Ecology

Ecology

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Latest articles

    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Adaptive variation in avian eggshell gas conductance and structure across elevational gradients?

    David Ocampo, Carlos Daniel Cadena ... Gustavo A Londoño
    In Neotropical birds, eggshells show that water vapor conductance declines with elevation, but structural responses vary across species, suggesting no single underlying mechanism and highlighting the need to further evaluate eggshell traits as determinants of elevational limits.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Ecology

    Environmental temperature is a strong driver of subspecies competition in the Drosophila microbiome

    Bosco Gracia-Alvira, Stefanie Migotti ... Christian Schlötterer
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Ecology

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

    Yueqiang Wu, Le Qi ... Biao Zhu
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Ecology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    A tale of two birds: cognitive simplicity drives collective route improvements in homing pigeons

    Shoubhik Chandan Banerjee, Fritz A Francisco, Albert B Kao
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Ecology

    Machine learning of honey bee olfactory behavior identifies repellent odorants in free flying bees in the field

    Joel Kowalewski, Barbara Baer-Imhoof ... Anandasankar Ray
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Ecology

    Full factorial construction of synthetic microbial communities

    Juan Diaz-Colunga, Pablo Catalan ... Alvaro Sanchez
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Compelling
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Evolution of sideways locomotion in crabs

    Junya Taniguchi, Tsubasa Inoue ... Yuuki Kawabata
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Ecology

    Geomagnetic and visual cues guide seasonal migratory orientation in the nocturnal fall armyworm, the world’s most invasive insect

    Yi-Bo Ma, Guijun Wan ... Gao Hu
    Behavioral evidence demonstrates that geomagnetic and visual cues are integrated to guide nocturnal migratory insects.
    1. Ecology

    The overall and sequence-specific degradation of soil extracellular 16S rRNA genes across China: rates and influential factors

    Ting Li, Song Zhang ... Rongxiao Che
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Ecology

    Developmental constraints mediate the reversal of temperature effects on the autumn phenology of European beech after the summer solstice

    Dominic Rebindaine, Thomas W Crowther ... Constantin M Zohner
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
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Highlights

    1. Ecology

    Insect Migration: A sense of direction

    Aleksandr Pakhomov, Dmitry Kishkinev
    1. Ecology

    Disease Transmission: Interactions between wild pigs and the spread of disease

    Mercury Shitindo
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Camouflage: Tiny particles help insects evade predators

    Lin Wang, Tak-Sing Wong

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  1. Sergio Rasmann
    University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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    University of Zurich, Switzerland
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