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Ecology

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    1. Ecology

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

    Kevin Alen Rucci, Gabriel Barco ... Adrián Díaz
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v4
    Updated
    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Ecology

    Food-washing monkeys recognize the law of diminishing returns

    Jessica E Rosien, Luke D Fannin ... Amanda Tan
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Compelling
    • Solid
    1. Ecology

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

    Hong-Fei Li, Bao Dong ... Hong-Bo Jiang
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Important
    • Solid
    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
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Ecology

    Connecting the dots: Managing species interaction networks to mitigate the impacts of global change

    Luis Abdala-Roberts, Adriana Puentes ... Kailen A Mooney
    Ecological network management provides key mechanistic knowledge on ecosystem degradation that links species- to ecosystem-level responses to global change, and emerging technological tools offer the opportunity to accelerate its widespread adoption.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Reconstructing the phylogeny and evolutionary history of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since early Eocene

    Vendula Bohlen Šlechtová, Tomáš Dvořák ... Joerg Bohlen
    The first comprehensive reconstruction of the evolutionary history of freshwater animals, on example of family Nemacheilidae, across Eurasia with the identification of the main tectonic, geological, and climatic factors influencing it has been described.
    1. Ecology

    “A circadian clock drives behavioral activity in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and provides a potential mechanism for seasonal timing”

    Lukas Hüppe, Dominik Bahlburg ... Bettina Meyer
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Brochosomes as an antireflective camouflage coating for leafhoppers

    Wei Wu, Qianzhuo Mao ... Jian-Ping Chen
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Ecology
    2. Neuroscience

    Interdependence between SEB-3 receptor and NLP-49 peptides shifts across predator-induced defensive behavioral modes in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Kathleen T Quach, Gillian A Hughes, Sreekanth H Chalasani
    As Caenorhabditis elegans shifts from reactive to increasingly proactive defensive strategies, nuanced changes in interaction between SEB-3 receptor and NLP-49 peptides regulate the transitions between defensive behaviors.
    1. Ecology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    How bats exit a crowded colony when relying on echolocation only - a modeling approach

    Omer Mazar, Yossi Yovel
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
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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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    University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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    University of Zurich, Switzerland
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