Data from: Understanding past population dynamics: Bayesian coalescent-based...
Effective population size characterizes the genetic variability in a population and is a parameter of paramount importance in population genetics and evolutionary biology. Kingman's coalescent process...
View ArticleData from: Rival group scent induces changes in dwarf mongoose immediate...
In many social species, groups of animals defend a shared territory against rival conspecifics. Intruders can be detected from a variety of cues, including faecal deposits, and the strength of response...
View ArticleData from: Repeated invasions into the twilight zone: evolutionary origins of...
Mesophotic and deeper reefs of the tropics are poorly known and underexplored ecosystems worldwide. Collectively referred to as the ‘twilight zone,’ depths below ~30-40 m are home to many species of...
View ArticleData from: Measuring Engagement in Advance Care Planning: A Cross-sectional...
Objectives: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and clinical sensibility of a novel survey, the Advance Care Planning (ACP) Engagement Survey in various health care settings. Setting: A target sample...
View ArticleData from: A global meta-analysis on the ecological drivers of forest...
Two billion ha have been identified globally for forest restoration. Our meta-analysis encompassing 221 study landscapes worldwide reveals forest restoration enhances biodiversity by 15–84% and...
View ArticleData from: A comparative analysis reveals little evidence for niche...
One of the most intriguing questions in current ecology is the extent to which the ecological niches of species are conserved in space and time. Niche conservatism has mostly been studied using...
View ArticleData from: Invasive plant species are locally adapted just as frequently and...
Concerns over the ecological impacts of invasive alien plant species have generated great research interest in understanding the mechanisms that underlie the capacity of such plants to occupy a broad...
View ArticleData from: Divergent trophic responses to biogeographic and environmental...
Following environmental changes, communities disassemble and reassemble in seemingly unpredictable ways. Whether species respond to such changes individualistically or collectively (e.g. as functional...
View ArticleData from: Genetic basis for red coloration in birds
The yellow and red feather pigmentation of many bird species [1] plays pivotal roles in social signaling and mate choice [2, 3]. To produce red pigments, birds ingest yellow carotenoids and...
View ArticleData from: New species in the Sitalcina sura species group (Opiliones,...
The western United States is home to numerous narrowly endemic harvestman taxa (Arachnida, Opiliones), including members of the genus Sitalcina Banks, 1911. Sitalcina is comprised of three species...
View ArticleData from: Character evolution and the origin of Caimaninae (Crocodylia) in...
Alligators and caimans share a close relationship, supported by both molecular and morphological characters. The divergence between alligators and caimans has been difficult to discern in the fossil...
View ArticleData from: The Urban Heat Island and its spatial scale dependent impact on...
Climate alteration is one of the most cited ecological consequences of urbanization. However, the magnitude of this impact is likely to vary with spatial scale. We investigated how this alteration...
View ArticleData from: Dietary breadth is positively correlated with venom complexity in...
Although diet is believed to be a major factor underlying the evolution of venom, few comparative studies examine both venom composition and diet across a radiation of venomous species. Cone snails...
View ArticleData from: Climatic thresholds shape northern high-latitude fire regimes and...
Boreal forests and arctic tundra cover 33% of global land surface and store an estimated 50% of total soil carbon. Because wildfire is a key driver of terrestrial carbon cycling, increasing fire...
View ArticleData from: Muscle shortening velocity depends on tissue inertia and level of...
In order to perform external work, muscles must do additional internal work to deform their tissue, and in particular, to overcome the inertia due to their internal mass. However, the contribution of...
View ArticleData from: Likelihood-based parameter estimation for high-dimensional...
Recently, a suite of distance-based multivariate phylogenetic comparative methods have been proposed for studying the evolution of high-dimensional traits, such as morphometric coordinates, gene...
View ArticleData from: Understanding the spatial scale of genetic connectivity at sea:...
Quantifying the spatial scale of population connectivity is important for understanding the evolutionary potential of ecologically divergent populations and for designing conservation strategies to...
View ArticleData from: Developmental environment effects on sexual selection in male and...
The developmental environment can potentially alter the adult social environment and influence traits targeted by sexual selection such as body size. In this study, we manipulated larval density in...
View ArticleData from: Emissions and char quality of flame-curtain "Kon Tiki" kilns for...
Pyrolysis of organic waste or woody materials yields charcoal, a stable carbonaceous product that can be used for cooking or mixed into soil, in the latter case often termed "biochar". Traditional kiln...
View ArticleData from: Genetic diversity and population structure in South African,...
The Angora goat populations in Argentina (AR), France (FR) and South Africa (SA) have been kept geographically and genetically distinct. Due to country-specific selection and breeding strategies, there...
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