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A Tale of Appendages: Investigating Limb and Tail Variation in Salamanders

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We analyzed limb and tail proportions in 44% of known salamander species using a phylogenetic comparative approach. Our results revealed significant variation among families and ecological groups, with aquatic species showing longer limbs and basal lineages having shorter tails.
Giacomo Rosa, Andrea Costa, Matteo Bozzo, Sebastiano Salvidio, Sara Ferrando   +4 more
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Genomic Investigations Unveil the Genetic Underpinnings of Environmental Adaptation in African Goat Populations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study integrates genomics and landscape genetics to analyze African goat environmental adaptation. Analyzing 1591 samples, it finds population structure differentiates geographically into four groups, with gene flow between wild Yura goats and North Africans.
Weifeng Peng, Yihua Wang, Yiyuan Zhang, Lei Gao, Lili Wu, Shuping Wang, Yiyang Gao, Wanlu Shi, Kaixin Lu, Rong Deng, Junting Li, Jing Han, Xiaohui Lu, Yujie Liu, Xiaojiao Tang, Yunxia Zhang, Guoyin Li, Li Huang, Mingsheng Yang, Xiaoyan Li   +19 more
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Phylogenetic and Functional Originality Shape Species Positions in Flea–Mammal Networks Across Biogeographic Realms

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The relationship between the position of a flea species in the networks and its functional originality was found to be consistently positive in all realms, independently of which originality index was used. ABSTRACT We investigated the relationships between a species’ network position (measured as the combined normalized degree, species strength, and ...
Boris R. Krasnov, Vasily I. Grabovsky
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Female‐Biased Sexual Size Dimorphism and Its Potential Causes in Hairy‐Winged Bats

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Based on the integration of molecular genetics, traditional and geometric morphology, and acoustic characteristics of hairy‐winged bats (a species that was historically misclassified into two species due to extreme craniodental divergence between the sexes) in multiple regions of China, we quantified the sexual size dimorphism (SSD) between males and ...
Yang Yue, Zefeng Huang, Yang Guo, Yi Wu, Yaqing Liao, Yibo Hu, Xiaoyun Wang, Wenhua Yu   +7 more
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Phylogeographic Patterns Are Strongly Associated With Biogeographic Patterns in the Irano-Anatolian Global Biodiversity Hotspot. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
Noroozi J, Larsson D, Talebi A, Rahmanian S, Doostmohammadi M, Setayesh T, Metschina D, Paun O, Schneeweiss GM.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reusing Geospatial Data of Invasive Alien Insect Species From the Literature: Significance, Challenges, and Potential

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We use bibliometric analysis to evaluate geospatial data reuse for invasive alien insect species (IAIS). Of 1032 relevant publications, 51.0% lacked downloadable raw data. Integrating cross‐regional, temporal, and multi‐species data could address single‐study limitations, but data scarcity remains a barrier.
Shuhao Tan, Yiqi Xu, Qiaoling Lin, Muzi Ge, Yuting Wu, Jianshi Jin   +5 more
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Environmental Drivers of Geographic Isolation in Three Pika Species in Northeast Asia

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Using bias‐corrected species distribution models, we found that geographic isolation among three northeastern Asian pika species (Ochotona coreana, Ochotona mantchurica, and Ochotona hyperborea) reflects both divergent environmental preferences and potential competitive interactions. O.
Yuxi Peng, Chengbin Yang, Dallin B. Kohler, Wenxuan Yu, Hailong Li, Chongzhe Zhong, Yucheol Shin, Zhengji Piao, Guanglan Cao, Weihong Zhu, Amaël Borzée, Ying Li   +11 more
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Mito-Nuclear Discordance and Species Boundaries in the Freshwater Fish Genus <i>Cyprinion</i> Revealed by Genome-Wide SNPs. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Hashemzadeh Segherloo I, Geiger MF, Normandeau E, Freyhof J.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fragment Edges Benefit a Common Predator of Pollinators via Bottom‐Up Effects

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study investigated the hypotheses regarding the effects of habitat fragmentation on spider biomass and causing bottom‐up or top‐down effects on multi‐trophic relationships. ABSTRACT Defaunation following habitat fragmentation typically threatens predators at higher trophic levels, which further alter prey and plants via top‐down effects.
Wenlong Zhou, Peng Ren, Marcel Holyoak, Donghao Wu, Chen Zhu, Wenjie Zhou, Ping Ding, Mingjian Yu   +7 more
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Freshwater habitats within the Natura 2000 network. [PDF]

Ecol Appl
Baattrup-Pedersen A, Baumane M, Nielsen A, Trolle D, Branco P, Borgwardt F, Hering D, Birk S.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source