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Hydrodynamic gradients affect facilitation in soft sediment communities

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study extends ecological theory on facilitation to marine soft‐sediment systems and offers insight into the functional role of habitat‐forming infauna. Abstract Positive species interactions, or facilitation, are fundamental drivers of ecological community assembly and stability.
Rebecca V. Gladstone‐Gallagher, Judi E. Hewitt, Caleb J. Crosbie, Richard Bulmer, Kelly Carter, Vonda Cummings, Emily J. Douglas, Joanne I. Ellis, Georgina J. L. Flowers, Sarah F. Hailes, Jenny R. Hillman, Fabrice Stephenson, Simon F. Thrush, Li Hao Yeoh, Conrad A. Pilditch   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Multitaxon Indices of Biotic Integrity for Aquatic Ecosystem Health Assessment in Dongjiang Lake. [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Wang Y, Hou M, Li H, Wang R, Zhou X, Zhang L, Zhou Q, Meng R.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Field validation of blow fly age estimation methods for determining time of placement of human remains in Tennessee, USA

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Forensic entomology currently represents one of the best approaches for estimating the minimum postmortem interval (PMIMIN) in medicolegal death investigations given certain parameters and assumptions are met. However, validation of standard estimation methods used in this field are few and far between.
Charity G. Owings, Hayden S. McKee‐Zech, Erin A. Patrick, Dawnie W. Steadman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating resource utilization and bioregenerative life support systems for sustainable space exploration. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Esposito M, Tonietti L, Santomartino R, Giovannelli D, Chianese E, Rotundi A, Romano I, Poli A, Finore I, Cordone A, Di Donato P.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Drivers of Mouse Plagues: Exceptional Rainfall Following Prolonged Drought Triggers Mouse Plagues in Southeastern Australia

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study identified a specific sequence of an extended drought followed by exceptional rainfall as a necessary precursor for mouse plagues in southeastern Australia. Long‐term rainfall anomalies interact with ecological processes to reset population dynamics, creating conditions that support rapid mouse population growth following periods of ...
Peter R. Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological Mechanisms Underlying the Persistence of <i>Yersinia pestis</i> in the Natural Plague Foci of Kazakhstan: An Integrated Ecological Framework. [PDF]

Pathogens
Abdel Z, Meka-Mechenko T, Zhumadilova Z, Mussagalieva R, Abdirassilova A, Baitursyn B, Zarkymanova A, Abdeliyev B, Shaki N, Issaeva S.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tree Squirrels Selectively Disperse High‐Quality Acorns Away From Tree Trunks

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Acorn quality and squirrel feeding behavior significantly structured spatial dispersal patterns of two Californian oak species. Non‐infested acorns were preferentially selected for embryo excision and dispersed farther than infested ones. Acorns were fully consumed near tree trunks, signaling rapid feeding in safe refuges, whereas non‐eaten, partially ...
Miguel Puente‐Ruiz, Raquel Muñoz‐Gallego, Marta Peláez, Rodolfo Dirzo, Ramón Perea   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morphotype Bias, Morph Specific Recruitment and No Elevation‐Life History Relation in High Altitude Mesquite Lizard Populations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Site‐level differences in population growth (λ) and phenotype frequencies. Mountain silhouettes represent the three study sites. Morph relative abundances are shown in the colored vertical bar. Point estimates and confidence intervals of λ for each site are displayed below, with the dashed line marking the threshold for demographic stability (λ = 1 ...
Brasil Canales‐Gordillo, Wendy L. Cuandón‐Hernández, José L. Jaramillo‐Alba, Jorge I. Chiu‐Valderrama, Hibraim A. Pérez‐Mendoza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transitions between persistent climate-carbon regimes coincide with elevated Phanerozoic biosphere vulnerability. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Sudakow I, Myers C, Spiridonov A, Stankevič R, Feulner G, Livina V.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Some Tuco‐Tucos Hide More Than Others: An Integrative Approach Reveals Cryptic Diversity in Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) From Central Argentina

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Here, we adopt an integrative framework (molecular phylogenetics and geometric morphometrics) to reassess patterns of diversity and differentiation across this region. We analyzed cytochrome b sequences and quantified cranial shape variation. Our analyses indicate the presence of three species groups (mendocinus, talarum, and tucumanus) and two ...
Facundo Contreras, José A. Coda, Daniela Pereyra, José W. Priotto, Fernando J. Mapelli   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source