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We used whole-genome resequencing data from a population of Drosophila melanogaster to investigate the causes of the negative correlation between the within-population synonymous nucleotide site...
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Monitoring of northern lakes in recent decades has revealed strong increases in water color and organic carbon concentrations, with important implications for the structure and function of freshwater...
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Diapause (overwintering) and direct development are alternative developmental pathways in temperate insects. Diapause necessitates physiological preparations for dormancy, while direct development is...
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1. Understanding the consequences of spatial structure on ecological dynamics is a central theme in ecology. Recently, research has recognized the relevance of river and river-analogue network...
View ArticleData from: Multivariate phylogenetic comparative methods: evaluations,...
Recent years have seen increased interest in phylogenetic comparative analyses of multivariate datasets, but to date the varied proposed approaches have not been extensively examined. Here we review...
View ArticleData from: Effect of ultrasonography surveillance in patients with liver...
Objective Liver cancer is a growing global public health problem. Ultrasonography is an imaging tool widely used for the early diagnosis of liver cancer. However, the effect of ultrasonography...
View ArticleData from: Feeding ecology is the primary driver of beak shape...
The diversity of beak shapes among birds is often assumed to be largely the result of adaptations to different feeding behaviors and diets. However, this assumption has only been tested for a small...
View ArticleData from: The western spring beauties, Claytonia lanceolata (Montiaceae): a...
The taxonomic history of Claytonia lanceolata is fraught with confusion. Poor preservation of diagnostic characteristics on museum specimens and incomplete original descriptionsmade from limited...
View ArticleData from: Fire catalyzed rapid ecological change in lowland coniferous...
Disturbance can catalyze rapid ecological change by causing widespread mortality and initiating successional pathways, and during times of climate change, disturbance may contribute to ecosystem state...
View ArticleData from: Short-term impacts and value of a periodic no take zone (NTZ) in a...
The small-scale lobster fisheries of Madagascar’s impoverished southeast coast account for the majority of national catch and export, making a significant contribution to the regional economy. Data...
View ArticleData from: Genetic effects on life-history traits in the Glanville fritillary...
Background: Adaptation to local habitat conditions may lead to the natural divergence of populations in life-history traits such as body size, time of reproduction, mate signaling or dispersal...
View ArticleData from: An age-dependent fitness cost of migration? Old trans-Saharan...
1.Migration is a widespread phenomenon in the animal kingdom. On the basis of the considerable variation that exists between and within species, and even within populations, we may be able to infer the...
View ArticleData from: Estimating demographic contributions to effective population size...
1.A population's effective size (Ne) is a key parameter that shapes rates of inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity, thereby influencing evolutionary processes and population viability. However...
View ArticleData from: Consequences of symbiont co-infections for insect host phenotypes
1. Most animals host communities of symbiotic bacteria. In insects, these symbionts may have particularly intimate interactions with their hosts: many are intracellular and can play important roles in...
View ArticleData from: Effects of breeder turnover and harvest on group composition and...
1. Breeder turnover can influence population growth in social carnivores through changes to group size, composition, and recruitment. 2. Studies that possess detailed group composition data that can...
View ArticleData from: Parasites structuring ecological communities: the mistletoe...
1. The capacity of parasitic plants in structuring natural communities is increasingly recognized. These plants can affect the structure, composition and productivity of plant communities by modifying...
View ArticleData from: Individual and non-additive effects of exotic sap-feeders on root...
Forest pests drive tree mortality through disruption of functional traits linked to nutrient acquisition, growth, and reproduction. The impacts of attack by individual or multiple aboveground...
View ArticleData from: Asymmetric winter warming advanced plant phenology to a greater...
The warming of terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems, while increasing, will likely be asymmetric across seasons – where winter non-growing seasons will warm more than summer growing seasons. Asymmetric...
View ArticleData from: Ambient temperature-mediated changes in hepatic gene expression of...
Herbivores regularly ingest natural toxins produced by plants as a defense against herbivory. Recent work suggests that compound toxicity is exacerbated at higher ambient temperatures. This phenomenon,...
View ArticleData from: Homing pigeons (Columba livia) modulate wingbeat characteristics...
Mechanisms of avian navigation have received considerable attention, but whether different navigational strategies are accompanied by different flight characteristics is unknown. Managing energy...
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