EFFECTS OF RED-BACKED SALAMANDERS ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS.

Effects of red-backed salamanders on ecosystem functions.

Ecosystems provide a vast array of services for human societies, but understanding how various organisms contribute to the functions that maintain these services remains an important ecological challenge.Predators can affect ecosystem functions through a combination of top-down trophic cascades and bottom-up effects on nutrient dynamics.As the most

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What is the level of nutrition care provided to older adults attending emergency departments? A scoping review protocol. [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Introduction: Nutrition status among older adults is an important factor in health and clinical outcomes but malnutrition goes unrecognised in routine health care.Older adults often present to emergency departments (ED) and are subsequently discharged without hospital admission.Discharge is a transitionary vaidehi pant time of care when nutritional

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