TY - JOUR A1 - Aktas, Berfin A1 - Stede, Manfred T1 - Anaphoric distance in oral and written language BT - Experimental evidence JF - Discours : revue de linguistique, psycholinguistique et informatique N2 - We investigate the variation in oral and written language in terms of anaphoric distance (i.e., the textual distance between anaphors and their antecedents), expanding corpus-based research with experimental evidence. Contrastive corpus studies demonstrate that oral genres include longer average anaphoric distance than written genres, if the distance is measured in terms of clauses (Fox, 1987; Aktas & Stede, 2020). We designed an experiment in order to examine the contrasts in oral and written mediums, using the same genre. We aim to gain more insight about the impact of the medium, in a situation where both mediums convey a similar level of spontaneity, informality and interactivity. We designed a story continuation study, where the participants are recruited via crowdsourcing. To our knowledge, this is the first study of its kind, where anaphoric distance is manipulated systematically in a language production experiment in order to examine medium distinctions. We observed that participants use more pronouns in oral medium than in written medium if the anaphoric distance is long. This result is in line with the implications of the earlier corpus-based research. In addition, our results indicate that anaphoric distance has a larger effect in referential choice for the written medium. KW - anaphora KW - anaphoric distance KW - referential choice KW - production medium KW - oral KW - written KW - story continuation KW - crowdsourcing Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4000/discours.12383 SN - 1963-1723 IS - 31 PB - Université de Paris-Sorbonne, Maion Recherche CY - Paris ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gutzeit, Lilly Joan A1 - Tiberius, Victor T1 - Business and management research on the motion picture industry BT - a bibliometric analysis JF - Journalism and media N2 - The motion picture industry is subject to extensive business and management research conducted on a wide range of topics. Due to high research productivity, it is challenging to keep track of the abundance of publications. Against this background, we employ a bibliographic coupling analysis to gain a comprehensive understanding of current research topics. The following themes were defined: Key factors for success, word of mouth and social media, organizational and pedagogical dimensions, advertising—product placement and online marketing, tourism, the influence of data, the influence of culture, revenue maximization and purchase decisions, and the perception and identification of audiences. Based on the cluster analysis, we suggest the following future research opportunities: Exploring technological innovations, especially the influence of social media and streaming platforms in the film industry; the in-depth analysis of the use of artificial intelligence in film production, both in terms of its creative potential and ethical and legal challenges; the exploration of the representation of wokeness and minorities in films and their cultural and economic significance; and, finally, a detailed examination of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises on the film industry, especially in terms of changed consumption habits and structural adjustments. KW - bibliometric analysis KW - business researc KW - films KW - movies KW - literature review KW - motion pictures Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia4040076 SN - 2673-5172 VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 1198 EP - 1210 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kuhlmann, Sabine A1 - Franzke, Jochen A1 - Peters, Niklas A1 - Dumas, Benoît Paul T1 - Institutional designs and dynamics of crisis governance at the local level BT - European governments facing the polycrisis JF - Policy design and practice N2 - This article analyses the institutional design variants of local crisis governance responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and their entanglement with other locally impactful crises from a cross-country comparative perspective (France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, and the UK/England). The pandemic offers an excellent empirical lens for scrutinizing the phenomenon of polycrises governance because it occurred while European countries were struggling with the impacts of several prior, ongoing, or newly arrived crises. Our major focus is on institutional design variants of crisis governance (dependent variable) and the influence of different administrative cultures on it (independent variable). Furthermore, we analyze the entanglement