Ade Martin
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Biogeography 🌍 and wildlife 🐾 consultant| Environmental assessment 🌳📋and GIS solutions 🗾
I share scientific articles related to the environment 🌎, ecology 🍁🐾💧, conservation 🌱🦊 and biogeography 🌎🦋🗺️ every day.
I share scientific articles related to the environment 🌎, ecology 🍁🐾💧, conservation 🌱🦊 and biogeography 🌎🦋🗺️ every day.
Hi. Today in “One day, one paper”, extreme warming of Amazon lakes in 2023 was driven by four key variables: shallow water depth, high solar radiation, low wind speed, and high turbidity. These conditions enhanced heat absorption and reduced nighttime cooling, pushing water temperatures up to 41°C🌎
Extreme warming of Amazon waters in a changing climate
In 2023, an unprecedented drought and heat wave severely affected Amazon waters, leading to high mortality of fishes and river dolphins. Five of 10 lakes monitored had exceptionally high daytime…
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November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hi. Today in “One day, one paper”, extreme warming of Amazon lakes in 2023 was driven by four key variables: shallow water depth, high solar radiation, low wind speed, and high turbidity. These conditions enhanced heat absorption and reduced nighttime cooling, pushing water temperatures up to 41°C🌎
Good morning everyone. Today in “One day, one paper” Haminoea vesicula embryos often develop at suboptimal temperatures, yet this thermal mismatch enables survival during seasonal heat spikes. In dynamic habitats, suboptimal can be good enough 🌎
Suboptimal is good enough: Aligning thermal sensitivity to habitat temperature across season
The authors test the assumption that physiological sensitivities for important fitness processes must be well aligned with habitat conditions for organisms to persist. They show that apparently poor ...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning everyone. Today in “One day, one paper” Haminoea vesicula embryos often develop at suboptimal temperatures, yet this thermal mismatch enables survival during seasonal heat spikes. In dynamic habitats, suboptimal can be good enough 🌎
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", agricultural landscape heterogeneity enhances predator diversity in winter, boosting biological control of pests like Chilo suppressalis. Winter crops and forest proximity are key to sustaining ecosystem services 🌎
Landscape composition shapes biological control by promoting off‐season predator diversity
Our work demonstrates how off-season crop management and landscape structure jointly support overwintering predator populations and sustain their biological control potential. Specifically, by enhanc...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", agricultural landscape heterogeneity enhances predator diversity in winter, boosting biological control of pests like Chilo suppressalis. Winter crops and forest proximity are key to sustaining ecosystem services 🌎
Hi. Urbanization alters alpha and beta diversity of macrofungi, reducing taxonomic and functional richness. Large parks and extensive management support conservation. Species replacement and functional convergence reshape composition, driven by habitat structure and management practices 🌎
Urbanization shapes taxonomy‐ and trait‐based alpha and beta diversity of macrofungi in South China
Our study highlights the complementary insights of combining taxonomy- and trait-based alpha and beta methods for a better understanding of the assembly of urban macrofungal communities. Our study un...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Hi. Urbanization alters alpha and beta diversity of macrofungi, reducing taxonomic and functional richness. Large parks and extensive management support conservation. Species replacement and functional convergence reshape composition, driven by habitat structure and management practices 🌎
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", habitat heterogeneity and predator diversity jointly shape food web structure. Diverse forests enhance predation pressure, niche overlap, and ecosystem resilience, key factors for conservation and biocontrol strategies 🌎
Habitat structure and predator diversity jointly shape the arrangement of predator–prey networks
This is a Research Highlights of the study by Chen et al. (2025). Bottom-up and top-down effects combine to drive predator–prey interactions in a forest biodiversity experiment. Journal of Animal Eco...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", habitat heterogeneity and predator diversity jointly shape food web structure. Diverse forests enhance predation pressure, niche overlap, and ecosystem resilience, key factors for conservation and biocontrol strategies 🌎
Hello everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", foliar fungal diversity regulates photosynthesis under nitrogen and water additions. Its reduction enhances CO₂ assimilation and stomatal conductance, revealing a key role in plant responses to global change 🍁🌎
Unveiling the role of foliar fungi in mediating leaf photosynthesis under global change
