Ecology

Ecology

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Latest articles

    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Defensive symbionts provide high protection against natural enemies at low cost to hosts: a meta-analysis

    Cássia Siqueira Cesar, Eduardo SA Santos, Rodrigo Cogni
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Ecology

    Integrating microscopy and transcriptomics from individual uncultured eukaryotic plankton

    Catherine Gatt, Yike Xie ... Fabio Zanini
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    First evidence for the evolution of host manipulation by tumors during the long-term vertical transmission of tumor cells in Hydra oligactis

    Justine Boutry, Océane Rieu ... Frédéric Thomas
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    1. Ecology

    Genetic diversity affects ecosystem functions across trophic levels as much as species diversity, but in an opposite direction

    Laura Fargeot, Camille Poesy ... Simon Blanchet
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    1. Ecology

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

    Juan Liu, Morgan W Tingley ... Xingfeng Si
    Differential colonization-extinction dynamics associated with species thermal preferences provide support for dispersal limitation and microclimate buffering as primary proxies by which habitat fragmentation mediates thermophilization in birds.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Variation in albumin glycation rates in birds suggests resistance to relative hyperglycaemia rather than conformity to the pace of life syndrome hypothesis

    Adrián Moreno-Borrallo, Sarahi Jaramillo-Ortiz ... François Criscuolo
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Ecology

    Quantifying Feral Pig Interactions to Inform Disease Transmission Networks

    Tatiana Proboste, Abigail Turnlund ... Ricardo J Soares Magalhães
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Ecology

    Automating an insect biodiversity metric using distributed optical sensors: an evaluation across Kansas, USA cropping systems

    Klas Rydhmer, James O Eckberg ... Emily N Bick
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Ecology

    Drift in Individual Behavioral Phenotype as a Strategy for Unpredictable Worlds

    Ryan Maloney, Athena Ye ... Benjamin L de Bivort
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Ecology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Variation in thermal physiology can drive the temperature-dependence of microbial community richness

    Tom Clegg, Samraat Pawar
    A novel theory demonstrates how variation in the thermal responses of microbial populations can alter coexistance and thus explain patterns of richness across thermal gradients.
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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. 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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