and interaction of institutional responses to other (previous or parallel) crises (polycrisis dynamics). Our findings reveal a huge variance of institutional designs, largely evoked by country-specific administrative cultures and profiles. The degree of de-/centralization and the intensity of coordination or decoupling across levels of government differs significantly by country. Simultaneously, all countries were affected by interrelated and entangled crises, resulting in various patterns of polycrisis dynamics. While policy failures and “fatal remedies” from previous crises have partially impaired the resilience and crisis preparedness of local governments, we have also found some learning effects from previous crises. KW - polycrisis KW - pandemic KW - local government KW - intergovernmental relations KW - public administration KW - crisis management KW - Germany KW - France KW - Poland KW - Sweden KW - United Kingdom Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2024.2344784 SN - 2574-1292 SP - 1 EP - 21 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Romero Mujalli, Daniel A1 - Rochow, Markus A1 - Kahl, Sandra A1 - Paraskevopoulou, Sofia A1 - Folkertsma, Remco A1 - Jeltsch, Florian A1 - Tiedemann, Ralph T1 - Adaptive and nonadaptive plasticity in changing environments BT - Implications for sexual species with different life history strategies JF - Ecology and evolution N2 - Populations adapt to novel environmental conditions by genetic changes or phenotypic plasticity. Plastic responses are generally faster and can buffer fitness losses under variable conditions. Plasticity is typically modeled as random noise and linear reaction norms that assume simple one-to- one genotype–phenotype maps and no limits to the phenotypic response. Most studies on plasticity have focused on its effect on population viability. However, it is not clear, whether the advantage of plasticity depends solely on environmental fluctuations or also on the genetic and demographic properties (life histories) of populations. Here we present an individual-based model and study the relative importance of adaptive and nonadaptive plasticity for populations of sexual species with different life histories experiencing directional stochastic climate change. Environmental fluctuations were simulated using differentially autocorrelated climatic stochasticity or noise color, and scenarios of directiona climate change. Nonadaptive plasticity was simulated as a random environmental effect on trait development, while adaptive plasticity as a linear, saturating, or sinusoidal reaction norm. The last two imposed limits to the plastic response and emphasized flexible interactions of the genotype with the environment. Interestingly, this assumption led to (a) smaller phenotypic than genotypic variance in the population (many-to- one genotype–phenotype map) and the coexistence of polymorphisms, and (b) the maintenance of higher genetic variation—compared to linear reaction norms and genetic determinism—even when the population was exposed to a constant environment for several generations. Limits to plasticity led to genetic accommodation, when costs were negligible, and to the appearance of cryptic variation when limits were exceeded. We found that adaptive plasticity promoted population persistence under red environmental noise and was particularly important for life histories with low fecundity. Populations produing more offspring could cope with environmental fluctuations solely by genetic changes or random plasticity, unless environmental change was too fast. KW - developmental canalization KW - environmental change KW - genetic accommodation KW - Individual-based models KW - limits KW - many-to-one genotype–phenotype map KW - noise color KW - phenotypic plasticity KW - reaction norms KW - stochastic fluctuations Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7485 SN - 2045-7758 VL - 11 IS - 11 SP - 6341 EP - 6357 PB - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. CY - New Jersey ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kayler, Zachary E. A1 - Premke, Katrin A1 - Gessler, Arthur A1 - Gessner, Mark O. A1 - Griebler, Christian A1 - Hilt, Sabine A1 - Klemedtsson, Leif A1 - Kuzyakov, Yakov A1 - Reichstein, Markus A1 - Siemens, Jan A1 - Totsche, Kai-Uwe A1 - Tranvik, Lars A1 - Wagner, Annekatrin A1 - Weitere, Markus A1 - Grossart, Hans-Peter T1 - Integrating Aquatic and Terrestrial Perspectives to Improve Insights Into Organic Matter Cycling at the Landscape Scale JF - Frontiers in Earth Science N2 - Across a landscape, aquatic-terrestrial interfaces within and between ecosystems are hotspots of organic matter (OM) mineralization. These interfaces are characterized by sharp spatio-temporal