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Going silent? Evidence for independent losses of acoustic communication in tree crickets (Insecta, Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Oecanthidae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
Our ancestral state reconstruction in tree crickets reveals multiple independent and irreversible losses of sound‐producing and ‐receiving structures, supporting the convergent evolution of the silent phenotype. We demonstrate strong evolutionary integration between forewings and tympana, although the discovery of ‘silent listeners′ and ‘deaf singers ...
Lucas Denadai de Campos, Jorge Alves Audino, Silvio Shigueo Nihei, Laure Desutter‐Grandcolas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Innovations That Are Good for Environment Be Also Good Business? A Case Study on Biodiversity Loss Mitigation

R&D Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The adoption of biodiversity loss mitigation innovations (BLMIs) in business markets depends on customers recognizing their value. Current literature lacks sufficient understanding of the decision processes, through which suppliers and customers make the ecological value of BLMIs visible, credible, and economically actionable.
H. Taimisto, V. Tiitola, G. Pigatto, A. Hirvensalo, T. Laine, T. Korhonen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Goshawk Genomics: Genome Wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Confirm Species Status of Astur gentilis and Astur atricapillus

Zoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Astur [gentilis] superspecies comprising five species has a long record of taxonomic debate. Recent evidence based on mitochondrial data, limited genomic data and bioacoustics suggested a Nearctic‐Palearctic split of the former Holarctic species Astur gentilis, leading to a taxonomic revision of classifying Palearctic Astur gentilis and ...
Florian Kunz, Min Chai, Martin Schwentner, Frank Emmanuel Zachos, Martin Kapun, Elisabeth Haring   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rthoptera: Standardised insect bioacoustics in R

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Almost 100 years after the dawn of insect bioacoustics, freely available and robust analysis tools and protocols are still needed. We introduce Rthoptera, an open‐source R package designed for robust analysis of insect acoustic signals.
Francisco Rivas, Cesare Brizio, Filippo M. Buzzetti, Bryan Pijanowski   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Validated Sandwich ELISA for the Quantification of von Willebrand Factor in Rabbit Plasma

Biomarker Insights, 2010
von Willebrand Factor (vWF) is a multimeric plasma protein important for platelet plug formation. As part of its haemostatic role, it is released from endothelial cells during vascular stress or injury and is considered an excellent biomarker of ...
Brendon W. Smith, Jana Strakova, Jennifer L. King, John W. Erdman, William D. O'Brien   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Run to the Caves: Frog Refuges From Harsh Environments

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 6, November 2026.
ABSTRACT The use of caves by primarily nontroglobiont organisms can be critical when the conditions of surrounding epigean habitats deteriorate as a result of synergic effects of climate changes and degradation of native vegetation cover. Under scenarios of unbalanced temperatures, high solar incidence, low humidity and reduced shelter availability in ...
Rafael de Fraga, Cassia de Carvalho Teixeira, Valéria da Cunha Tavares, Xavier Prous, Gilmax Ferreira, Carlos Eduardo de Araújo Batista, Leonardo Carreira Trevelin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Bioacoustics and Community Science for Advancing Bat Research: Insights From Urban–Rural Landscapes Across Regions in Peru

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 6, November 2026.
Pioneering community science bat research in the Neotropics combines community participation with passive acoustic monitoring across urban–rural landscapes in Peru. The study shows how urbanization and environmental conditions shape bat richness and activity, while community‐generated data recover ecological patterns broadly consistent with expert‐led ...
Jaime Pacheco, Juan J. Pellón, Amanda Vilchez, Arturo Miranda, Jorge Rivero, José Luis Mena   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Formant analysis of vertebrate vocalizations: achievements, pitfalls, and promises

BMC Biology
When applied to vertebrate vocalizations, source-filter theory, initially developed for human speech, has revolutionized our understanding of animal communication, resulting in major insights into the form and function of animal sounds.
W. Tecumseh Fitch, Andrey Anikin, Katarzyna Pisanski, Daria Valente, David Reby   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acoustic diversity in vineyards is shaped by cover‐crop vegetation structure and row position

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 4, October–December 2026.
We investigated how inter‐row cover crops influence acoustic diversity in vineyards using plant surveys and passive acoustic monitoring. Acoustic diversity was highest at intermediate cover crop heights (~20 cm), highlighting moderate vegetation as a potential management strategy to support birds in vineyards.
Sarah E. Grimes, Esmaeil Nasrollahiazar, Bryan C. Pijanowski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utterance evolution: the road to generative, combinatorial communicators

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 5, Page 2427-2447, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Language has long been considered uniquely complex in the animal kingdom; however, animal research over the last decade has begun to challenge some long‐standing premises about exactly which language capacities are uniquely human. The task of resolving why and how complex communication systems evolve, particularly human language, has ...
Catherine Crockford, Roman Martin Wittig, Cedric Girard‐Buttoz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source