Ecology

Ecology

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    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
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Plant Biology
    2. Ecology

    Strip cropping designed for maintaining productivity increases ground beetle biodiversity

    Luuk Croijmans, Fogelina Cuperus ... Erik H Poelman
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    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
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    1. Ecology

    Birds migrate longitudinally in response to the resultant Asian monsoons of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau uplift

    Wenyuan Zhang, Zhongru Gu ... Xiangjiang Zhan
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    1. Ecology

    Combining radio-telemetry and radar measurements to test optimal foraging in an aerial insectivore bird

    Itai Bloch, David Troupin ... Nir Sapir
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    1. Ecology

    Early experience affects foraging behavior of wild fruit-bats more than their original behavioral predispositions

    Adi Rachum, Lee Harten ... Yossi Yovel
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Ecology

    Partitioning changes in ecosystem productivity by effects of species interactions in biodiversity experiments

    Jing Tao, Charles A Nock ... Ji Zheng
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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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
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    1. Ecology

    Female Moths Incorporate Plant Acoustic Emissions into Their Oviposition Decision-Making Process

    Rya Seltzer, Guy Zer Eshel ... Yossi Yovel
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Passive accumulation of alkaloids in inconspicuously colored frogs refines the evolutionary paradigm of acquired chemical defenses

    Rebecca D Tarvin, Jeffrey L Coleman ... Richard W Fitch
    The detection of low quantities of alkaloids in putatively nontoxic species of poison frogs sheds light on early evolutionary stages of chemical defense in animals.
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Highlights

    1. Ecology

    How wild pigs spread disease

    Mercury Shitindo
    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

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    University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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    University of Zurich, Switzerland
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