The findings found that foliar fungi mediate photosynthetic responses to resource enrichment. These findings extend the mechanistic understanding of how foliar fungi mediate leaf photosynthesis and p...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Hello everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", foliar fungal diversity regulates photosynthesis under nitrogen and water additions. Its reduction enhances CO₂ assimilation and stomatal conductance, revealing a key role in plant responses to global change 🍁🌎
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", the invasion of Spartina alterniflora alters sediment properties, reducing alpha diversity and driving benthic species turnover. These shifts impact food webs and prey availability for migratory birds in intertidal wetlands 🌎
Habitat change driven by plant invasion restructures benthic diversity in intertidal wetlands
Since its introduction to China in 1979, Spartina alterniflora has steadily expanded along the southeast coast of China and reshaped the intertidal ec…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", the invasion of Spartina alterniflora alters sediment properties, reducing alpha diversity and driving benthic species turnover. These shifts impact food webs and prey availability for migratory birds in intertidal wetlands 🌎
Hi. Today in “One day, one paper”, experimental warming influences plant-mediated methane transport in peatlands and alpine meadows of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Species-specific mechanisms controlling CH₄ emission and oxidation are identified, with key implications for regional climate modeling 🌎
Morphological constraints on plant‐mediated methane release and oxidation under experimental warming in a peatland and meadow on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau
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November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hi. Today in “One day, one paper”, experimental warming influences plant-mediated methane transport in peatlands and alpine meadows of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Species-specific mechanisms controlling CH₄ emission and oxidation are identified, with key implications for regional climate modeling 🌎
Good morning everyone .Today in “ One day, one paper”, selective extinction in Carcharhinus erodes dental morphological and ecological functional diversity. Species loss threatens key roles in marine ecosystems, driving homogenization and reducing resilience to environmental disturbances 🌎
Extinction threatens to cause morphological and ecological homogenization in sharks
The selective extinction of threatened shark species is poised to drive substantial morphological and ecological homogenization.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Good morning everyone .Today in “ One day, one paper”, selective extinction in Carcharhinus erodes dental morphological and ecological functional diversity. Species loss threatens key roles in marine ecosystems, driving homogenization and reducing resilience to environmental disturbances 🌎
Good morning people. Today in "One day, one paper", intraspecific variation in prey energy quality significantly influences marine predator consumption rates, altering foraging strategies and ecosystem dynamics under climate change and fishing pressure 🌎
Intraspecific variation in prey quality affects the consumption rates of top predators
This study reveals overlooked intraspecific variation in prey quality and its influence on predator energy budgets. By identifying key ecological drivers, we emphasize the need to integrate such vari...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Good morning people. Today in "One day, one paper", intraspecific variation in prey energy quality significantly influences marine predator consumption rates, altering foraging strategies and ecosystem dynamics under climate change and fishing pressure 🌎
Hello everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", Armillaria speeds up Pinus nigra branch decay by lowering wood density and enriching nitrogen. This post-mortem effect may lead to underestimating carbon emissions in forest models under climate change 🌎
Potential lasting effect of opportunistic parasitic fungi on coarse wood decomposition
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October 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hello everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", Armillaria speeds up Pinus nigra branch decay by lowering wood density and enriching nitrogen. This post-mortem effect may lead to underestimating carbon emissions in forest models under climate change 🌎
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", apex predators like cougars and wolves adjust hunting strategies based on snow depth and density, maximizing their advantage over ungulate prey. Climate change may disrupt these key ecological dynamics 🌎
Apex predators exploit advantageous snow conditions across hunting modes
Advantageous snow conditions—in terms of snow depth and density—are among the most important features of the winter landscape for two apex predators, regardless of hunting strategy. In a warming clim...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", apex predators like cougars and wolves adjust hunting strategies based on snow depth and density, maximizing their advantage over ungulate prey. Climate change may disrupt these key ecological dynamics 🌎
