IS IT NECESSARY MANAGING CARNIVORES TO REVERSE THE DECLINE OF ENDANGERED PREY SPECIES? INSIGHTS FROM A REMOVAL EXPERIMENT OF MESOCARNIVORES TO BENEFIT DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS OF THE PYRENEAN CAPERCAILLIE.

Is It Necessary Managing Carnivores to Reverse the Decline of Endangered Prey Species? Insights from a Removal Experiment of Mesocarnivores to Benefit Demographic Parameters of the Pyrenean Capercaillie.

Mesopredator control has long been used to alleviate the effect of elevated predation pressure on vulnerable, threatened or valuable species.However, the convenience of using mesopredator controls is technically questionable and scientifically-sound research is therefore required to evaluate the impact of predation on prey case by case.In this stud

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Asymmetric gene introgression in two closely related Orchis species: evidence from morphometric and genetic analyses

Abstract Background In food-deceptive orchids of the genera Anacamptis, Neotinea and Orchis floral isolation has been shown to be weak, whereas late-acting reproductive barriers are mostly strong, often restricting hybridization to the F1 generation.Only in a few species hybridization extends beyond the F1 generation, giving rise to hybrid swarms.H

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Genome-wide analysis of the WSD family in sunflower and functional identification of HaWSD9 involvement in wax ester biosynthesis and osmotic stress

The wax esters are important cuticular wax composition that cover the outer surface of plant organs and play a critical role in protection and energy metabolism.Wax ester synthesis in plant is catalyzed by a bifunctional wax ester synthase/acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase (WSD).Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is an important oil crop in th

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