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03 February 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports           Don't let your data go to waste...  Scientific Data helps researchers make the most of their data, offering publication in a peer reviewed open access journal. We welcome data of all sizes, from all areas of science.   What's unique? A new type of article providing detailed descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets, maximising data discoverability and reuse.   Discover what we can do for your data             Earth & Environmental Sciences               Disentangling the relative effects of bushmeat availability on human nutrition in central Africa ▶     John E. Fa, Jesús Olivero, Raimundo Real et al.     We studied links between human malnutrition and wild meat availability within the Rainforest Biotic Zone in central Africa. We distinguished two distinct hunted mammalian …             Red coralline algae assessed as marine pH proxies using 11B MAS NMR ▶     M. Cusack, N. A. Kamenos, C. Rollion-Bard et al.     Reconstructing pH from biogenic carbonates using boron isotopic compositions relies on the assumption that only borate, and no boric acid, is present. Red coralline algae are …             Ranking species in mutualistic networks ▶     Virginia Domínguez-García, Miguel A. Muñoz     Understanding the architectural subtleties of ecological networks, believed to confer them enhanced stability and robustness, is a subject of outmost relevance. Mutualistic …             Exploring the microbiota dynamics related to vegetable biomasses degradation and study of lignocellulose-degrading bacteria for industrial biotechnological application ▶     Valeria Ventorino, Alberto Aliberti, Vincenza Faraco et al.     The aims of this study were to evaluate the microbial diversity of different lignocellulosic biomasses during degradation under natural conditions and to isolate, select, …             Label-free detection of kanamycin based on a G-quadruplex DNA aptamer-based fluorescent intercalator displacement assay ▶     Yun-Peng Xing, Chun Liu, Xiao-Hong Zhou et al.     This work was the first to report that the kanamycin-binding DNA aptamer (5′-TGG GGG TTG AGG CTA AGC CGA-3′) can form stable parallel G-quadruplex DNA (G4-DNA) structures by …             Detrended Partial-Cross-Correlation Analysis: A New Method for Analyzing Correlations in Complex System ▶     Naiming Yuan, Zuntao Fu, Huan Zhang et al.     In this paper, a new method, detrended partial-cross-correlation analysis (DPCCA), is proposed. Based on detrended cross-correlation analysis (DCCA), this method is improved by …             Responses of plant nutrient resorption to phosphorus addition in freshwater marsh of Northeast China ▶     Rong Mao, De-Hui Zeng, Xin-Hou Zhang et al.     Anthropogenic activities have increased phosphorus (P) inputs to most aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. However, the relationship between plant nutrient resorption and P …             Impacts of reactive nitrogen on climate change in China ▶     Yalan Shi, Shenghui Cui, Xiaotang Ju et al.     China is mobilizing the largest anthropogenic reactive nitrogen (Nr) in the world due to agricultural, industrial and urban development. However, the climate effects related to …             Crustal thickness control on Sr/Y signatures of recent arc magmas: an Earth scale perspective ▶     Massimo Chiaradia     Arc magmas originate in subduction zones as partial melts of the mantle, induced by aqueous fluids/melts liberated by the subducted slab. Subsequently, they rise through and …             Indo-China Monsoon Indices ▶     ChinLeong Tsai, Swadhin K. Behera, Takuji Waseda     Myanmar and Thailand often experience severe droughts and floods that cause irreparable damage to the socio-economy condition of both countries. In this study, the Southeastern …             An injectable acoustic transmitter for juvenile salmon ▶     Z. D. Deng, T. J. Carlson, H. Li et al.     Salmon recovery and the potential detrimental effects of dams on fish have been attracting national attention due to the environmental and economic implications. In recent years …             Fully printed flexible and disposable wireless cyclic voltammetry tag ▶     Younsu Jung, Hyejin Park, Jin-Ah Park et al.     A disposable cyclic voltammetry (CV) tag is printed on a plastic film by integrating wireless power transmitter, polarized triangle wave generator, electrochemical cell and …             Temporal constraints on future accumulation-area loss of a major Arctic ice cap due to climate change (Vestfonna, Svalbard) ▶     Marco Möller, Christoph Schneider     Arctic glaciers and ice caps are major contributors to past, present and future sea-level fluctuations. Continued global warming may eventually lead to the equilibrium line …             The relevance of nanoscale biological fragments for ice nucleation in clouds ▶     D. O′Sullivan, B. J. Murray, J. F. Ross et al.     Most studies of the role of biological entities as atmospheric ice-nucleating particles have focused on relatively rare supermicron particles such as bacterial cells, fungal …             Moderate drop in water table increases peatland vulnerability to post-fire regime shift ▶     N. Kettridge, M. R. Turetsky, J. H. Sherwood et al.     Northern and tropical peatlands represent a globally significant carbon reserve accumulated over thousands of years of waterlogged conditions. 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