Data from: Changes in ectomycorrhizal fungal community composition and...
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal communities co-vary with host plant communities along soil fertility gradients, yet it is unclear whether this reflects changes in host composition, fungal edaphic...
View ArticleData from: Population genomics reveals multiple drivers of population...
A major goal of molecular ecology is to identify the causes of genetic and phenotypic differentiation among populations. Population genomics is suitably poised to tackle these key questions by...
View ArticleData from: Inbreeding effects on gene-specific DNA methylation among tissues...
Inbreeding depression is the loss of fitness resulting from the mating of genetically-related individuals. Traditionally, the study of inbreeding depression focused on genetic effects, though recent...
View ArticleData from: New insights into the history of domesticated and wild apricot and...
Studying domesticated species and their wild relatives allows understanding the mechanisms of population divergence and adaptation and identifying valuable genetic resources. Apricot is an important...
View ArticleData from: Spatial and successional dynamics of microbial biofilm communities...
Biofilms represent a metabolically active and structurally complex component of freshwater ecosystems. Ephemeral prairie streams are hydrologically harsh and prone to frequent perturbation. Elucidating...
View ArticleData from: Shifting agriculture supports more tropical forest birds than oil...
Conversion of tropical forests and diverse multicrop agricultural land to commercial monocultures is a conservation concern worldwide. In northeast India, landscapes under shifting agriculture (or...
View ArticleData from: Plant diversity accurately predicts insect diversity in two...
Plant diversity surely determines arthropod diversity, but only moderate correlations between arthropod and plant species richness had been observed until Basset et al. (2012, Science 338: 1481-1484)...
View ArticleData from: Species interactions in occurrence data for a community of...
Interactions between species of ticks, their realised range of hosts, the pathogens they carry and transmit, as well as the geographical distribution of species in the Western Palearctic, have been...
View ArticleData from: Rapid evolution accelerates plant population spread in fragmented...
Predicting the speed of biological invasions and native species migrations requires an understanding of the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of spreading populations. Theory predicts that evolution...
View ArticleData from: Molecular phylogeny and pollen evolution of Euphorbiaceae tribe...
Tribe Plukenetieae (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) is a pantropical lineage of mostly stinging, twining vines and lianas with diverse floral and pollen morphology. To elucidate generic relationships in...
View ArticleData from: Metaproteomics reveals metabolic transitions between healthy and...
Infectious diseases such as white plague syndrome (WPS) and black band disease (BBD) have caused massive coral loss worldwide. We performed a metaproteomic study on the Abrolhos coral Mussismilia...
View ArticleData from: Transcriptome modulation during host shift is driven by secondary...
High-throughput transcriptome studies are breaking new ground to investigate the responses that organisms deploy in alternative environments. Nevertheless much remains to be understood about the...
View ArticleData from: Spatiotemporal relationship between adult census size and genetic...
Adult census population size (N) and effective number of breeders (Nb) are highly relevant for designing effective conservation strategies. Both parameters are often challenging to quantify, however,...
View ArticleData from: Long-lived groupers require structurally stable reefs in the face...
Benthic recovery from climate-related disturbances does not always warrant a commensurate functional recovery for reef-associated fish communities. Here, we examine the distribution of benthic groupers...
View ArticleData from: Lack of genetic variation prevents adaptation at the geographic...
What limits a species’ distribution in the absence of physical barriers? Genetic load due to asymmetric gene flow and the absence of genetic variation due to lack of gene flow are hypothesized to...
View ArticleData from: Specific alleles at immune genes, rather than genome-wide...
The negative effects of inbreeding on fitness are serious concerns for populations of endangered species. Reduced fitness has been associated with lower genome-wide heterozygosity and immune gene...
View ArticleData from: Molecular phenotyping of maternally mediated parallel adaptive...
When similar selection acts on the same traits in multiple species or populations, parallel evolution can result in similar phenotypic changes, yet the underlying molecular architecture of parallel...
View ArticleData from: Are red bishops red enough? On the persistence of a generalized...
In the genus Euplectes (17 species of widowbirds and bishops), red carotenoid-based coloration has been found to function in male contest competition over territories, and appears to exploit a...
View ArticleData from: Population genomic evidence for multiple Pliocene refugia in a...
The integration of ecological niche modeling into phylogeographic analyses has allowed for the identification and testing of potential refugia under a hypothesis-based framework, where the expected...
View ArticleData from: Emergence of human calicivirus among diarrhea cases in southwest...
Background: Acute diarrhea is one of serious problems in global public health which cause considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. Human calicivirus (HuCV) includes norovirus (NoV, genogroup GI...
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