Publications by authors named "D Elferts"

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  • The study investigates the long-term effects of selective thinning around pedunculate oak on the diversity of epiphytes and tree-related microhabitats (TreMs) in Latvia's boreal-nemoral forest zone.
  • Results show that, 20 years after thinning, there were no significant changes in overall epiphyte or TreM diversity; however, managed trees had a higher prevalence of common microhabitats.
  • The authors recommend future research to monitor post-thinning conditions more systematically to better inform adaptive habitat management strategies and improve forest management practices.
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The development of high-throughput behavioral assays, where numerous individual animals can be analyzed in various experimental conditions, has facilitated the study of animal personality. Previous research showed that isogenic flies exhibit striking individual non-heritable locomotor handedness. The variability of this trait, i.

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Animals adjust their use of alarm calls depending on social environments. We tested whether dominant (adult) and subordinate (juvenile non-kin) male crested tits () warn each other and heterospecific willow tits () across the wintering season. Birds rarely alarm called when feeding alone.

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Cuticle is the first layer protecting plants against external biotic and abiotic factors and is responsive to climatic factors as well as determined by genetic adaptations. In this study, the chemical composition of bilberry fruit cuticular wax was investigated through a latitudinal gradient from Latvia (56°N 24°E) through Finland (65°N 25°E) to northern Norway (69°N 18°E) in two seasons 2018 and 2019. Changes in the major cuticular wax compounds, including triterpenoids, fatty acids, alkanes, aldehydes, ketones, and primary alcohols, were detected by GC-MS analysis.

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