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Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte-wide survey and hypotheses on evolution
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2024 Feb 15. doi: 10.1111/brv.13064. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPeriderm is a well-known structural feature with vital roles in protection of inner plant tissues and wound healing. Despite its importance to plant survival, knowledge of periderm occurrences outside the seed plants is limited and the evolutionary origins of periderm remain poorly explored. Here, we review the current knowledge of the taxonomic distribution of periderm in its two main forms - canonical periderm (periderm formed as a typical ontogenetic stage) and wound periderm (periderm produced as a self-repair mechanism) - with...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - February 16, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Madison A K Lalica Alexandru M F Tomescu Source Type: research

The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2024 Feb 13. doi: 10.1111/brv.13065. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe nature and extent of diversity in the plankton has fascinated scientists for over a century. Initially, the discovery of many new species in the remarkably uniform and unstructured pelagic environment appeared to challenge the concept of ecological niches. Later, it became obvious that only a fraction of plankton diversity had been formally described, because plankton assemblages are dominated by understudied eukaryotic lineages with small size that lack clearly distinguishable morphological features. The high diversity of the ...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - February 14, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Rapha ël Morard Kate F Darling Agnes K M Weiner Christiane Hassenr ück Chiara Vanni Tristan Cordier Nicolas Henry Mattia Greco Nele M Vollmar Tamara Milivojevic Shirin Nurshan Rahman Michael Siccha Julie Meilland Lukas Jonkers Fr édéric Quillévéré Source Type: research

Ecological restoration and rewilding: two approaches with complementary goals?
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2024 Feb 12. doi: 10.1111/brv.13046. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAs we enter the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) and address the urgent need to protect and restore ecosystems and their ecological functions at large scales, rewilding has been brought into the limelight. Interest in this discipline is thus increasing, with a large number of conceptual scientific papers published in recent years. Increasing enthusiasm has led to discussions and debates in the scientific community about the differences between ecological restoration and rewilding. The main goal of this review is to co...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - February 12, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Cl émentine Mutillod Élise Buisson Gregory Mahy Renaud Jaunatre James M Bullock Laurent Tatin Thierry Dutoit Source Type: research

Interspecific interactions disrupted by roads
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1111/brv.13061. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRoads have pervasive impacts on wildlife, including habitat loss and fragmentation, road mortality, habitat pollution and increased human use of habitats surrounding them. However, the effects of roads on interspecific interactions are less understood. Here we provide a synthesis of the existing literature on how species interactions may be disrupted by roads, identify knowledge gaps, and suggest avenues for future research and conservation management. We conducted a systematic search using the Web of Science database for each speci...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - February 2, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Pablo Quiles Rafael Barrientos Source Type: research

Volatile organic compounds in preen oil and feathers - a review
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1111/brv.13059. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFor a long time birds were assumed to be anosmic or at best microsmatic, with olfaction a poorly understood and seldom investigated part of avian physiology. The full viability of avian olfaction was first discovered through its functions in navigation and foraging. Subsequently, researchers have investigated the role of olfaction in different social and non-social contexts, including reproduction, kin recognition, predator avoidance, navigation and foraging. In parallel to the recognition of the importance of olfaction for avian so...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - February 2, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Tatjana Alves Soares Barbara A Caspers Helene M Loos Source Type: research

A review of the role played by cilia in medusozoan feeding mechanics
We present a scheme for the phases of pelagic jellyfish suspension feeding based on this classification. There is evidence that cilia create currents but act only in phases 1 and 3 of suspension feeding in medusozoans. Research suggests that some scyphomedusae must exploit other nutritional sources besides prey captured by nematocysts and mucus, since the resources provided by this diet alone are insufficient to meet their energy requirements. Therefore, smaller particles and prey may be captured through other phase-2 mechanisms that could involve ciliary currents. We hypothesise that medusae, besides capturing prey by nem...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - February 2, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Mayara de A Jordano Renato M Nagata Andr é C Morandini Source Type: research

