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Mammalian herbivory indirectly shapes savanna arthropod communities but only at very low or high levels. [PDF]

J Anim Ecol
Matthies BE, Stevens N, Hill JK, Leturuka B, Njuguna M, Smyth LK, Rogan MS, Machungo CW, Baillie JEM, Rithaa JN, Parr CL.   +10 more
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Integrating infection intensity and aggregation into the dynamics of pathogens with within‐host replication

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We bridge micro‐ and macroparasite theory with a model tracking pathogen load heterogeneity. By incorporating load‐dependent mortality and within‐host pathogen growth, we show how pathogen load aggregation alters disease prevalence, host suppression effects, and virulence evolution, providing insights for managing complex infectious disease like ...
Ruijiao Sun, Jason Cosens Walsman, Mark Wilber, Cheryl J. Briggs   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bat Colony and Cave Zone Shape Arthropod Assemblages in Levantine Caves. [PDF]

Insects
Ganem Z, Aharon S, Hawlena D, Gavish-Regev E.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Temperate forest heterogeneity decreases local and landscape‐scale spider diversity through habitat filtering despite increasing species turnover

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
In a large‐scale German forest experiment, habitat heterogeneity increased spider turnover but reduced local alpha diversity through habitat filtering. Together, these effects lowered landscape‐scale spider diversity. As such, the study shows whether environmental heterogeneity increases or decreases biodiversity depends on the balance between habitat ...
Jean‐Léonard Stör, Julia Rothacher, Marc W. Cadotte, Anne Chao, Maike Huszarik, Michael Junginger, Lisa Köstler‐Albert, Oliver Mitesser, Akira S. Mori, Clara Wild, Jörg Müller   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing the design of the kissing bug kill trap for surveillance of triatomines. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Tian Y, Fernández-Santos NA, Juarez JG, Esquivel H, Moller-Vasquez AM, Granados-Presa M, Echeverria A, Pennington P, Zamora-Jerez A, Fimbres-Macias JP, Roachell W, Lenhart PA, Casey T, Keck ME, Hodo CL, Downs CH, Sittenauer SC, Nevins CC, Balasubramanian S, Angulo C, Palacios-Cardiel C, Gaxiola-Robles R, Zenteno-Savín T, Hamer SA, Borden JH, Banfield MG, Padilla N, Hamer GL.   +27 more
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Herbivore species asynchrony underpins multitrophic stability across plants, herbivores and predators

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Across a grassland food web, multitrophic stability was most closely associated with herbivore species asynchrony. By identifying herbivores as a key source of temporal buffering between plants and predators, this study shows that intermediate consumers can play a central role in stabilizing the complex food web.
Takehiro Sasaki, Taiki Tachibana, Xiaoming Lu, Kei Uchida, Xuezhen Zhao, Issei Nishimura, Daichi Makishima, Kousuke Tachibana, Xi Sun, Yuki Iwachido, Wenhuai Li, Yongfei Bai   +11 more
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Functional traits explain responses of Appalachian birds to vertical and horizontal forest structure

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
The study of bird–forest relationships dates back decades, but rarely have the relationships of functional traits to 3D forest structure responses been considered for dozens of species at regional scales. Abstract Species interact with habitat based on their functional traits, but it is unclear how specific traits interact with the multiple components ...
Trevor Roberts, Marta A. Jarzyna, Chenyang Wei, Colin P. Sweeney, Hikaru Keebler, Daniel Fink, Kaiguang Zhao, Benjamin Zuckerberg   +7 more
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Forest canopy insects are safer from predators in the tropics than at higher latitudes. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Sam K, Sivault E, Fernandez Garzon S, Finnie S, Kollross J, Houska Tahadlova M, Lenc J, Libra M, Ludwig A, Maraia H, Philip AJ, Re Jorge L, Xiao X, Volf M.   +13 more
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First record of the forensically important genus Protopiophila Duda (Diptera: Piophilidae) from South Korea and an integrative framework for forensic identification

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract The family Piophilidae is of significant forensic importance due to its association with late‐stage decomposition; however, the Korean piophilid fauna remains poorly studied, lacking comprehensive morphological and molecular data. This study reports the first record of the genus Protopiophila Duda from South Korea.
Sangjin Han, Taemin Kang, Seung‐Gyu Lee, Seunggwan Shin   +3 more
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Heat but Not Cold Tolerance Is Phylogenetically Constrained in Greenlandic Terrestrial Arthropods Under Future Global Warming. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Wesseltoft JB, de Jonge N, Hansen MM, Høye TT, Ørsted M, Kristensen TN.   +5 more
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