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Ecology

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Latest articles

    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Neuropeptide Bursicon and its receptor-mediated the transition from summer-form to winter-form of Cacopsylla chinensis

    Zhixian Zhang, Jianying Li ... Songdou Zhang
    Integrated ecological and genetic methods show that Bursicon signaling pathway and miR-6012 regulate the transition from summer-form to winter-form in Cacopsylla chinensis through affecting cuticle pigment and cuticle thickness.
    1. Ecology

    Foxtrot migration and dynamic over-wintering range of an Arctic raptor

    Ivan Pokrovsky, Teja Curk ... Martin Wikelski
    The dynamic over-wintering range of migratory birds, resulting from the newly described 'foxtrot migration' pattern, reveals potential errors in single mid-winter population assessments and highlights implications for their conservation status.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Ecology

    Expanding the toolbox: Novel class IIb microcins show activity against Gram-negative ESKAPE and plant pathogens

    Benedikt M Mortzfeld, Shakti K Bhattarai, Vanni Bucci
    Not yet revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Ecology

    The Neuropeptide Sulfakinin, a peripheral regulator of insect behavioral switch between mating and foraging

    Hong-Fei Li, Bao Dong ... Hong-Bo Jiang
    Not yet revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Ecology

    Habitat fragmentation mediates the mechanisms underlying long-term climate-driven thermophilization in birds

    Juan Liu, Morgan W Tingley ... Xingfeng Si
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2 Updated
    1. Ecology

    Partitioning changes in ecosystem productivity by effects of species interactions in biodiversity experiments

    Jing Tao, Charles A Nock ... Ji Zheng
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2 Updated
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Ecology

    Unsupervised discovery of family specific vocal usage in the Mongolian gerbil

    Ralph E Peterson, Aman Choudhri ... Dan H Sanes
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2 Updated
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Camouflage: Tiny particles help insects evade predators

    Lin Wang, Tak-Sing Wong
    By reducing the reflection of ultraviolet light, hollow nanoparticles called brochosomes help to protect leafhoppers from predators.
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    1. Ecology

    Polysaccharide breakdown products drive degradation-dispersal cycles of foraging bacteria through changes in metabolism and motility

    Astrid Katharina Maria Stubbusch, Johannes M Keegstra ... Glen G D'Souza
    Degradation products of polysaccharides trigger partial population dispersal and alter cellular metabolism, shaping the marine biomass decomposition by foraging bacteria.
    1. Ecology

    Range geographies, not functional traits, explain convergent range and phenology shifts under climate change

    Catherine Sirois-Delisle, Susan CC Gordon, Jeremy T Kerr
    Not yet revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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Highlights

    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Ultraviolet camouflage

    Lin Wang, Tak-Sing Wong
    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

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  1. George H Perry
    Pennsylvania State University, United States
  2. Sergio Rasmann
    University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  3. Meredith C Schuman
    University of Zurich, Switzerland
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