Ecology

Ecology

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Latest articles

    1. Ecology

    Polarised Moonlight Guides Nocturnal Bull Ants Home

    Cody A Freas, Ajay Narendra ... Ken Cheng
    1. Ecology

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

    Daria M Odermatt, Frank Chidawanyika ... Meredith C Schuman
    1. Ecology

    Full factorial construction of synthetic microbial communities

    Juan Diaz-Colunga, Pablo Catalan ... Alvaro Sanchez
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Brochosomes as an antireflective camouflage coating for leafhoppers

    Wei Wu, Qianzhuo Mao ... Jian-Ping Chen
    1. Ecology

    Quick-quick-slow: the foxtrot migration and dynamic non-breeding range of the Arctic raptor

    Ivan Pokrovsky, Teja Curk ... Martin Wikelski
    1. Ecology

    Does bumblebee preference of continuous over interrupted strings in string-pulling tasks indicate means-end comprehension?

    Chao Wen, Yuyi Lu ... Lars Chittka
    Behavioral studies reveal that bumblebees distinguish between continuous and interrupted strings by using a combination of image matching and associative learning.
    1. Ecology

    Fine-scale tracking reveals visual field use for predator detection and escape in collective foraging of pigeon flocks

    Mathilde Delacoux, Fumihiro Kano
    Foveal vision in pigeons plays a crucial role in predator detection while the flock is collectively foraging and being vigilant.
    1. Ecology

    Different coexistence patterns between apex carnivores and mesocarnivores based on temporal, spatial, and dietary niche partitioning analysis in Qilian Mountain National Park, China

    Wei Cong, Jia Li ... Yuguang Zhang
    Spatial segregation is identified as the primary mechanism facilitating the coexistence of apex and mesocarnivores in the Qilian Mountain National Park, China.

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

Senior editors

  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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