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", after seven annual fires in the Cerrado, the grass layer doubled in density, retained its composition, and showed high resilience. Vegetative regeneration and clonality were key to its persistence 🍁🌎
Doubled density and increased resilience: Consequences of seven consecutive annual dry‐season fires to the unburned Cerrado grass layer
The Cerrado grass layer benefits from frequent fires and is resilient even to an extreme fire regime, such as seven annual burns. Recurrent mid-dry-season fires are not harmful to the grass layer and...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", after seven annual fires in the Cerrado, the grass layer doubled in density, retained its composition, and showed high resilience. Vegetative regeneration and clonality were key to its persistence 🍁🌎
Good morning everyone. Today in “One day, One paper”, the 2023 marine heatwave caused functional extinction of Acropora corals in Florida. Extreme thermal stress led to mass mortality, eroding key ecological roles. Urgent action is needed to prevent full ecosystem collapse 🌎
Heat-driven functional extinction of Caribbean Acropora corals from Florida’s Coral Reef
In 2023, a record-setting marine heat wave triggered the ninth mass coral bleaching event on Florida’s Coral Reef (FCR). We examined spatial patterns of heat exposure along the ~560-kilometer length…
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October 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Good morning everyone. Today in “One day, One paper”, the 2023 marine heatwave caused functional extinction of Acropora corals in Florida. Extreme thermal stress led to mass mortality, eroding key ecological roles. Urgent action is needed to prevent full ecosystem collapse 🌎
Good morning everyone. Today in “One day, one paper”, hydrological restoration in forestry-drained boreal peatlands promotes the recovery of native plant communities, showing that rewetting restores typical moss and herbaceous species and enhances overall ecosystem functionality 🌎
Relationship between hydrological restoration and the recovery of vegetation communities in boreal forestry‐drained peatlands
The mid-term (2–5 years after restoration) WT level can be used to assess whether hydrological restoration has been successful. A minimum mid-summer WT level should be at least −25 cm from the peatla....
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October 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Good morning everyone. Today in “One day, one paper”, hydrological restoration in forestry-drained boreal peatlands promotes the recovery of native plant communities, showing that rewetting restores typical moss and herbaceous species and enhances overall ecosystem functionality 🌎
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", habitat loss reshapes insect diversity based on traits. Terrestrial taxa decline, aquatic ones rise. Body size affects dispersal, revealing ecological winners and losers across fragmented landscapes 🌎
Computer vision uncovers trait‐based insect responses to habitat loss
This research highlights the study by Colares et al. (2025), conducted across Earth's largest man-made forest archipelago in the Central Amazon, Brazil. Using computer vision models, the authors iden...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", habitat loss reshapes insect diversity based on traits. Terrestrial taxa decline, aquatic ones rise. Body size affects dispersal, revealing ecological winners and losers across fragmented landscapes 🌎
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", the study shows root–shoot phenological asynchrony in mixed forests, shaped by temperature and species composition, highlighting the need to include belowground dynamics in climate change response models 🍁🌎
Above‐ and below‐ground phenology of four tree species in mixed forests and monospecific stands
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October 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", the study shows root–shoot phenological asynchrony in mixed forests, shaped by temperature and species composition, highlighting the need to include belowground dynamics in climate change response models 🍁🌎
Good morning. Today in "One day, one paper", functional trait–growth relationships weaken as forest stands mature but strengthen with rising temperatures, influencing long-term carbon sequestration and forest management strategies 🍁🌎
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October 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Good morning. Today in "One day, one paper", functional trait–growth relationships weaken as forest stands mature but strengthen with rising temperatures, influencing long-term carbon sequestration and forest management strategies 🍁🌎
Good morning everyone. Today in “One day, one paper”, thermal variability alters pollinator foraging choices, reshaping mutualistic networks even without species turnover. These shifts impact ecological stability under climate change scenarios 🌎
When temperature calls the shots: Pollinators' floral choices in a warming world
This article highlights the work of Arrowsmith et al. (2025), which demonstrates that temperature alone, independently of species turnover, can shift pollinators' floral choices in diverse plant–poll...