changes in environmental conditions, which affect OM properties and thus control OM mineralization and other transformation processes. Consequently, the extent of OM movement at and across aquatic-terrestrial interfaces is crucial in determining OM turnover and carbon (C) cycling at the landscape scale. Here, we propose expanding current concepts in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem sciences to comprehensively evaluate OM turnover at the landscape scale. We focus on three main concepts toward explaining OM turnover at the landscape scale: the landscape spatiotemporal context, OM turnover described by priming and ecological stoichiometry, and anthropogenic effects as a disruptor of natural OM transfer magnitudes and pathways. A conceptual framework is introduced that allows for discussing the disparities in spatial and temporal scales of OM transfer, changes in environmental conditions, ecosystem connectivity, and microbial-substrate interactions. The potential relevance of priming effects in both terrestrial and aquatic systems is addressed. For terrestrial systems, we hypothesize that the interplay between the influx of OM, its corresponding elemental composition, and the elemental demand of the microbial communities may alleviate spatial and metabolic thresholds. In comparison, substrate level OM dynamics may be substantially different in aquatic systems due to matrix effects that accentuate the role of abiotic conditions, substrate quality, and microbial community dynamics. We highlight the disproportionate impact anthropogenic activities can have on OM cycling across the landscape. This includes reversing natural OM flows through the landscape, disrupting ecosystem connectivity, and nutrient additions that cascade across the landscape. This knowledge is crucial for a better understanding of OM cycling in a landscape context, in particular since terrestrial and aquatic compartments may respond differently to the ongoing changes in climate, land use, and other anthropogenic interferences. KW - landscape connectivity KW - organic matter mineralization KW - priming effects KW - ecological stoichiometry KW - aquatic-terrestrial interfaces KW - anthropogenic interferences Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00127 SN - 2296-6463 VL - 7 PB - Frontiers Research Foundation CY - Lausanne ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lundgreen, Regitze B. C. A1 - Jaspers, Cornelia A1 - Traving, Sachia J. A1 - Ayala, Daniel J. A1 - Lombard, Fabien A1 - Grossart, Hans-Peter A1 - Nielsen, Torkel G. A1 - Munk, Peter A1 - Riemann, Lasse T1 - Eukaryotic and cyanobacterial communities associated with marine snow particles in the oligotrophic Sargasso Sea JF - Scientific reports N2 - Marine snow aggregates represent heterogeneous agglomerates of dead and living organic matter. Composition is decisive for their sinking rates, and thereby for carbon flux to the deep sea. For oligotrophic oceans, information on aggregate composition is particularly sparse. To address this, the taxonomic composition of aggregates collected from the subtropical and oligotrophic Sargasso Sea (Atlantic Ocean) was characterized by 16S and 18S rRNA gene sequencing. Taxonomy assignment was aided by a collection of the contemporary plankton community consisting of 75 morphologically and genetically identified plankton specimens. The diverse rRNA gene reads of marine snow aggregates, not considering Trichodesmium puffs, were dominated by copepods (52%), cnidarians (21%), radiolarians (11%), and alveolates (8%), with sporadic contributions by cyanobacteria, suggesting a different aggregate composition than in eutrophic regions. Composition linked significantly with sampling location but not to any measured environmental parameters or plankton biomass composition. Nevertheless, indicator and network analyses identified key roles of a few rare taxa. This points to complex regulation of aggregate composition, conceivably affected by the environment and plankton characteristics. The extent to which this has implications for particle densities, and consequently for sinking rates and carbon sequestration in oligotrophic waters, needs further interrogation. Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45146-7 SN - 2045-2322 VL - 9 PB - Nature Publ. Group CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Numberger, Daniela A1 - Ganzert, Lars A1 - Zoccarato, Luca A1 - Mühldorfer, Kristin A1 - Sauer, Sascha A1 - Grossart, Hans-Peter A1 - Greenwood, Alex D. T1 - Characterization of bacterial communities in wastewater with enhanced taxonomic resolution by full-length 16S rRNA sequencing JF - Scientific reports N2 - Wastewater treatment is crucial to environmental hygiene in urban environments. However, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) collect chemicals, organic matter, and microorganisms including pathogens and multi-resistant bacteria from various sources which may be potentially released into the environment via WWTP effluent. To better understand microbial dynamics in WWTPs, we characterized and compared the bacterial community of the inflow and effluent of a WWTP in Berlin, Germany using full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences, which allowed for species level determination in many cases and generally resolved bacterial taxa. Significantly distinct bacterial communities were identified in the wastewater inflow and effluent samples. Dominant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) varied both temporally and spatially. Disease associated bacterial groups were efficiently reduced in their relative abundance from the effluent by the WWTP treatment process, except for Legionella and Leptospira species which demonstrated an increase in relative proportion from inflow to effluent. This indicates that WWTPs, while effective against enteric bacteria, may enrich and release other potentially pathogenic bacteria into the environment. The taxonomic resolution of full-length 16S rRNA genes allows for improved characterization of potential pathogenic taxa and other harmful bacteria which is required to reliably assess health risk. Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46015-z SN - 2045-2322 VL - 9 PB - Nature Publ. Group CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Numberger, Daniela A1 - Dreier, Carole A1 - Vullioud, Colin A1 - Gabriel, Gülsah A1 - Greenwood, Alex D. A1 - Grossart, Hans-Peter T1 - Recovery of influenza a viruses from lake water and sediments by experimental inoculation JF - PLoS one N2 - Influenza A viruses (IAV) are zoonotic pathogens relevant to human, domestic animal and wildlife health. Many avian IAVs are transmitted among waterfowl via a faecal-oral-route. Therefore, environmental water where waterfowl congregate may play an important role in the ecology and epidemiology of avian IAV. Water and sediment may sustain and transmit virus among individuals or species. It is unclear at what concentrations waterborne viruses are infectious or remain detectable. To address this, we performed lake water and sediment dilution experiments with varying concentrations or infectious doses of four IAV strains from seal, turkey, duck and gull. To test for infectivity of the IAV strains in a concentration dependent manner, we applied cultivation to specific pathogen free (SPF) embryonated chicken eggs and Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cells. IAV recovery was more effective from embryonated chicken eggs than MDCK cells for freshwater lake dilutions, whereas, MDCK cells were more effective for viral recovery from sediment samples. Low infectious dose (1 PFU/200 mu L) was sufficient in most cases to detect and recover IAV from lake water dilutions. Sediment required higher initial infectious doses (>= 100 PFU/200 mu L). Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216880 SN - 1932-6203 VL - 14 IS - 5 PB - PLoS CY - San Fransisco ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rojas-Jimenez, Keilor A1 - Grossart, Hans-Peter A1 - Cordes, Erik A1 - Cortés, Jorge T1 - Fungal Communities in Sediments Along a Depth Gradient in the Eastern Tropical Pacific JF - Frontiers in Microbiology N2 - Deep waters represent the largest biome on Earth and the largest ecosystem of Costa Rica. Fungi play a fundamental role in global biogeochemical cycling in marine sediments, yet, they remain little explored. We studied fungal diversity and community composition in several marine sediments from 16 locations sampled along a bathymetric gradient (from a depth of 380 to 3,474 m) in two transects of about 1,500 km length in the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) of Costa Rica. Sequence analysis of the V7-V8 region of the 18S rRNA gene obtained from sediment cores revealed the presence of 787 fungal amplicon sequence variants (ASVs). On average, we detected a richness of 75 fungal ASVs per sample. Ascomycota represented the most abundant phylum with Saccharomycetes constituting the dominant class. Three ASVs accounted for ca. 63% of all fungal sequences: the yeast Metschnikowia (49.4%), Rhizophydium (6.9%), and Cladosporium (6.7%). We distinguished a cluster composed mainly by yeasts, and a second cluster by filamentous fungi, but we were unable to detect a strong effect of depth and the overlying water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen (DO), and pH on the composition of fungal communities. We highlight the need to understand further the ecological role