Ecology

Ecology

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Latest articles

    1. Ecology

    The Neuropeptide Sulfakinin, a peripheral regulator of insect behavioral switch between mating and foraging

    Hong-Fei Li, Bao Dong ... Hong-Bo Jiang
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Ecology

    Habitat fragmentation mediates the mechanisms underlying long-term climate-driven thermophilization in birds

    Juan Liu, Morgan W Tingley ... Xingfeng Si
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    Reviewed Preprint v2 Updated
    1. Ecology

    Partitioning changes in ecosystem productivity by effects of species interactions in biodiversity experiments

    Jing Tao, Charles A Nock ... Ji Zheng
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    Reviewed Preprint v2 Updated
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Ecology

    Unsupervised discovery of family specific vocal usage in the Mongolian gerbil

    Ralph E Peterson, Aman Choudhri ... Dan H Sanes
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    Reviewed Preprint v2 Updated
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Camouflage: Tiny particles help insects evade predators

    Lin Wang, Tak-Sing Wong
    By reducing the reflection of ultraviolet light, hollow nanoparticles called brochosomes help to protect leafhoppers from predators.
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    1. Ecology

    Polysaccharide breakdown products drive degradation-dispersal cycles of foraging bacteria through changes in metabolism and motility

    Astrid Katharina Maria Stubbusch, Johannes M Keegstra ... Glen G D'Souza
    Degradation products of polysaccharides trigger partial population dispersal and alter cellular metabolism, shaping the marine biomass decomposition by foraging bacteria.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Neuropeptide Bursicon and its receptor mediated the transition from summer-form to winter-form of Cacopsylla chinensis

    Zhixian Zhang, Jianying Li ... Songdou Zhang
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    Reviewed Preprint v2 Updated
    1. Ecology

    Range geographies, not functional traits, explain convergent range and phenology shifts under climate change

    Catherine Sirois-Delisle, Susan CC Gordon, Jeremy T Kerr
    Not yet revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Reconstructing the evolutionary history of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since early Eocene

    Vendula Šlechtová, Tomáš Dvořák ... Jörg Bohlen
    Not yet revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Ecology

    Contrasting responses to aridity by different-sized decomposers cause similar decomposition rates across a precipitation gradient

    Viraj R Torsekar, Nevo Sagi ... Dror Hawlena
    Contrasting climatic dependencies of macrofauna and microorganisms generate similar whole-community decomposition rates across a precipitation gradient, plausibly resolving the longstanding puzzle of why arid-land litter decomposition is decoupled from precipitation.
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Highlights

    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Ultraviolet camouflage

    Lin Wang, Tak-Sing Wong
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Plant Biology: Hiding in plain smell

    Youngsung Joo, Meredith C Schuman
    1. Ecology

    Ecosystems: The diversity of decay

    Emma J Sayer, Ralf Schäfer

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  1. George H Perry
    Pennsylvania State University, United States
  2. Sergio Rasmann
    University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  3. Meredith C Schuman
    University of Zurich, Switzerland
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