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October 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Good morning everyone. Today in “One day, one paper”, thermal variability alters pollinator foraging choices, reshaping mutualistic networks even without species turnover. These shifts impact ecological stability under climate change scenarios 🌎
Good morning everyone. Today in “One day, one paper”, plant productivity declines progressively under prolonged extreme drought. The global IDE study shows that drought intensity and duration interact, amplifying losses in grassland and shrubland ecosystems 🌎🍁
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Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity
As droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multiyear drought, with cons...
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October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Good morning everyone. Today in “One day, one paper”, plant productivity declines progressively under prolonged extreme drought. The global IDE study shows that drought intensity and duration interact, amplifying losses in grassland and shrubland ecosystems 🌎🍁
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Hello people. Today in "One day, one paper", herbivores can partially mitigate negative effects of plant invasions on soil biodiversity by reducing litter and increasing temperature. However, responses are complex and depend on multiple mechanisms that remain poorly understood 🌎
A field test of whether herbivores mitigate the effects of plant invasions on soil biodiversity
A field test demonstrates that herbivores mitigate some negative effects of African lovegrass invasion on soil biodiversity in Australia.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Hello people. Today in "One day, one paper", herbivores can partially mitigate negative effects of plant invasions on soil biodiversity by reducing litter and increasing temperature. However, responses are complex and depend on multiple mechanisms that remain poorly understood 🌎
Hi everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", pine plantations in Mediterranean areas increase fire severity and hinder post-fire recovery. Their proximity raises risk in nearby vegetation. Reducing tree density below 440 trees/ha helps mitigate these impacts and supports safer fire regimes 🌎🍁
The legacy of pine plantations on fire severity
Our findings provide quantitative evidence that pine plantations can exacerbate fire severity under contemporary climate conditions, and that, once burned, these areas seldom recover. Effective spati...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Hi everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", pine plantations in Mediterranean areas increase fire severity and hinder post-fire recovery. Their proximity raises risk in nearby vegetation. Reducing tree density below 440 trees/ha helps mitigate these impacts and supports safer fire regimes 🌎🍁
Today in "One day one paper", climate change will reduce suitable habitats for B arachnoides (~61%) and B. hypoxanthus (~44%) by 2090 in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, shifting their ranges northeastward, concentrating remaining populations in the coastal forest.Inland populations face extinction risks🌎
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October 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today in "One day one paper", climate change will reduce suitable habitats for B arachnoides (~61%) and B. hypoxanthus (~44%) by 2090 in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, shifting their ranges northeastward, concentrating remaining populations in the coastal forest.Inland populations face extinction risks🌎
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", this study develops a coupled 2D model to assess spawning-hatching habitat suitability and ecological connectivity for migratory fish in dammed rivers, integrating hydrodynamics, temperature, and dissolved gas 🌎
Coupled Model Development for Assessing Fish Spawning–Hatching Habitat Suitability and Ecological Connectivity | Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
River damming profoundly disrupts aquatic ecosystems by altering spawning and hatching habitat conditions and compromising the ecological connectivity essential for migratory fish reproduction. Accura...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Good morning everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", this study develops a coupled 2D model to assess spawning-hatching habitat suitability and ecological connectivity for migratory fish in dammed rivers, integrating hydrodynamics, temperature, and dissolved gas 🌎
Hello. Today in "One day, one paper", the article outlines eight human-wolf coexistence strategies via the IAD framework. Two key gaps: financial incentives and community-based conservation, are key to reducing conflict and strengthening rural support. 🌎
Eight strategies for human–wolf coexistence and their application to Swiss governance gaps
Increasing conservation efforts have led to increases in wolf populations in Europe. However, the resulting conservation conflicts erode conservation …
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October 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hello. Today in "One day, one paper", the article outlines eight human-wolf coexistence strategies via the IAD framework. Two key gaps: financial incentives and community-based conservation, are key to reducing conflict and strengthening rural support. 🌎