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Complexity promotes stability in mutualistic networks through weaker mutualistic dependencies: Insights from Generalized Modelling

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We show that complexity, but not nestedness or modularity, increase dynamical stability of mutualistic networks, mainly through a weakening in mutualistic dependencies with complexity. Abstract Mutualistic networks provide essential contributions to long‐term ecosystem functioning and food security, but Anthropocene stressors continue to alter their ...
Timo Metz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contrasting associations between parental coordination and breeding success in albatrosses across differing environmental contexts

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Our study demonstrates that the benefits of parental coordination in albatrosses are context‐dependent rather than universal. Coordinated parental care enhanced reproductive success in stable environments, but had little effect in variable environments, where individual flexibility may be more valuable.
Natasha Gillies   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water Use Behavior of Individual Birds: Ring Ouzels in an Arid High‐Mountain Ecosystem

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Water is a limiting resource for birds in arid ecosystems. Individual birds differ strongly in how they use shared water sources, with drinking behavior increasing with temperature. Behavioral differences, hierarchy, and social context ultimately shape unequal access to water within the population. ABSTRACT Water availability strongly constrains animal
Tamara Burgos   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbiome Insights Into Zoonotic Risk at Wildlife–Human Interfaces in a Transitioning Landscape in Thailand

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study shows how ecological transitions, such as reforestation in Southeast Asia, reshape host–microbe–pathogen dynamics at the wildlife–domestic interface. By integrating long‐read microbiome sequencing, ecological gradients, and statistical and network analysis, we identify host species that disproportionately contribute to pathogen diversity and
Pauline Van Leeuwen   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying the factors governing internal state switches during nonstationary sensory decision-making. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Commun
Mohammadi Z   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Maximizing eDNA detections of rare marine organisms: A case study of a delphinid species

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an emerging tool for surveying marine organisms. Advances in molecular assay designs and bioinformatic methods provide new opportunities for detecting rare species; however, overcoming methodological challenges of rare species detection remains an important obstacle for the widespread deployment of eDNA methods for ...
Nastassia V. Patin   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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