Multifunctionality of angiosperm floral bracts: a review
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2024 Jan 30. doi: 10.1111/brv.13060. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFloral bracts (bracteoles, cataphylls) are leaf-like organs that subtend flowers or inflorescences but are of non-floral origin; they occur in a wide diversity of species, representing multiple independent origins, and exhibit great variation in form and function. Although much attention has been paid to bracts over the past 150 years, our understanding of their adaptive significance remains remarkably incomplete. This is because most studies of bract function and evolution focus on only one or a few selective factors. It is widely...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - January 31, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Bo Song Jiaqi Chen Simcha Lev-Yadun Yang Niu Yongqian Gao Rong Ma W Scott Armbruster Hang Sun Source Type: research

A global synthesis of predation on bivalves
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2024 Jan 31. doi: 10.1111/brv.13057. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPredation is a dominant structuring force in ecological communities. In aquatic environments, predation on bivalves has long been an important focal interaction for ecological study because bivalves have central roles as ecosystem engineers, basal components of food webs, and commercial commodities. Studies of bivalves are common, not only because of bivalves' central roles, but also due to the relative ease of studying predatory effects on this taxonomic group. To understand patterns in the interactions of bivalves and their preda...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - January 31, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Alexandra Meira James E Byers Ronaldo Sousa Source Type: research

Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?
We present the PhenoFun scale, a phenological scoring system suitable for use with all fungi and fungus-like plant pathogens. It offers a standardised and common tool for scientists studying the presence, absence, or predominance of a particular phase, the speed of phenological phase succession, and the synchronism shift between pathogenic fungi and their host plants, across a wide range of environments and ecosystems. The application of the concept of 'phenology' to plant pathogenic fungi and the use of a phenological scoring system involves focusing on the interacting processes between the pathogenic fungi, their hosts, ...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - January 30, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Chlo é E L Delmas Marie-Odile Bancal Christel Leyronas Marie-H élène Robin Tiphaine Vidal Marie Launay Source Type: research

Heterotrophy in marine animal forests in an era of climate change
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2024 Jan 29. doi: 10.1111/brv.13053. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMarine animal forests (MAFs) are benthic ecosystems characterised by biogenic three-dimensional structures formed by suspension feeders such as corals, gorgonians, sponges and bivalves. They comprise highly diversified communities among the most productive in the world's oceans. However, MAFs are in decline due to global and local stressors that threaten the survival and growth of their foundational species and associated biodiversity. Innovative and scalable interventions are needed to address the degradation of MAFs and increase ...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - January 29, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Vianney Denis Christine Ferrier-Pag ès Nadine Schubert Martina Coppari David M Baker Emma F Camp Andrea Gori Andr éa G Grottoli Fanny Houlbr èque Sandra R Maier Giorgio Mancinelli Stephane Martinez Şükran Yalçın Özdilek Veronica Z Radice Marta Rib Source Type: research

A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2024 Jan 29. doi: 10.1111/brv.13054. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCuriosity is a core driver for life-long learning, problem-solving and decision-making. In a broad sense, curiosity is defined as the intrinsically motivated acquisition of novel information. Despite a decades-long history of curiosity research and the earliest human theories arising from studies of laboratory rodents, curiosity has mainly been considered in two camps: 'linguistic human' and 'other'. This is despite psychology being heritable, and there are many continuities in cognitive capacities across the animal kingdom. Bounda...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - January 29, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Sofia Forss Alejandra Ciria Fay Clark Cristina-Loana Galusca David Harrison Saein Lee Source Type: research

Species diversity and interspecific information flow
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2024 Jan 27. doi: 10.1111/brv.13055. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInterspecific information flow is known to affect individual fitness, population dynamics and community assembly, but there has been less study of how species diversity affects information flow and thereby ecosystem functioning and services. We address this question by first examining differences among species in the sensitivity, accuracy, transmissibility, detectability and value of the cues and signals they produce, and in how they receive, store and use information derived from heterospecifics. We then review how interspecific i...
Source: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - January 27, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Eben Goodale Robert D Magrath Source Type: research