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- Burrascano, S., et al.
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Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we head to?
- 2023
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Ingår i: Biological Conservation. - 0006-3207. ; 284
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The European biodiversity and forest strategies rely on forest sustainable management (SFM) to conserve forest biodiversity. However, current sustainability assessments hardly account for direct biodiversity indicators. We focused on forest multi-taxon biodiversity to: i) gather and map the existing information; ii) identify knowledge and research gaps; iii) discuss its research potential. We established a research network to fit data on species, standing trees, lying deadwood and sampling unit description from 34 local datasets across 3591 sampling units. A total of 8724 species were represented, with the share of common and rare species varying across taxonomic classes: some included many species with several rare ones (e.g., Insecta); others (e.g., Bryopsida) were repre-sented by few common species. Tree-related structural attributes were sampled in a subset of sampling units (2889; 2356; 2309 and 1388 respectively for diameter, height, deadwood and microhabitats). Overall, multi-taxon studies are biased towards mature forests and may underrepresent the species related to other develop-mental phases. European forest compositional categories were all represented, but beech forests were over-represented as compared to thermophilous and boreal forests. Most sampling units (94%) were referred to a habitat type of conservation concern. Existing information may support European conservation and SFM stra-tegies in: (i) methodological harmonization and coordinated monitoring; (ii) definition and testing of SFM in-dicators and thresholds; (iii) data-driven assessment of the effects of environmental and management drivers on multi-taxon forest biological and functional diversity, (iv) multi-scale forest monitoring integrating in-situ and remotely sensed information.
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- Myrelid, Pär, et al.
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Complications in surgery for Crohns disease after preoperative antitumour necrosis factor therapy
- 2014
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Ingår i: British Journal of Surgery. - : Wiley. - 0007-1323 .- 1365-2168. ; 101:5, s. 539-545
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: The use of biological therapy (biologicals) is established in the treatment of Crohns disease. This study aimed to determine whether preoperative treatment with biologicals is associated with an increased rate of complications following surgery for Crohns disease with intestinal anastomosis. Methods: All patients receiving biologicals and undergoing abdominal surgery with anastomosis or strictureplasty were identified at six tertiary referral centres. Demographic data, and preoperative, operative and postoperative details were registered. Patients who were treated with biologicals within 2 months before surgery were compared with a control group who were not. Postoperative complications were classified according to anastomotic, infectious or other complications, and graded according to the Clavien-Dindo classification. Results: Some 111 patients treated with biologicals within 2 months before surgery were compared with 187 patients in the control group. The groups were well matched. There were no differences between the treatment and control groups in the rate of complications of any type (34.2 versus 28.9 per cent respectively; P = 0.402), anastomotic complications (7.2 versus 8.0 per cent; P = 0.976) and non-anastomotic infectious complications (16.2 versus 13.9 per cent; P = 0.586). In univariable regression analysis, biologicals were not associated with an increased risk of any complication (odds ratio (OR) 1.33, 95 per cent confidence interval 0.81 to 2.20), anastomotic complication (OR 0.89, 0.37 to 2.17) or infectious complication (OR 1.09, 0.62 to 1.91). Conclusion: Treatment with biologicals within 2 months of surgery for Crohns disease with intestinal anastomosis was not associated with an increased risk of complications.
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- Tottrup, A. P., et al.
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Drought in Africa Caused Delayed Arrival of European Songbirds
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Ingår i: Science. - : American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). - 1095-9203 .- 0036-8075. ; 338:6112, s. 1307-1307
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A severe drought in the Horn of Africa delayed the spring arrival in Europe of two migratory species.
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