Data from: Genomic variation across the Yellow-rumped Warbler species complex
Populations that have experienced long periods of geographic isolation will diverge over time. The application of high-throughput sequencing technologies to study the genomes of related taxa now allows...
View ArticleData from: Diurnal transcriptional regulation of endosymbiotically derived...
Chlorarachniophyte algae possess complex plastids acquired by the secondary endosymbiosis of a green alga, and the plastids harbor a relict nucleus of the endosymbiont, the so-called nucleomorph. Due...
View ArticleData from: Biomechanics of shear-sensitive adhesion in climbing animals:...
Many arthropods and small vertebrates use adhesive pads for climbing. These biological adhesives have to meet conflicting demands: attachment must be strong and reliable, yet detachment should be fast...
View ArticleData from: Regional drivers of clutch loss reveal important trade-offs for...
Coastal birds are critical ecosystem constituents on sandy shores, yet are threatened by depressed reproductive success resulting from direct and indirect anthropogenic and natural pressures. Few...
View ArticleData from: Sequential turnovers of sex chromosomes in African clawed frogs...
Sexual differentiation is fundamentally important for reproduction, yet the genetic triggers of this developmental process can vary, even between closely related species. Recent studies have uncovered,...
View ArticleData from: Click or skip: the role of experience in easy-click checking...
New websites and smartphone applications provide easy-click checking opportunities that can help consumers in many domains. However, this technology is not always used effectively. For example, many...
View ArticleData from: Haemosporidian prevalence and parasitemia in the tufted titmouse...
Haemosporidians are a diverse group of blood parasites that infect terrestrial vertebrates worldwide, but there is variability in parasite prevalence and parasitemia with infections ranging from...
View ArticleData from: Current and projected global distribution of Phytophthora...
Globally, Phytophthora cinnamomi is listed as one of the 100 worst invasive alien species and active management is required to reduce impact and prevent spread in both horticulture and natural...
View ArticleData from: The peril of proportions: robust niche indices for categorical data
1. Indices of niche breadth and niche overlap for categorical data are typically expressed in terms of proportions of resources use. These are unit-sum constrained data hence direct application of...
View ArticleData from: Curvilinear telomere length dynamics in a squamate reptile
The lack of consensus concerning the impact of telomere length (TL) dynamics on survival emphasize the need for additional studies to evaluate the effect of TL on key life history processes. Using both...
View ArticleData from: Testing the link between perceived and actual risk of predation:...
1. According to the threat-sensitivity hypothesis, prey avoidance behaviour should reflect the magnitude of predation risk. Since predation can strongly affect reproduction success, ovipositing females...
View ArticleData from: Network analyses reveal intra- and interspecific differences in...
1. Network theory offers new perspective on movement data by evaluating the relationships between animal movements (links) and detection locations (nodes) in spatially complex systems, including...
View ArticleData from: Snowbeds are more affected than other subalpine-alpine plant...
While the upward shift of plant species has been observed on many alpine and nival summits, the reaction of the subalpine and lower alpine plant communities to the current warming and lower snow...
View ArticleData from: Grazed wet meadows are sink habitats for the southern dunlin...
The effect of habitat management is commonly evaluated by measuring population growth, which does not distinguish changes in reproductive success from changes in survival or the effects of immigration...
View ArticleData from: Sexual selection impacts brain anatomy in frogs and toads
Natural selection is a major force in the evolution of vertebrate brain size, but the role of sexual selection in brain size evolution remains enigmatic. At least two opposing schools of thought...
View ArticleData from: Experimental warming increases herbivory by leaf-chewing insects...
Climate warming is predicted to affect species and trophic interactions worldwide, and alpine ecosystems are expected to be especially sensitive to changes. In this study, we used two ongoing climate...
View ArticleData from: Assessing the value of novel habitats to snail kites through...
Novel ecosystems arise for a variety of reasons, most notably from the introduction of non-native species. Understanding the interactions between traditional habitats, novel habitats, and species of...
View ArticleData from: From randomness to traplining: a framework for the study of...
Memory allows many animals to benefit from the spatial predictability of their environment by revisiting known profitable places. Travel route optimization or resource-acquisition constraints usually...
View ArticleData from: Seed to seedling transitions in successional habitats across a...
Recognition that tree recruitment depends on the balance between seed arrival and seedling survival has led to a surge of interest in seed-dispersal limitation and seedling-establishment limitation in...
View ArticleData from: Sumakuru, a deeply-diverging new genus of lyssomanine jumping...
The lyssomanine jumping spider genus Sumakuru gen. n. is here described for Sumakuru bigal sp. n., from the Bigal River Biological Reserve in Ecuador. Known from a single male, the embolus of the palp...
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