Tree diversity and canopy cover shape host-parasitoid communities and network structure through phylogenetic links in a species-rich forest ecosystems.
Little Swifts dynamically adjust their foraging behavior to aerial insect abundance, revealing key insights into predator–prey interactions and optimal foraging strategies in aerial environments.
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.
Tracking wild pigs with GPS devices reveals how their social interactions could influence the spread of disease, offering new strategies for protecting agriculture, wildlife, and human health.
Gerbils exhibit stable, family-specific vocal dialects over weeks, suggesting vocal communication may play a key role in representing kinship in natural social groups.
Benedikt M Mortzfeld, Shakti K Bhattarai, Vanni Bucci
12 new class IIb microcins have been structurally identified, phylogenetically assessed, and functionally tested for their antimicrobial activity, increasing the total number of these bacteriocins to 17.
