warming through previous records, and take preventive measures to prevent the mass extinction of species again.…”
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