404 papers
This study demonstrates that while iNaturalist photographs can effectively recover discrete color morph frequencies in *Plethodon* salamanders, they are unsuitable for continuous quantitative phenotyping like dorsal brightness due to overwhelming observer-induced noise that obscures geographic signals.
This study reveals that crickets detect and avoid insectivorous bats through olfaction by sensing the volatile compound (-)-limonene in bat body odor, thereby uncovering a previously unknown olfactory dimension to the classic acoustic predator-prey arms race.
This study demonstrates that amphibian mass mortality is driven by a self-reinforcing environmental viral feedback loop, where the rate of viral accumulation in shared water, rather than individual host susceptibility or static environmental factors, serves as the critical predictor for epizootic die-offs.
This study demonstrates that while the seagrass *Halophila ovalis* drives directional bacterial succession in meadow sediments, its specific microbiomes are primarily shaped by host selection rather than succession, revealing an uncoupling between these ecological processes for different microbial guilds.
This paper presents a complete mathematical analysis of a plant-pollinator model that unifies extinction thresholds and invasibility under a single reward threshold, revealing how specific network structures like nestedness and connectance mechanistically govern community stability through exact analytical constraints rather than numerical simulations.
This study reveals that the vertical velocity of *Microcystis* colonies scales with colony size to the power of 1.13 rather than the square, due to size-dependent increases in shape irregularity that enhance drag, necessitating a correction to Stokes' law to better predict bloom dynamics and chaotic migration trajectories.
This study analyzes spatiotemporal patterns of common dolphin sightings and fishing activity along Portugal's north coast using AIS data and a Generalized Additive Model to identify overlapping areas and environmental predictors, revealing that dolphins frequently inhabit fishing grounds likely due to shared habitat preferences rather than avoidance.
By fitting a mathematical model to high-resolution data from *Plasmodium chabaudi*, this study reveals that malaria parasites accelerate their late developmental stages, rather than altering sequestration timing, to realign with host circadian rhythms following perturbation, a rescheduling strategy that incurs a measurable cost to their multiplication rates.
A decade-long study on the perennial herb *Lomatium utriculatum* reveals that while experimental drought advances flowering and earlier flowering increases seed production, the resulting phenological shifts have negligible effects on population growth compared to the direct impacts of rainfall manipulation on individual growth and seed output.
This field study demonstrates that in wave-driven flows over complex coral reefs, the sinking behavior of benthic invertebrate larvae in response to dissolved chemical cues significantly enhances their retention within the habitat, thereby increasing the likelihood of successful settlement and recruitment.
This study demonstrates that the seasonal phenological structure of butterfly communities in Great Britain is shaped by the interplay of life-cycle constraints, such as overwintering strategies, and thermoregulatory adaptations involving body size and colour that align with seasonal environmental conditions.
By analyzing five stable isotope ratios in summer hair, this study reveals that red deer, roe deer, and Alpine chamois in the Italian Alps achieve coexistence through distinct isotopic niches driven by differences in water sourcing, diet quality, and habitat openness, despite their broad potential for dietary overlap.
This study reveals that three coral-reef damselfish species exhibit distinct, species-specific habitat associations that shift through ontogeny, demonstrating that using home-range benthic composition provides more detailed insights into these preferences than single-point observations, which is crucial for predicting population impacts under ongoing habitat change.
This study demonstrates that Sarbecovirus infection in wild *Rhinolophus shameli* bats is associated with a destabilized gut microbiome characterized by increased interindividual variability and enrichment of inflammatory taxa, independent of seasonal dietary changes.
This study demonstrates that while individual trait variation generally hinders the survival of populations facing mate-finding Allee effects due to Jensen's inequality, it can be beneficial for those facing predator-driven Allee effects by providing substrate for selection, highlighting the critical need to account for trait variation in conservation strategies.
This study utilizes ecological niche modeling to demonstrate that the widespread Mediterranean lizard *Ophisops elegans* has already experienced range contraction since the Last Glacial Maximum and faces severe future habitat loss under climate change scenarios, signaling a significant threat to the region's herpetofauna.
This study reveals that in temperate floodplain forests, phenological stages exert a stronger influence on phyllosphere bacterial community composition than tree species identity or canopy position, while rainwater-mediated throughfall transport significantly shapes spatial microbial heterogeneity and drives seasonal shifts toward more homogeneous, biocontrol-capable communities.
Using species distribution models under various climate scenarios, this study projects that the endangered yellownose skate (*Dipturus chilensis*) will experience a net expansion of suitable habitat by 2100 due to a poleward shift toward Southern Chile, driven primarily by temperature and oxygen levels, which underscores the urgent need for climate-adaptive management strategies to protect emerging southern refugia.
This study presents a novel, non-invasive eDNA-based method that isolates single environmental cells and uses multiplex digital PCR to accurately detect hybrid individuals, thereby overcoming previous resolution limits and offering a critical tool for conservation management against the threat of invasive-native species hybridization.
This study provides the first global, grid-cell-level quantification of how human-mediated plant introductions since the onset of European colonial expansion have reshaped plant functional composition, revealing a worldwide convergence toward assemblages that are generally smaller, more acquisitive, and shorter-lived, albeit with region-specific variations in the magnitude of shifts across size, leaf economics, and life-span axes.