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Mapping global zoonotic and interregional transmission of mpox
https://www.gbif.org/datause/69YIgLo1RfTjG5KakMjSel
Published: October 17, 2024 14:00
Mpox is a zoonotic disease that infects humans and other animals with the monkeypox virus (MPXV) endemic to Western and Central Africa. In 2022 and 2023, an outbreak of human mpox in more than 100 non-endemic countries led to 127 deaths. More recently, at…
Enhancing marine biodiversity data collection using commercial ferry network
https://www.gbif.org/datause/7MPrluabbUadlh0PvU33Ty
Published: August 2, 2024 15:00
Due to monetary and logistical challenges, marine species are underrepresented in publicly available data, with up to 50 per cent being collected from coastal regions only. Novel approaches for marine biodiversity sampling are essential for scaling up…
Tropical seagrass dispersal: active or passive?
https://www.gbif.org/datause/6U3vDGpBZoPUWF4wiJHzTi
Published: August 2, 2024 13:00
Marine plants can passively disperse mediated by abiotic factors such as waves, tides and currents, or by passing through the digestive systems of fish, seabirds or turtles. The processes mediating such transport and the effects on connectivity between…
The hidden value of trees: quantifying ecosystem services and their major threats
https://www.gbif.org/datause/7xx1KoR1D6yUwdQdd06jG
Published: August 2, 2024 09:00
In addition to providing wood, food and other marketable products, trees are responsible for sequestering and storing carbon from greenhouse gasses and filtering air pollutants. These ecosystem services are critical to human well-being, but their value is…
Risks and rewards: using citizen science for threatened species monitoring
https://www.gbif.org/datause/6E1Ca13FCExqr1WNCxbAq4
Published: August 1, 2024 10:00
Monitoring threatened species is crucial to effective conservation, but requires rigorous collection of long-term data at large spatial scales—both time-consuming and expensive. The global increase of data collected and shared through citizen/community…
Tinamou birds: using egg coloration as mating signals
https://www.gbif.org/datause/6BbQKocWWHFUdTMLtrSVWG
Published: July 31, 2024 15:00
Birds often use features such as plumage colors and songs to signal, attract, and recognize mates. Tinamous (order Tinamiformes), which are adapted for camouflage, are not particularly colorful birds. However, the 48 extant species of tinamous produce eggs…