Ecology

Ecology

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    1. Ecology

    Desmodium Volatiles in “Push-Pull” Cropping Systems and Protection Against the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda

    Daria M Odermatt, Frank Chidawanyika ... Meredith C Schuman
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Ecology

    Developmental constraints mediate the summer solstice reversal of climate effects on European beech bud set

    Dominic Rebindaine, Thomas W Crowther ... Constantin M Zohner
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Weak evidence for heritable changes in response to selection by aphids in Arabidopsis accessions

    Marc W Schmid, Klara Kropivšek ... Ueli Grossniklaus
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Old age variably impacts chimpanzee engagement and efficiency in stone tool use

    Elliot Howard-Spink, Tetsuro Matsuzawa ... Dora Biro
    Long-term standardized data collection on wild western chimpanzees reveals late-life changes in stone tool use, and the extent of these changes varies between individuals.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Ecology

    Effects of parental care on skin microbial community composition in poison frogs

    Marie-Therese Fischer, Katherine S Xue ... Lauren A O’Connell
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Compelling
    • Solid
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Risk-taking incentives predict aggression heuristics in female gorillas

    Nikolaos Smit, Martha M Robbins
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Plant Biology
    2. Ecology

    Strip cropping in organic agriculture results in 15% higher ground beetle richness and 30% higher activity density than monocultures

    Luuk Croijmans, Fogelina Cuperus ... Erik H Poelman
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Ecology

    Loss of olfaction reduces caterpillar performance and increases susceptibility to a natural enemy

    Qi Wang, Yufei Jia ... Alexander Haverkamp
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Ecology

    Assessing plant phenological changes based on drivers of spring phenology

    Yong Jiang, Stephen J Mayor ... Qing-Lai Dang
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Decoupling both local and global abundance from global range size, challenging the abundance-occupancy relationship in birds

    Shinichi Nakagawa, William K Cornwell, Corey T Callaghan
    Analysis of 3 billion bird observations finds no intrinsic abundance-occupancy relationship, overturning a famous macroecological rule and redefining approaches to biodiversity assessment and conservation.
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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. Sergio Rasmann
    University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  2. Meredith C Schuman
    University of Zurich, Switzerland
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