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Revisiting the cognitive buffer hypothesis for the evolution of large brains by Sol, Daniel

“…Why have some animals evolved large brains despite substantial energetic and developmental costs? A classic answer is that a large brain facilitates the…”
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Approaching the environmental problem of microplastics: Importance of WWTP treatments by Sol, Daniel, Laca, Amanda, Laca, Adriana, Díaz, Mario

“…The undeniable presence of microplastics (MPs) in soil, air and, especially, in the aquatic environment has revealed them to be an emerging pollutant. One of…”
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The institutional, economic and social determinants of local government transparency by Sol, Daniel Albalate del

“…Interest in transparency is increasing worldwide. Literature on their determinants is evolving but is still in early stages. So far, it has typically focused…”
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Environmental variation and the evolution of large brains in birds by Sayol, Ferran, Maspons, Joan, Lapiedra, Oriol, Iwaniuk, Andrew N., Székely, Tamás, Sol, Daniel

“…Environmental variability has long been postulated as a major selective force in the evolution of large brains. However, assembling evidence for this…”
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The role of motor diversity in foraging innovations: a cross-species comparison in urban birds by Diquelou, Marie C., Griffin, Andrea S., Sol, Daniel

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Integrating animal temperament within ecology and evolution by Réale, Denis, Reader, Simon M., Sol, Daniel, McDougall, Peter T., Dingemanse, Niels J.

“…Temperament describes the idea that individual behavioural differences are repeatable over time and across situations. This common phenomenon covers numerous…”
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Microplastics in Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment Plants: Occurrence and Removal of Microfibres by Sol, Daniel, Laca, Amanda, Laca, Adriana, Díaz, Mario

“…Microplastics (MPs), and specifically microfibres (MPFs), are ubiquitous in water bodies, including wastewater and drinking water. In this work, a thorough…”
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Predictable evolution towards larger brains in birds colonizing oceanic islands by Sayol, Ferran, Downing, Philip A., Iwaniuk, Andrew N., Maspons, Joan, Sol, Daniel

“…Theory and evidence suggest that some selective pressures are more common on islands than in adjacent mainland habitats, leading evolution to follow…”
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paradox of invasion in birds: competitive superiority or ecological opportunism? by Sol, Daniel, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Griffin, Andrea S

“…Why can alien species succeed in environments to which they have had no opportunity to adapt and even become more abundant than many native species? Ecological…”
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Semisynthesis, cytotoxicity, antimalarial evaluation and structure-activity relationship of two series of triterpene derivatives by Cargnin, Simone Tasca, Staudt, Andressa Finkler, Medeiros, Patrícia, de Medeiros Sol Sol, Daniel, de Azevedo dos Santos, Ana Paula, Zanchi, Fernando Berton, Gosmann, Grace, Puyet, Antonio, Garcia Teles, Carolina Bioni, Gnoatto, Simone Baggio

“…[Display omitted] In this report, we describe the semisynthesis of two series of ursolic and betulinic acid derivatives through designed by modifications at…”
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Brain Size and Life History Interact to Predict Urban Tolerance in Birds by Sayol, Ferran, Sol, Daniel, Pigot, Alex L.

“…Urbanization is a major driver of local biodiversity losses, but the traits that determine whether species are able to tolerate urban environments remain…”
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Niche expansion and adaptive divergence in the global radiation of crows and ravens by Garcia-Porta, Joan, Sol, Daniel, Pennell, Matt, Sayol, Ferran, Kaliontzopoulou, Antigoni, Botero, Carlos A.

“…The processes that allow some lineages to diversify rapidly at a global scale remain poorly understood. Although earlier studies emphasized the importance of…”
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Big-brained birds survive better in nature by Sol, Daniel, Székely, Tamás, Liker, András, Lefebvre, Louis

“…Big brains are hypothesized to enhance survival of animals by facilitating flexible cognitive responses that buffer individuals against environmental stresses…”
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Big Brains, Enhanced Cognition, and Response of Birds to Novel Environments by Sol, Daniel, Duncan, Richard P., Blackburn, Tim M., Cassey, Phillip, Lefebvre, Louis, Orians, Gordon H.

“…The widely held hypothesis that enlarged brains have evolved as an adaptation to cope with novel or altered environmental conditions lacks firm empirical…”
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Validation of a globally-applicable method to measure urban tolerance of birds using citizen science data by Callaghan, Corey T., Sayol, Ferran, Benedetti, Yanina, Morelli, Federico, Sol, Daniel

“…•Monitoring organism responses to urbanization is critical in the face of increasing urbanization around the world.•Broad-scale, repeatable methods, are…”
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Marine Invertebrates: A Promissory Still Unexplored Source of Inhibitors of Biomedically Relevant Metallo Aminopeptidases Belonging to the M1 and M17 Families by Pascual Alonso, Isel, Almeida García, Fabiola, Valdés Tresanco, Mario Ernesto, Arrebola Sánchez, Yarini, Ojeda Del Sol, Daniel, Sánchez Ramírez, Belinda, Florent, Isabelle, Schmitt, Marjorie, Avilés, Francesc Xavier

“…Proteolytic enzymes, also known as peptidases, are critical in all living organisms. Peptidases control the cleavage, activation, turnover, and synthesis of…”
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A framework for understanding how biodiversity patterns unfold across multiple spatial scales in urban ecosystems by Swan, Christopher M., Brown, Bryan, Borowy, Dorothy, Cavender‐Bares, Jeannine, Jeliazkov, Alienor, Knapp, Sonja, Lososová, Zdeňka, Padullés Cubino, Josep, Pavoine, Sandrine, Ricotta, Carlo, Sol, Daniel

“…Whether cities are more or less diverse than surrounding environments, and the extent to which non‐native species in cities impact regional species pools,…”
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Antiprotozoal action of synthetic cinnamic acid analogs by Santos, Ana Paula de Azevedo Dos, Fialho, Saara Nery, Medeiros, Daniel Sol Sol de, Garay, Ana Fidelina Gómez, Diaz, Jorge Alfonso Ruiz, Gómez, Maria Celeste Vega, Teles, Carolina Bioni Garcia, Calderon, Leonardo de Azevedo

“…Leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and malaria cause morbidity globally. The drugs currently used for treatment have limitations. Activity of cinnamic acid analogs…”
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Light conditions and the evolution of the visual system in birds by Fröhlich, Arkadiusz, Ducatez, Simon, Němec, Pavel, Sol Rueda, Daniel

“…Despite vision is an essential sense for many animals, the intuitively appealing notion that the visual system has been shaped by environmental light…”
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A framework for estimating niche metrics using the resemblance between qualitative resources by De Cáceres, Miquel, Sol, Daniel, Lapiedra, Oriol, Legendre, Pierre

“…Despite the central importance of the niche concept for the ecological theory, current methods to quantify the species niche from qualitative resources, such…”
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