Data from: Direct measurement of ant predation of tumble-weed seeds in wheat...
The ecosystem service of predation of weed seeds by naturally occurring seed-eating animals, including ants, in agricultural fields has been suggested to be a potentially important biocontrol option....
View ArticleData from: How many dinosaur species were there? Fossil bias and true...
The fossil record is a rich source of information about biological diversity in the past. However, the fossil record is not only incomplete but has also inherent biases due to geological, physical,...
View ArticleData from: Adaptation to resistant hosts increases fitness on susceptible...
Trade-offs between virulence (defined as the ability to infect a resistant host) and life-history traits are of particular interest in plant pathogens for durable management of plant resistances....
View ArticleData from: A further cost for the sicker sex? Evidence for male-biased...
Males are typically the sicker sex. Data from multiple taxa indicate that they are more likely to be infected with parasites, and are less “tolerant,” or less able to mitigate the fitness costs of a...
View ArticleData from: Incongruence between mtDNA and nuclear data in the freshwater...
Accurately identifying species is a crucial step for developing conservation strategies for freshwater mussels, one of the most imperiled faunas in North America. This study uses genetic data to...
View ArticleData from: Spatial and temporal variability in propagule limitation of...
Community composition and diversity arise from limitations in propagule supply (i.e. propagule or seed limitation) and propagule establishment after arriving at a site (i.e. establishment or microsite...
View ArticleData from: Identifying targets of selection in mosaic genomes with machine...
Chromosomal inversions are important structural changes that may facilitate divergent selection when they capture co-adaptive loci in the face of gene flow. However, identifying selection targets...
View ArticleData from: The genetic underpinnings of population cyclicity: establishing...
Despite extensive research into the mechanisms underlying population cyclicity, we have little understanding of the impacts of numerical fluctuations on the genetic variation of cycling populations....
View ArticleData from: Postnatal depression and reproductive success in modern,...
Background and objectives: Postnatal depression (PND) presents a puzzling phenomenon to evolutionary anthropologists as it is highly prevalent and yet detrimental to child development and maternal...
View ArticleData from: Rapid evolution of microbe-mediated protection against pathogens...
Microbes can defend their host against virulent infections, but direct evidence for the adaptive origin of microbe-mediated protection is lacking. Using experimental evolution of a novel, tripartite...
View ArticleData from: Cooperation between distinct viral variants promotes growth of...
RNA viruses rapidly diversify into quasispecies of related genotypes. This genetic diversity has long been known to facilitate adaptation, but recent studies have suggested that cooperation between...
View ArticleData from: Continuum of vasodilator stress from rest to contrast medium to...
OBJECTIVES: We compared the diagnostic performance with adenosine-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) #0.8 of contrast-based FFR (cFFR), resting distal pressure (Pd)/aortic pressure (Pa), and the...
View ArticleData from: Energetic constraints on species coexistence in birds
The association between species richness and ecosystem energy availability is one of the major geographic trends in biodiversity. It is often explained in terms of energetic constraints, such that...
View ArticleData from: Using citizen-collected wildlife sightings to predict traffic...
Assessing the causal factors underpinning the distribution and abundance of wildlife road-induced mortality can be challenging. This is particularly ubiquitous for rare or elusive species, because...
View ArticleData from: Genetic differentiation and regional adaptation among seed origins...
One of the key questions in ecosystem restoration is the choice of seed material for restoring plant communities. More and more scientists and practitioners are currently advocating the use of regional...
View ArticleData from: Phylogenetic diversity is maintained despite richness losses over...
Ecosystem restoration is an important tool for mitigating biodiversity loss and recovering critical ecosystem services to humanity, but restoration rarely takes into account the evolutionary attributes...
View ArticleData from: Inference of Japanese encephalitis virus ecological and...
A comprehensive monitoring strategy is vital for tracking the spread of mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), the leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. Virus detection consists of...
View ArticleData from: Resilience of tropical dry forests – a meta-analysis of changes in...
Assessing the recovery of species diversity and composition after major disturbance is key to understanding the resilience of tropical forests through successional processes, and its importance for...
View ArticleData from: Symbiont-mediated RNA interference in insects
RNA interference (RNAi) methods for insects are often limited by problems with double-stranded (ds) RNA delivery, which restricts reverse genetics studies and the development of RNAi-based biocides. We...
View ArticleData from: Biofilm morphotypes and population structure among Staphylococcus...
Bacterial species comprise related genotypes that can display divergent phenotypes with important clinical implications. Staphylococcus epidermidis is a common cause of nosocomial infections and,...
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