Conservation futures 2050: Developing future scenarios to explore potential socio-economic developments and their impact on biodiversity.

Large scale changes in biodiversity and conservation management require long-term goals and planning across multiple sectors in the face of increasing global change. Major trends in land use and management interventions, species additions or losses, and climate are well recognized, but responses are still often short-term and fragmented across agencies and sectors. Scenario-building can be a powerful tool to imagine possible futures, integrating across sectors and disciplines and promoting long-term thinking and planning.

Comparing the Above and Below-Ground Chemical Defences of Three Rumex Species Between Their Native and Introduced Provenances.

Compared to their native range, non-native plants often experience reduced levels of herbivory in the introduced range. This may result in reduced pressure to produce chemical defences that act against herbivores. We measured the most abundant secondary metabolites found in Rumex spp.

Food Allergy Characteristics Associated With Coexisting Eosinophilic Esophagitis in FARE Registry Participants.

Background: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) can coexist in individuals with food allergy.

Objective: To evaluate the characteristics of food-allergic patients with and without coexisting EoE using a large food allergy patient registry.

Methods: Data were derived from 2 Food Allergy Research & Education, Inc, Patient Registry surveys.

A network perspective for sustainable agroecosystems.

Nature-based management aims to improve sustainable agroecosystem production, but its efficacy has been variable. We argue that nature-based agroecosystem management could be significantly improved by explicitly considering and manipulating the underlying networks of species interactions. A network perspective can link species interactions to ecosystem functioning and stability, identify influential species and interactions, and suggest optimal management approaches.

Detection of the Entomopathogenic Fungus in the Rhizosphere of Wound-Stressed Plants.

Entomopathogenic fungi from the genus (Vuillemin) play an important role in controlling insect populations and have been increasingly utilized for the biological control of insect pests. Various studies have reported that (Bals.), Vuill.