Data from: Hitting the moving target: modelling ontogenetic shifts with...
Ontogenetic niche shifts are widely prevalent in nature and are important in shaping the structure and dynamics of ecosystems. Stable isotope analysis is a powerful tool to assess these shifts, with...
View ArticleData from: A new plant virus discovered by immunocapture of double stranded...
Next Generation Sequencing technologies enable the rapid identification of viral infection of diseased organisms. However, despite a consistent decrease in sequencing costs, it is difficult to justify...
View ArticleData from: Parasite infection alters nitrogen cycling at the ecosystem scale
Despite growing evidence that parasites often alter nutrient flows through their hosts and can comprise a substantial amount of biomass in many systems, whether endemic parasites influence ecosystem...
View ArticleData from: TBP/TFIID-dependent activation of MyoD target genes in skeletal...
Change in the identity of the components of the transcription pre-initiation complex is proposed to control cell type-specific gene expression. Replacement of the canonical TFIID-TBP complex with...
View ArticleData from: Larval traits carry over to affect post-settlement behaviour in a...
Most reef fishes begin life as planktonic larvae before settling to the reef, metamorphosing, and entering the benthic adult population. Different selective forces determine survival in the planktonic...
View ArticleData from: The contribution of developmental experience vs. condition to life...
Developmental experience, for example food abundance during juvenile stages, is known to affect life history and behaviour. However, the life history and behavioural consequences of developmental...
View ArticleData from: Implied weighting and its utility in palaeontological datasets: a...
Implied weighting, a method for phylogenetic inference that actively seeks to downweight supposed homoplasy, has in recent years begun to be widely utilized in palaeontological datasets. Given the...
View ArticleData from: Competitor relatedness, indirect soil effects, and plant co-existence
How species co-exist is a central question in ecology. Niche differentiation can prevent two species from excluding each other by competition. However, this interaction can vary in space because of...
View ArticleData from: Histology and affinity of anaspids, and the early evolution of the...
The assembly of the gnathostome bodyplan constitutes a formative episode in vertebrate evolutionary history, an interval in which the mineralized skeleton and its canonical suite of cell and tissue...
View ArticleData from: Repeated habitat disturbances by fire decrease local effective...
Effective population size is a fundamental parameter in population genetics, and factors that alter effective population size will shape the genetic characteristics of populations. Habitat disturbance...
View ArticleData from: Differential Introgression and the Maintenance of Species...
Background: Evolutionary processes, including selection and differential fitness, shape the introgression of genetic material across a hybrid zone, resulting in the exchange of some genes but not...
View ArticleData from: Unexpected cryptic species diversity in the widespread coral...
Mounting evidence of cryptic species in a wide range of taxa highlights the need for careful analyses of population genetic data sets to unravel within-species diversity from potential interspecies...
View ArticleData from: Partial genotyping at polymorphic markers can improve heritability...
Accurate estimates of heritability (h²) are necessary to assess adaptive responses of populations and evolution of fitness-related traits in changing environments. For plants, h² estimates generally...
View ArticleData from: Plant quantity affects development and survival of a gregarious...
Virtually all studies of plant-herbivore-natural enemy interactions focus on plant quality as the major constraint on development and survival. However, for many gregarious feeding insect herbivores...
View ArticleData from: Group foraging decisions in nutritionally differentiated environments
Foraging behaviour must be flexible enough to adapt to heterogeneities in the distribution and quality of food resources. Accurate models of optimal foraging behaviour should acknowledge the extent to...
View ArticleData from: Inbreeding and neighbouring vegetation drive drought-induced...
1.Drought-induced episodes of forest die-off are being reported worldwide and recent evidence shows that increases in temperature due to climate change are contributing to this decline. Several...
View ArticleData from: Losing reduces maximum bite performance in house cricket contests
1.Whole-organism performance capacities influence male combat outcomes in many animal species. However, several species also exhibit winner and loser effects, and current theory predicts that losers...
View ArticleData from: Trade-offs among locomotor performance, reproduction, and immunity...
1.Life history theory predicts that investment of acquired energetic resources to a particular trait denies those same resources from being allocated to a different trait, resulting in life-history...
View ArticleData from: Linking disturbance and resistance to invasion via changes in...
Biological invasions threaten biodiversity worldwide. Nonetheless, a unified theory linking disturbance and resistance to invasion through a mechanistic understanding of the changes caused to...
View ArticleData from: Estimating effective population size of guanacos in Patagonia: an...
By the mid-1900s the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) approached extinction in southern South America due to habitat destruction and hunting. In order to maintain the ecological prominence of this iconic...
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