Ecology

Latest articles

1. 1. Ecology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Life-history trade-offs explain local adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana

   Benjamin Brachi, Daniele Filiault ... Magnus Nordborg

   A combination of common-garden and selection experiments identifies strong and often antagonistic selection pressures acting on different life stages, and that vary in space and time.
2. 1. Ecology

   Extinction risk in terrestrial vertebrates is associated with niche limits that reflect climatic vulnerability

   Matthew Nagy-Watson, Jeremy T Kerr
3. 1. Ecology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Plasticity associated with adoption of social roles in clown anemonefish

   Lili F Vizer, Douglas Alvarado ... Pete Buston

   During the establishment of size-based dominance hierarchies in clown anemonefish, an individual's social context shapes its growth trajectory through coordinated changes in feeding behavior, aggressive behaviors, and gene expression.
4. 1. Ecology

   Male chickadees with better spatial cognition sire more extra-pair young

   Carrie L Branch, Benjamin R Sonnenberg ... Vladimir V Pravosudov
5. 1. Ecology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Tracking West Nile virus dynamics using viral loads from trapped mosquitoes

   Punya Alahakoon, Ian Marchinton ... James A Hay

   Mosquito-pool Ct values reflect biologically meaningful variation in viral load, while integrating viral kinetics improves prevalence estimates and helps distinguish potentially infectious from non-infectious mosquitoes.
6. 1. Ecology
   2. Plant Biology

   Genetic canalization of nutrient resorption in the widespread grass Phragmites australis under salt stress

   Lele Liu, Wenyi Sheng ... Weihua Guo

   Salinity does not alter nutrient resorption efficiency, which is instead shaped by phylogeographic history and latitude.
7. 1. Ecology

   Novel but stable endosymbionts have contrasting effects on aphid dispersal and plant feeding damage in the cereal pest Diuraphis noxia

   Xinyue Gu, Alex Gill ... Ary Hoffmann

   Naturally occurring bacterial endosymbionts can modify population growth, crop damage, and dispersal in the Russian wheat aphid, a major pest of cereal crops, highlighting their potential for sustainable pest management.
8. 1. Ecology

   Scanning and active sampling behaviours emerge from conserved insect neural circuits

   Cody A Freas, Antoine Wystrach

   Diverse insect movement behaviours, from scans, pirouettes, and loops to sweeping oscillations, can emerge from conserved neural circuits, with forward speed balancing goal-directed travel against exploratory sampling.
9. 1. Ecology

   Wetness modulates the effects of grazing on net ecosystem productivity in global grasslands

   Yueqiang Wu, Le Qi ... Biao Zhu
10. 1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Ecology

    Decomposition potential and population structure among active microbial communities in deep salt marsh sediments

    Joseph H Vineis, Ashley N Bulseco ... Jennifer L Bowen