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Genome wide analysis of carotenoid cleavage oxygenases (CCO) gene family in Arachis hypogaea (peanut) under biotic stress. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Genomics
Ahmad A   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Three's a crowd: The relationship among endoparasites, an epibiont and their Daphnia host

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
In freshwater communities, organisms interact in a variety of ways, including predation, competition and parasitism. Parasites are ubiquitous, playing an important role in shaping freshwater communities. Endoparasites live within internal organs of their host, while ectoparasites, also known as epibionts, are confined to the external part of the host's
Ofir Hirshberg, Frida Ben‐Ami
wiley   +1 more source

Structural complexity of hard substrates shapes shallow marine benthic communities

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
Structurally complex habitats offer niche diversity, with varying biotic and abiotic conditions, generally leading to higher biodiversity compared to simpler habitats. However, our understanding of the response of ecological communities to increased complexity and the underlying drivers remain ambiguous due to discrepancies in how complexity is ...
Esther Suzanne Witte   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resource inequality limits transfer of nutrients from soils to plants in experimental grassland

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
A system's functioning is influenced not only by resource availability but also, likely, by resource inequality. In ecological systems most experimental manipulations of resource availability typically focused on homogeneous resource addition, or spatial heterogeneity of resources in a qualitative sense. Here, we test whether resource inequality per se
Elisabeth Bönisch   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying community keystoneness in metacommunities under disturbance

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
Understanding how metacommunities respond to natural and anthropogenic disturbances is a key objective in ecology. In this study, we introduce an analytical framework to identify communities whose extirpation triggers stronger (hereafter keystone communities) or weaker (hereafter idle communities) cascading effects on extinction and colonization events
Gabriel Khattar, Pedro R. Peres-Neto
wiley   +1 more source

Non‐native species affect the long‐term dynamics of native stream fish assemblages

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
Characterizing the temporal changes of biotic communities and disentangling the importance of their driving mechanisms are central themes in ecology and environmental management. Non‐native species have multiple adverse impacts on native communities and species.
István Czeglédi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

General mechanisms for a top–down origin of the predator–prey power law

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
The ratio of predator‐to‐prey biomass density is not constant along ecological gradients: denser ecosystems tend to have fewer predators per prey, following a scaling relation known as the ‘predator–prey power law'. The origin of this surprisingly general pattern, particularly its connection with environmental factors and predator–prey dynamics, is ...
Onofrio Mazzarisi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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