of fungi in deep-sea ecosystems. KW - deep-sea KW - aquatic fungi KW - biodiversity KW - Metschnikowia KW - Costa Rica Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.575207 SN - 1664-302X VL - 11 PB - Frontiers Media CY - Lausanne ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tiegs, Scott D. A1 - Costello, David M. A1 - Isken, Mark W. A1 - Woodward, Guy A1 - McIntyre, Peter B. A1 - Gessner, Mark O. A1 - Chauvet, Eric A1 - Griffiths, Natalie A. A1 - Flecker, Alex S. A1 - Acuna, Vicenc A1 - Albarino, Ricardo A1 - Allen, Daniel C. A1 - Alonso, Cecilia A1 - Andino, Patricio A1 - Arango, Clay A1 - Aroviita, Jukka A1 - Barbosa, Marcus V. M. A1 - Barmuta, Leon A. A1 - Baxter, Colden V. A1 - Bell, Thomas D. C. A1 - Bellinger, Brent A1 - Boyero, Luz A1 - Brown, Lee E. A1 - Bruder, Andreas A1 - Bruesewitz, Denise A. A1 - Burdon, Francis J. A1 - Callisto, Marcos A1 - Canhoto, Cristina A1 - Capps, Krista A. A1 - Castillo, Maria M. A1 - Clapcott, Joanne A1 - Colas, Fanny A1 - Colon-Gaud, Checo A1 - Cornut, Julien A1 - Crespo-Perez, Veronica A1 - Cross, Wyatt F. A1 - Culp, Joseph M. A1 - Danger, Michael A1 - Dangles, Olivier A1 - de Eyto, Elvira A1 - Derry, Alison M. A1 - Diaz Villanueva, Veronica A1 - Douglas, Michael M. A1 - Elosegi, Arturo A1 - Encalada, Andrea C. A1 - Entrekin, Sally A1 - Espinosa, Rodrigo A1 - Ethaiya, Diana A1 - Ferreira, Veronica A1 - Ferriol, Carmen A1 - Flanagan, Kyla M. A1 - Fleituch, Tadeusz A1 - Shah, Jennifer J. Follstad A1 - Frainer, Andre A1 - Friberg, Nikolai A1 - Frost, Paul C. A1 - Garcia, Erica A. A1 - Lago, Liliana Garcia A1 - Garcia Soto, Pavel Ernesto A1 - Ghate, Sudeep A1 - Giling, Darren P. A1 - Gilmer, Alan A1 - Goncalves, Jose Francisco A1 - Gonzales, Rosario Karina A1 - Graca, Manuel A. S. A1 - Grace, Mike A1 - Grossart, Hans-Peter A1 - Guerold, Francois A1 - Gulis, Vlad A1 - Hepp, Luiz U. A1 - Higgins, Scott A1 - Hishi, Takuo A1 - Huddart, Joseph A1 - Hudson, John A1 - Imberger, Samantha A1 - Iniguez-Armijos, Carlos A1 - Iwata, Tomoya A1 - Janetski, David J. A1 - Jennings, Eleanor A1 - Kirkwood, Andrea E. A1 - Koning, Aaron A. A1 - Kosten, Sarian A1 - Kuehn, Kevin A. A1 - Laudon, Hjalmar A1 - Leavitt, Peter R. A1 - Lemes da Silva, Aurea L. A1 - Leroux, Shawn J. A1 - Leroy, Carri J. A1 - Lisi, Peter J. A1 - MacKenzie, Richard A1 - Marcarelli, Amy M. A1 - Masese, Frank O. A1 - Mckie, Brendan G. A1 - Oliveira Medeiros, Adriana A1 - Meissner, Kristian A1 - Milisa, Marko A1 - Mishra, Shailendra A1 - Miyake, Yo A1 - Moerke, Ashley A1 - Mombrikotb, Shorok A1 - Mooney, Rob A1 - Moulton, Tim A1 - Muotka, Timo A1 - Negishi, Junjiro N. A1 - Neres-Lima, Vinicius A1 - Nieminen, Mika L. A1 - Nimptsch, Jorge A1 - Ondruch, Jakub A1 - Paavola, Riku A1 - Pardo, Isabel A1 - Patrick, Christopher J. A1 - Peeters, Edwin T. H. M. A1 - Pozo, Jesus A1 - Pringle, Catherine A1 - Prussian, Aaron A1 - Quenta, Estefania A1 - Quesada, Antonio A1 - Reid, Brian A1 - Richardson, John S. A1 - Rigosi, Anna A1 - Rincon, Jose A1 - Risnoveanu, Geta A1 - Robinson, Christopher T. A1 - Rodriguez-Gallego, Lorena A1 - Royer, Todd V. A1 - Rusak, James A. A1 - Santamans, Anna C. A1 - Selmeczy, Geza B. A1 - Simiyu, Gelas A1 - Skuja, Agnija A1 - Smykla, Jerzy A1 - Sridhar, Kandikere R. A1 - Sponseller, Ryan A1 - Stoler, Aaron A1 - Swan, Christopher M. A1 - Szlag, David A1 - Teixeira-de Mello, Franco A1 - Tonkin, Jonathan D. A1 - Uusheimo, Sari A1 - Veach, Allison M. A1 - Vilbaste, Sirje A1 - Vought, Lena B. M. A1 - Wang, Chiao-Ping A1 - Webster, Jackson R. A1 - Wilson, Paul B. A1 - Woelfl, Stefan A1 - Xenopoulos, Marguerite A. A1 - Yates, Adam G. A1 - Yoshimura, Chihiro A1 - Yule, Catherine M. A1 - Zhang, Yixin X. A1 - Zwart, Jacob A. T1 - Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones JF - Science Advances N2 - River ecosystems receive and process vast quantities of terrestrial organic carbon, the fate of which depends strongly on microbial activity. Variation in and controls of processing rates, however, are poorly characterized at the global scale. In response, we used a peer-sourced research network and a highly standardized carbon processing assay to conduct a global-scale field experiment in greater than 1000 river and riparian sites. We found that Earth’s biomes have distinct carbon processing signatures. Slow processing is evident across latitudes, whereas rapid rates are restricted to lower latitudes. Both the mean rate and variability decline with latitude, suggesting temperature constraints toward the poles and greater roles for other environmental drivers (e.g., nutrient loading) toward the equator. These results and data set the stage for unprecedented “next-generation biomonitoring” by establishing baselines to help quantify environmental impacts to the functioning of ecosystems at a global scale. Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav0486 SN - 2375-2548 VL - 5 IS - 1 PB - American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science CY - Washington ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Woodfield, Emma E. A1 - Horne, Richard B. A1 - Glauert, S. A. A1 - Menietti, J. D. A1 - Shprits, Yuri A1 - Kurth, William S. T1 - Formation of electron radiation belts at Saturn by Z-mode wave acceleration JF - Nature Communications N2 - At Saturn electrons are trapped in the planet’s magnetic field and accelerated to relativistic energies to form the radiation belts, but how this dramatic increase in electron energy occurs is still unknown. Until now the mechanism of radial diffusion has been assumed but we show here that in-situ acceleration through wave particle interactions, which initial studies dismissed as ineffectual at Saturn, is in fact a vital part of the energetic particle dynamics there. We present evidence from numerical simulations based on Cassini spacecraft data that a particular plasma wave, known as Z-mode, accelerates electrons to MeV energies inside 4 RS (1 RS = 60,330 km) through a Doppler shifted cyclotron resonant interaction. Our results show that the Z-mode waves observed are not oblique as previously assumed and are much better accelerators than O-mode waves, resulting in an electron energy spectrum that closely approaches observed values without any transport effects included. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07549-4 SN - 2041-1723 VL - 9 PB - Nature Publ. Group CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Quarmby, Andrew A1 - Zhang, Martin A1 - Geisler, Moritz A1 - Javorsky, Tomas A1 - Mugele, Hendrik A1 - Cassel, Michael A1 - Lawley, Justin T1 - Risk factors and injury prevention strategies for overuse injuries in adult climbers BT - a systematic review JF - Frontiers in sports and active living N2 - Introduction Climbing is an increasingly popular activity and imposes specific physiological demands on the human body, which results in unique injury presentations. Of particular concern are overuse injuries (non-traumatic injuries). These injuries tend to present in the upper body and might be preventable with adequate knowledge of risk factors which could inform about injury prevention strategies. Research in this area has recently emerged but has yet to be synthesized comprehensively. Therefore, the aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the potential risk factors and injury prevention strategies for overuse injuries in adult climbers. Methods This systematic review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. Databases were searched systematically, and articles were deemed eligible based upon specific criteria. Research included was original and peer-reviewed, involving climbers, and published in English, German or Czech. Outcomes included overuse injury, and at least one or more variable indicating potential risk factors or injury prevention strategies. The methodological quality of the included studies was assessed with the Downs and Black Quality Index. Data were extracted from included studies and reported descriptively for population, climbing sport type, study design, injury definition and incidence/prevalence, risk factors, and injury prevention strategies. Results Out of 1,183 records, a total of 34 studies were included in the final analysis. Higher climbing intensity, bouldering, reduced grip/finger strength, use of a “crimp” grip, and previous injury were associated with an increased risk of overuse injury. Additionally, a strength training intervention prevented shoulder and elbow injuries. BMI/body weight, warm up/cool downs, stretching, taping and hydration were not associated with risk of overuse injury. The evidence for the risk factors of training volume, age/years of climbing experience, and sex was conflicting. Discussion This review presents several risk factors which appear to increase the risk of overuse injury in climbers. Strength and conditioning, load management, and climbing technique could be targeted in injury prevention programs, to enhance the health and wellbeing of climbing athletes. Further research is required to investigate the conflicting findings reported across included studies, and to investigate the effectiveness of injury prevention programs. Systematic Review Registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/, PROSPERO (CRD42023404031). KW - climbing KW - bouldering KW - overuse injuries KW - risk factors KW - injury prevention KW - systematic reveiw KW - climbing injuries Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.1269870 SN - 2624-9367 VL - 5 PB - Frontiers Media CY - Lausanne ER -