Data from: Female Infidelity Is Constrained by El NiƱo Conditions in a...
Explaining the remarkable variation in socially monogamous femalesā extra-pair (EP) behaviour revealed by decades of molecular paternity testing remains an important challenge. One hypothesis proposes...
View ArticleData from: Leaf traits of African woody savanna species across climate and...
1. Establishing trade-offs among traits and the degree to which they co-vary along environmental gradients has become a key focal point in the effort to develop community ecology into a predictive...
View ArticleData from: Trichobaris weevils distinguish amongst toxic host plants by...
Herbivorous insects use plant metabolites to inform their host plant selection for oviposition. These host-selection behaviors are often consistent with the preference-performance hypothesis; females...
View ArticleData from: Independent and parallel evolution of new genes by gene...
C4 photosynthesis is considered one of the most remarkable examples of evolutionary convergence in eukaryotes. However, it is unknown whether the evolution of C4 photosynthesis required the evolution...
View ArticleData from: Drought history affects grassland plant and microbial carbon...
Drought periods are projected to become more severe and more frequent in many European regions. While effects of single strong droughts on plant and microbial carbon (C) dynamics have been studied in...
View ArticleData from: A new taxon of cynodont from the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone...
A new taxon of early cynodont, Abdalodon diastematicus gen. et sp. nov., is described. The new taxon is represented by a single skull from the upper Permian Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone (AZ) of the...
View ArticleData from: Biogeographic dating of speciation times using paleogeographically...
Standard models of molecular evolution cannot estimate absolute speciation times alone, and require external calibrations to do so, such as fossils. Because fossil calibration methods rely on the...
View ArticleData from: Computational research on mobile pastoralism using agent-based...
Dryland pastoralism has long attracted considerable attention from researchers in diverse fields. However, rigorous formal study is made difficult by the high level of mobility of pastoralists as well...
View ArticleData from: Fully-sampled phylogenies of squamates reveal evolutionary...
Macroevolutionary rates of diversification and anthropogenic extinction risk differ vastly throughout the Tree of Life. This results in a highly heterogeneous distribution of Evolutionary...
View ArticleData from: Is there any evidence for rapid, genetically-based, climatic niche...
Climatic niche shifts have been documented in a number of invasive species by comparing the native and adventive climatic ranges in which they occur. However, these shifts likely represent changes in...
View ArticleData from: Exploring phylogenetic relationships within Myriapoda and the...
Myriapods, including the diverse and familiar centipedes and millipedes, are one of the dominant terrestrial arthropod groups. Although molecular evidence has shown that Myriapoda is monophyletic, its...
View ArticleData from: On the effect specificity of accessory gland products transferred...
Background: Sexual selection favours the evolution of male bioactive substances transferred during mating to enhance male reproductive success by affecting female physiology. These effects are mainly...
View ArticleData from: Molecular evolution of anthocyanin pigmentation genes following...
Background: Phenotypic transitions, such as trait gain or loss, are predicted to carry evolutionary consequences for the genes that control their development. For example, trait losses can result in...
View ArticleData from: Genomic analysis reveals depression due to both individual and...
There is ample evidence for inbreeding depression manifested as a reduction in fitness or fitness-related traits in the focal individual. In many organisms, fitness is not only affected by genes...
View ArticleData from: Molecular mechanisms of postmating prezygotic reproductive...
Little is known about the physiological responses and genetic mutations associated with reproductive isolation between species, especially for postmating prezygotic isolating barriers. Here we examine...
View ArticleData from: Adaptation to climate through flowering phenology: a case study in...
Local climatic conditions likely constitute an important selective pressure on genes underlying important fitness-related traits such as flowering time and in many species flowering phenology and...
View ArticleData from: The temporal window of ecological adaptation in postglacial lakes:...
Background: Studying how trophic traits and niche use are related in natural populations is important in order to understand adaptation and specialization. Here, we describe trophic trait diversity in...
View ArticleData from: Evolution determines how global warming and pesticide exposure...
How evolution may mitigate the effects of global warming and pesticide exposure on predator-prey interactions is directly relevant for vector control. Using a space-for-time substitution approach we...
View ArticleData from: Associational resistance or susceptibility: the indirect...
Many organisms possess chemical defences against their natural enemies, which render them unpalatable or toxic when attacked or consumed. These chemically-defended organisms commonly occur in...
View ArticleData from: Evaluating citizen versus professional data for modeling...
1) To realize the potential of citizens to contribute to conservation efforts through the acquisition of data for broad-scale species distribution models, scientists need to understand and minimize the...
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