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    For comprehensive biodiversity conservation efforts, knowledge of the number and distribution of species is required. Here, Westgate et al.perform a meta-analysis to show that studies of cross-taxon congruence rarely give consistent results between different locations, undermining the assumption that a subset of taxa can be representative of biodiversity.

    • Martin J. Westgate
    • , Philip S. Barton
    •  & David B. Lindenmayer

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    | Open Access

    Mechanical cues can induce morphogenetic processes during development. Here the authors show that mechanical changes during embryonic development in both zebrafish and Drosophilalead to nuclear localization of β-catenin, which regulates genes required for early mesoderm development in both species.

    • Thibaut Brunet
    • , Adrien Bouclet
    •  & Emmanuel Farge

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    Free-ranging domestic cats cause wildlife extinctions on islands, but their impact on wildlife in mainland areas is unclear. This study presents an estimate of mortality caused by cats in the United States, suggesting that 1.4–3.7 billion birds and 6.9–20.7 billion mammals are killed annually.

    • Scott R. Loss
    • , Tom Will
    •  & Peter P. Marra

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    | Open Access

    For conservation purposes, accurate methods are required to track cotton-top tamarins in their natural habitat. As existing census methods are not appropriate for surveying these monkeys, a lure-transect method combined with playback vocalization was used here to allow accurate counting of the animals.

    • Anne Savage
    • , Len Thomas
    •  & Felix S. Medina

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