Data from: Population structure and historical demography of South American...
Understanding the causes of population decline is crucial for conservation management. We therefore used genetic analysis both to provide baseline data on population structure and to evaluate...
View ArticleData from: Phylogenetic analyses reveal molecular signatures associated with...
Subtilisin-like serine proteases or Subtilases in fungi are important for penetration and colonization of host. In Hypocreales, these proteins share several properties with other fungal, bacterial,...
View ArticleData from: Does the colonization of new biogeographic regions influence the...
Regional variation in clade richness can be vast, reflecting differences in the dynamics of historical dispersal and diversification among lineages. Although it has been proposed that dispersal into...
View ArticleData from: The many dimensions of diet breadth: phytochemical, genetic,...
From the perspective of an herbivorous insect, conspecific host plants are not identical, and intraspecific variation in host nutritional quality or defensive capacity might mediate spatially variable...
View ArticleData from: Metabolic syndrome is a strong risk factor for minor ischemic...
Background Minor ischemic stroke (MIS) represents a major global public health problem worldwide due to high incidence. The aim of this study was to investigate whether metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a...
View ArticleData from: Canopy soil greenhouse gas dynamics in response to indirect...
Canopy soils can significantly contribute to aboveground labile biomass, especially in tropical montane forests. Whether they also contribute to the exchange of greenhouse gases is unknown. To examine...
View ArticleData from: Systematics and taxonomy of the Snubnose Darter, Etheostoma...
A taxonomic revision of Etheostoma simoterum (Cope) published in 2007 resulted in the recognition of six species, with two species distributed in the Tennessee River system. A newly defined Etheostoma...
View ArticleData from: A relaxed directional random walk model for phylogenetic trait...
Understanding the processes that give rise to quantitative measurements associated with molecular sequence data remains an important issue in statistical phylogenetics. Examples of such measurements...
View ArticleData from: Puma predation subsidizes an obligate scavenger in the high Andes
The ungulate–carnivore–vulture complex is a key trophic module of many terrestrial ecosystems, but one that is globally under threat. Few have explored cross-species dependencies in this module, and...
View ArticleData from: Synchrony in small mammal community dynamics across a forested...
Long-term studies at local scales indicate that fluctuations in abundance among trophically similar species are often temporally synchronized. Complementary studies on synchrony across larger spatial...
View ArticleData from: Vertebrate community composition and diversity declines along a...
Anthropocene defaunation is the global phenomenon of human-induced animal biodiversity loss. Understanding the patterns and process of defaunation is critical to predict outcomes for wildlife...
View ArticleData from: Fire prevents woody encroachment only at higher-than-historical...
Woody encroachment is a pervasive challenge facing savanna and grassland managers worldwide. Proposed drivers of the phenomenon range from local changes in fire, herbivory, and direct human impacts, to...
View ArticleData from: Patterns and thresholds of grazing-induced changes in community...
Overgrazing has resulted in widespread decline in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in grasslands worldwide in recent decades. However, few studies have examined the patterns and thresholds of...
View ArticleData from: Seed predation has the potential to drive a rare plant to extinction
1. Pre-dispersal seed predation is sometimes considered unlikely to dramatically affect plant population growth because plants are generally expected to produce more seeds than there are safe sites for...
View ArticleData from: Physiological maturity at a critical life-history transition and...
Developmental maturity (e.g. body condition, body mass) at major life history transitions is known to affect fitness across a wide range of taxa. Fledging (leaving the nest), a major life-history...
View ArticleData from: Corticosterone: a costly mediator of signal honesty in sand lizards
The mechanisms underlying honest signal expression remain elusive and may involve the integration of social and physiological costs. Corticosterone is a socially modulated metabolic hormone that...
View ArticleData from: SNPs across time and space: population genomic signatures of...
Identifying genomic signatures of natural selection can be challenging against a background of demographic changes such as bottlenecks and population expansions. Here, we disentangle the effects of...
View ArticleData from: Sequencing improves our ability to study threatened migratory...
Effective conservation and management of migratory species requires accurate identification of unique populations, even as they mix along their migratory corridors. While telemetry has historically...
View ArticleData from: Reproductive ecology and isolation of Psittacanthus calyculatus...
Background: Relationships between floral biology and pollinator behavior are important to understanding species diversity of hemiparasitic Psittacanthus mistletoes (c. 120 species). We aimed to...
View ArticleData from: Cenozoic dynamics of shallow-marine biodiversity in the Western...
Aim: Cenozoic dynamics of large-scale species diversity patterns remain poorly understood, especially for the Western Pacific, in part, because of the paucity of well-dated fossil records from the...
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