STRETCHING THE HABITAT ENVELOPE: INSECTIVOROUS BAT GUILDS CAN USE RUBBER PLANTATIONS, BUT NEED UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION AND FOREST BUFFERS

Stretching the Habitat Envelope: Insectivorous Bat Guilds Can Use Rubber Plantations, but Need Understorey Vegetation and Forest Buffers

Effects of land-cover change on insectivorous bat activity can be negative, neutral or positive, depending on foraging strategies of bats.In tropical agroforestry systems with high bat diversity, these effects can be complex to assess.We investigated foraging habitat use by three insectivorous bat guilds in forests and rubber plantations in the sou

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Mourning our Dead

Two global events took place in the transition from 2019 to 2020: the pandemic of COVID-19 and a profusion of texts about it.This article is part of Partition Post Hardware the current effort to understand the pandemic, but it enquires likewise how one may address its unique event among us.In Brazil, more than in any other country, the pandemic was

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa two-component system LadS/PA0034 regulates macrophage phagocytosis via fimbrial protein cupA1

ABSTRACT Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most common nosocomial pathogens worldwide, known for its virulence, drug resistance, and elaborate sensor-response network.The primary challenge encountered by pathogens during the initial stages of infection is the immune clearance arising from the host.The resident macrophages of barrier organs serve

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