Predators, particularly those living in deserts, use two main foraging strategies, namely sit-andwait or wide foraging. The Moorish gecko Tarentola mauritanica, a gecko frequently inhabiting humanized habitats, has been repeatedly classified as a sit-and-wait predator. However, previous data on dietary composition in natural habitats suggest a wide foraging strategy for this species. This study...

The rammed earth walls were greatly affected by the change of temperature fields in arid environments, particularly swell-shrink stress caused gradient variations was one main factors leading to surface weathering sites. While heat conduction, convection, and radiation resulting walls. In this study, thermocouple sensors embedded a rammed-earth test wall, continuously monitor field wall from ne...

Strain DH-12 exhibits broad-spectrum antibacterial activity toward Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens. The 7.6-Mb draft genome sequence gives insight into the complete secondary metabolite production capacity and reveals genes putatively responsible for its antibacterial activity, as well as genes which enable the survival of the organism in an extreme arid environment.