Data from: Different response-effect trait relationships underlie contrasting...
1. Trait-based approaches predict ecosystem functioning under environmental change by relating traits predicting changes in species densities (response traits) to traits driving ecosystem functioning...
View ArticleData from: "Size" and "shape" in the measurement of multivariate proximity
1. Ordination and clustering methods are widely applied to ecological data that are nonnegative, for example species abundances or biomasses. These methods rely on a measure of multivariate proximity...
View ArticleData from: Cut your losses: self-amputation of injured limbs increases survival
Autotomy, self-induced limb loss, is an extreme trait observed throughout the animal kingdom; lizards drop their tails, crickets release their legs, and crabs drop their claws. These repeated...
View ArticleData from: Landscape-scale interactions of spatial and temporal cropland...
1. Agricultural landscapes are characterised by dynamic crop mosaics changing in composition and configuration over space and time. While semi-natural habitat has been often shown to contribute to pest...
View ArticleData from: A national-scale model of linear features improves predictions of...
1. Modelling species distribution and abundance is important for many conservation applications, but it is typically performed using relatively coarse-scale environmental variables such as the area of...
View ArticleData from: Predator personality structures prey communities and trophic cascades
Intraspecific variation is central to our understanding of evolution and population ecology, yet its consequences for community ecology are poorly understood. Animal personality—consistent individual...
View ArticleData from: Nitrogen fertilization challenges the climate benefit of...
Cellulosic biofuels are intended to improve future energy and climate security. Nitrogen (N) fertilizer is commonly recommended to stimulate yields but can increase losses of the greenhouse gas nitrous...
View ArticleData from: Reticulate evolution in Elatine L. (Elatinaceae), a predominantly...
The study of hybridization in aquatic plants is complicated by rarity of flower production, absence of roots, and asexuality. Elatine is a cosmopolitan genus of aquatic flowering plants with about 25...
View ArticleData from: A reanalysis of relationships among Calypsoinae (Orchidaceae:...
Calypsoinae are a small, largely temperate subtribe that are diverse with respect to trophic strategy (many species have an unusual winter leaf and several are leafless) and pollinium stalk morphology....
View ArticleData from: Organic farming increases richness of fungal taxa in the wheat...
Organic farming is often advocated as an approach to mitigate biodiversity loss on agricultural land. The phyllosphere provides a habitat for diverse fungal communities that are important for plant...
View ArticleData from: Phylogenetics of the African Asclepias complex (Apocynaceae) based...
We infer phylogenetic relationships and test the monophyly of genera of the African Asclepias complex with three non-coding plastid DNA regions, rpl16 intron, trnC-rpoB spacer, and trnS-G spacer/trnG...
View ArticleData from: A revision of Sesuvium (Aizoaceae, Sesuvioideae)
Sesuvium and Cypselea are closely related succulent genera within the Sesuvioideae (Aizoaceae). Since Cypselea is nested in Sesuvium in molecular studies and both genera share traits separating them...
View ArticleData from: Phylogeny of digitaria sections Trichachne and Trichophorae...
The present study provides evidence for taxonomic delimitation of Digitaria sect. Trichachne based on morphological data (micro- and macromorphology) and molecular data. A phylogenetic analysis was...
View ArticleData from: Ecology, biofacies, biogeography and systematics of micromorphic...
Ordovician (Darriwilian to Sandbian) micromorphic linguliform lingulate brachiopods are described from the Guniutan Formation at the Fenxiang section in Hubei province, and the Maocaopu and Cili...
View ArticleData from: A five gene phylogenetic study of Fuireneae (Cyperaceae) with a...
Cyperaceae tribe Fuireneae consists of six genera (Actinoscirpus, Pseudoschoenus, Fuirena, Bolboschoenus, Schoenoplectus, and Schoenoplectiella) and approximately 155 species distributed widely across...
View ArticleData from: Extinction vs. rapid radiation: the juxtaposed evolutionary...
Evolutionary biology has long been concerned with how changing environments affect and drive the spatiotemporal development of organisms. Coelotine spiders (Agelenidae: Coelotinae) are common species...
View ArticleData from: Breaking the cipher: ant eavesdropping on the variational trail...
Predators may eavesdrop on their prey using innate signals of varying nature. In regards to social prey, most of the prey signals are derived from social communication and may therefore be highly...
View ArticleData from: A fat-derived metabolite regulates a peptidergic feeding circuit...
Here, we show that the enzymatic cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) inhibits feeding in Drosophila. BH4 biosynthesis requires the sequential action of the conserved enzymes Punch, Purple, and...
View ArticleData from: Dynamics of cough frequency in adults undergoing treatment for...
Background: Cough is the major determinant of tuberculosis transmission. Despite this, there is a paucity of information regarding characteristics of cough frequency throughout the day and in response...
View ArticleData from: Implications of fidelity and philopatry for the population...
Site fidelity and philopatry are behavioral adaptations found in many species and their fitness benefits are well documented. The combined population level consequences of site fidelity and philopatry,...
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