Data from: A test for repertoire matching in eastern song sparrows
Repertoire matching occurs when one songbird replies to another with a song type that the two birds share. Repertoire matching has previously been demonstrated to occur at well above chance levels in a...
View ArticleData from: Systematic site selection for multispecies monitoring networks
The importance of monitoring biodiversity to detect and understand changes throughout time and to inform management is increasingly recognized. Monitoring schemes should be globally unified, spatially...
View ArticleData from: A portfolio effect of shrub canopy height on species richness in...
Facilitating effects of benefactor plants on plant species richness have been commonly tested in stressful habitats because competitive effects are assumed to predominate in more productive habitats....
View ArticleData from: Modeling additive and non-additive effects in a hybrid population...
Hybrids are broadly used in plant breeding and accurate estimation of variance components is crucial for optimizing genetic gain. Genome-wide information may be used to explore models designed to...
View ArticleData from: Plasma markers of oxidative stress are uncorrelated in a wild mammal
Oxidative stress, which results from an imbalance between the production of potentially damaging reactive oxygen species versus antioxidant defenses and repair mechanisms, has been proposed as an...
View ArticleData from: Weak rappers rock more: Hermit crabs assess their own agonistic...
Fighting animals use a variety of information sources to make strategic decisions. A neglected potential source of information is an individual's own performance during a fight. Surprisingly, this...
View ArticleData from: Soil acidification exerts a greater control on soil respiration...
Terrestrial ecosystems worldwide are receiving increasing amounts of biologically reactive nitrogen (N) as a consequence of anthropogenic activities. This intended or unintended fertilization can have...
View ArticleData from: Test of biotic and abiotic correlates of latitudinal variation in...
1. Geographic variation in abiotic factors and species interactions is widespread and is hypothesized to generate concomitant patterns of species trait variation. For example, higher rates of herbivory...
View ArticleData from: Illegal tusk harvest and the decline of tusk size in the African...
Harvesting of wild populations can cause the evolution of morphological, behavioral, and life history traits that may compromise natural or sexual selection. Despite the vulnerability of large mammals...
View ArticleData from: Abundance inequality in freshwater communities has an ecological...
The hollow-shaped species abundance distribution (SAD) and its allied rank abundance distribution (RAD)—showing that abundance is unevenly distributed among species—are some of the most studied...
View ArticleData from: Genetic stock composition of marine bycatch reveals...
Bycatch of mid-trophic level anadromous fishes that connect marine and freshwater ecosystems is a growing conservation concern. Anadromous alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (A....
View ArticleData from: How much would it cost to monitor farmland biodiversity in Europe?
To evaluate progress on political biodiversity objectives, biodiversity monitoring provides information on whether intended results are being achieved. Despite scientific proof that monitoring and...
View ArticleData from: Fine-scale spatial covariation between infection prevalence and...
The prevalence of infection varies dramatically on a fine spatial scale. Many evolutionary hypotheses are founded on the assumption that this variation is due to host genetics, such that sites with a...
View ArticleData from: Insights into the ecology and evolution of polyploid plants...
Polyploidy is a widespread phenomenon throughout eukaryotes, with important ecological and evolutionary consequences. Although genes operate as components of complex pathways and networks, polyploid...
View ArticleData from: Selective logging in tropical forests decreases the robustness of...
Selective logging is one of the major drivers of tropical forest degradation, causing important shifts in species composition. Whether such changes modify interactions between species and the networks...
View ArticleData from: Beyond magic traits: multimodal mating cues in Heliconius butterflies
Species coexistence involves the evolution of reproductive barriers opposing gene flow. Heliconius butterflies display colorful patterns affecting mate choice and survival through warning signaling and...
View ArticleData from: Twelve years of repeated wild hog activity promotes population...
Invasive animals can facilitate the success of invasive plant populations through disturbance. We examined the relationship between the repeated foraging disturbance of an invasive animal and the...
View ArticleData from: Evolution of the additive genetic variance–covariance matrix under...
Given the pace at which human-induced environmental changes occur, a pressing challenge is to determine the speed with which selection can drive evolutionary change. A key determinant of adaptive...
View ArticleData from: Hybridization following population collapse in a critically...
Population declines may promote interspecific hybridization due to the shortage of conspecific mates (Hubb’s ‘desperation’ hypothesis), thus greatly increasing the risk of species extinction. Yet,...
View ArticleData from: Managing Neotropical oil palm expansion to retain phylogenetic...
The expansion of tropical agriculture is a major driver of the extinction crisis. A key question is whether biodiversity losses can be minimized by restricting future expansion to low-productivity...
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