Data from: Characterising demographic contributions to observed population...
Populations of Afro-Palearctic migrant birds have shown severe declines in recent decades. To identify the causes of these declines, accurate measures of both demographic rates (seasonal productivity,...
View ArticleData from: Size, age, and habitat determine effectiveness of Palau's Marine...
Palau has a rich heritage of conservation that has evolved from the traditional moratoria on fishing, or "bul", to more western Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), while still retaining elements of...
View ArticleData from: Broad and flexible stable isotope niches in invasive non-native...
Background: Rodents of the genus Rattus are among the most pervasive and successful invasive species, causing major vicissitudes in native ecological communities. A broad and flexible generalist diet...
View ArticleData from: Characterization of unexplored deadwood mycobiome in highly...
The deadwood mycobiome, also known as wood-inhabiting fungi (WIF), are among the key players in wood decomposition, having a large impact on nutrient cycling in forest soils. However, our knowledge of...
View ArticleData from: Deciphering conjugative plasmid permissiveness dynamics in...
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are designed to robustly treat polluted water. They are characterized by ceaseless flows of organic, chemical and microbial matter, followed by treatment steps...
View ArticleData from: Role of seed germination in adaptation and reproductive isolation...
Seed germination is an important developmental and life history stage. Yet, the evolutionary impact of germination has mainly been studied in the context of dormancy, or for its role in reproductive...
View ArticleData from: Preponderance of clonality triggers loss of sex in Bulbophyllum...
Vegetative propagation (clonal growth) conveys several evolutionary advantages that positively affect life history fitness and is a widespread phenomenon among angiosperms that also reproduce sexually....
View ArticleData from: Do ecological communities disperse across biogeographic barriers...
Biogeographic barriers have long been implicated as drivers of biological diversification, but how these barriers influence co-occurring taxa can vary depending on factors intrinsic to the organism and...
View ArticleData from: Genome-wide SNPs resolve phylogenetic relationships in the North...
High throughput sequencing technologies have revolutionized the potential to reconcile incongruence between gene and species trees, and numerous approaches have been developed to take advantage of...
View ArticleData from: Do trace metals influence visual signals? Effects of trace metals...
Trace metals are chemical pollutants of prime concern nowadays given their implication in several human diseases and their noxious effects on wildlife. Previous studies demonstrated their negative...
View ArticleData from: Blood transcriptomes and de novo identification of candidate loci...
We assembled the great snipe blood transcriptome using data from fourteen lekking males, in order to de novo identify candidate genes related to sexual selection, and determined the expression profiles...
View ArticleData from: All roads lead to weediness: patterns of genomic divergence reveal...
Weedy rice (Oryza spp.), a weedy relative of cultivated rice (O. sativa), infests and persists in cultivated rice fields worldwide. Many weedy rice populations have evolved similar adaptive traits,...
View ArticleData from: Hepatitis B vaccination coverage, knowledge and socio-demographic...
Objectives: To estimate hepatitis B vaccination (HBVc) coverage, and knowledge and socio-demographic determinants of full-dose uptake in Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) members, Kaduna State, Nigeria...
View ArticleData from: Do prevailing environmental factors influence human preferences...
Prevailing environmental factors influence preferences for attractive traits across many species. In humans, debate surrounds the role of environmental pathogens and economic development in determining...
View ArticleData from: The contemporary distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in...
Chagas is a potentially fatal chronic disease affecting large numbers of people across the Americas and exported throughout the world through human population movement. It is caused by the Trypanosoma...
View ArticleData from: Wide but not impermeable: testing the riverine barrier hypothesis...
Wallace’s riverine barrier hypothesis postulates that large rivers, such as the Amazon and its tributaries, reduce or prevent gene flow between populations on opposite banks, leading to allopatry and...
View ArticleData from: Aneuploidy causes non-genetic individuality
Phenotypic variability is a hallmark of diseases involving chromosome gains and losses, such as Down syndrome and cancer. Allelic variances have been thought to be the sole cause of this heterogeneity....
View ArticleData from: Bias correction of bounded location errors in presence-only data
1. Location error occurs when the true location is different than the reported location. Because habitat characteristics at the true location may be different than those at the reported location,...
View ArticleData from: Evolution of the locomotory system in eels (Teleostei: Elopomorpha)
Background Living anguilliform eels represent a distinct clade of elongated teleostean fishes inhabiting a wide range of habitats. Locomotion of these fishes is highly influenced by the elongated body...
View ArticleData from: Molecular data and distribution dynamics indicate a recent and...
To determine a hypothetical scenario that accounts for the diversification of the two species of the genus Antilophia, we conducted multilocus molecular comparisons and species distribution modeling...
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