Ecology

Ecology

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Latest articles

    1. Ecology

    Habitat loss weakens the positive relationship between grassland plant richness and above-ground biomass

    Yongzhi Yan, Scott Jarvie, Qing Zhang
    Habitat loss rather than fragmentation per se can weaken the positive BEF relationship by reducing the percentage of grassland specialists in the community.
    1. Ecology

    The push-pull intercrop Desmodium does not repel, but intercepts and kills pests

    Anna L Erdei, Aneth B David ... Teun Dekker
    1. Ecology
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Exploring factors shaping antibiotic resistance patterns in Streptococcus pneumoniae during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

    Aleksandra Kovacevic, David RM Smith ... Lulla Opatowski
    The mathematical modeling approach disentangles the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in the community setting and identifies the three most plausible driving mechanisms responsible for the observed trends in invasive isolates and pneumococcal carriage.
    1. Ecology

    Linking root-associated fungal and bacterial functions to root economics

    Ran Wu, Xiaoyue Zeng ... Weile Chen
    1. Ecology

    Effects of blood meal source and seasonality on reproductive traits of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

    Kevin Alen Rucci, Mariana Pueta, Adrián Díaz
    1. Ecology

    Intra and interspecific diversity in a tropical plant clade alter herbivory and ecosystem resilience

    Ari J. Grele, Tara J. Massad ... Lora A. Richards
    1. Ecology

    Small deviations in kinematics and body form dictate muscle performances in the finely tuned avian downstroke

    Marc E Deetjen, Diana D Chin ... David Lentink
    Doves improve their wingbeat efficacy without elevating maximum pectoralis power by angling their wings mid-downstroke to efficiently generate aerodynamic force while simultaneously tensioning the supracoracoideus tendon to assist the upstroke.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Leading an urban invasion: risk-sensitive learning is a winning strategy

    Alexis J Breen, Dominik Deffner

Highlights

    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Plant Biology: Hiding in plain smell

    Youngsung Joo, Meredith C Schuman
    1. Ecology

    Ecosystems: The diversity of decay

    Emma J Sayer, Ralf Schäfer
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    The natural history of the house sparrow

    Haley E Hanson, Noreen S Mathews ... Lynn B Martin

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  1. George H Perry
    Pennsylvania State University, United States
  2. Christian Rutz
    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
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    University of Zurich, Switzerland
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