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Out of the fire and into the frying pan: Hostile post‐fire thermal conditions reduce activity windows for reptiles

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Climate change and intensified fire regimes are reshaping ecosystems globally. Reptiles, as ectotherms, rely on microhabitat shelters to buffer against thermal extremes, yet the capacity of these shelters to persist or function following fire remains poorly understood ...
Max Tibby, Heather Neilly, Karl Vernes, Eric Nordberg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drought and soil macrofauna functional diversity effects on Mediterranean tree growth in an Ecotron ecosystem experiment

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The intensity, frequency and severity of drought events are projected to increase in the Mediterranean region under ongoing climate change. This may impact plant growth and survival in Mediterranean forests leading to altered ecosystem dynamics. The functional diversity
Justine Laoué, Alexandru Milcu, Johanne Nahmani, Sandra Barantal, Sylvain Coq, Nathalie Fromin, Emmanuel S. Gritti, Lenka Kovácsová, Stephan Hättenschwiler   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rising temperature non‐additively alters how different dimensions of biodiversity affect ecosystem‐scale processes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
The authors distil how dimensions of biodiversity drive ecosystem processes with increasing temperature. Specifically, species physiology more greatly affected ecosystem primary production than did foraging behaviour, and physiology mediated non‐additive interactions with temperature.
Sean Pierce Richards, Maximilian H. K. Hesselbarth, Jacob Edward Allgeier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contextually conspicuous species are more likely to be venomous: Habitat‐dependent aposematic colouration found throughout snakes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Conspicuous colouration signals venomous nature throughout snakes. Abstract Many animals use conspicuous colours to advertise their unprofitability to potential predators, a phenomenon known as aposematism. For example, conspicuous banded patterns in snakes are often highlighted as aposematic signalling of their venomous nature.
Amy Duclaux, Michel Dugon, Kevin Healy
wiley   +1 more source

Night application of insecticides to burrower bug control in peanuts

, 2020
The burrower bug, Cyrtomenus mirabilis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) has been shown to be an important soil pest in the peanut crop in Brazil by damage caused. Laboratory studies have shown that some insecticides are efficient for control. However, the form of application can have great interference in its effectiveness. Thus, the objective was to evaluate the
Rincão, Rodolfo de Oliveira, Pivaro, Rodolfo da Silveira, Xavier , Alessandro Martins, Ferraz, Maycon, Domene , Renan Agostinho, Michelotto, Marcos Doniseti   +5 more
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Why don't all birds lay early? Causes and consequences of breeding timing for a long‐lived migratory seabird

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Why don't all birds lay early? Our 16‐year study of Manx shearwater behaviour shows that selection on breeding timing fluctuates among years. We also find that lay dates are influenced by persistent individual differences, variation in non‐breeding duration, and pair synchrony, potentially constraining breeding phenological advancement under ongoing ...
Katrina Siddiqi‐Davies, Natasha Gillies, Hector Bailey, Sarah Bond, Annette Fayet, Holly Kirk, Lewis Lancaster‐Reeves, Joe Morford, Oliver Padget, Akiko Shoji, Martyna Syposz, Joe Wynn, Tim Guilford   +12 more
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Injured mother bugs compensate for reduced provisioning ability by increasing trophic egg production.

Biology Letters
In the burrower bug Adomerus triguttulus, females exhibit parental care, including provisioning of trophic eggs and nutlets of Lamium spp. Trophic eggs are deposited on egg clutches during egg care and are consumed by nymphs soon after hatching.
Hiromi Mukai, M. Hironaka, Narumi Baba, S. Kudo   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Playing with fire: Wolf response to active wildfires, fire fronts and smoke

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study is one of the first, to our knowledge, to explicitly examine fine‐scale behavioural responses of a large carnivore to actively burning wildfires, fire fronts and smoke. The study found that wolves balanced the potential risks and benefits associated with wildfires, with implications for predator–prey dynamics in fire‐prone regions.
Skylar Boucher, Katherine Wolfenden, Michael Bridger, Jesse Tigner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disentangling Multitrophic Interactions: How Vegetation Cover, Wild Boar, Deer, and Predators Shape Rodents Activity and Acorn Dispersal

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Vegetation cover promotes rodent activity and acorn dispersal, while wild boars exert a direct negative effect on mice. Conversely, deer and predators displayed no significant impact on rodent behavior. These results identify wild boars as the main disruptors of rodent‐mediated forest regeneration.
David Notario Rincón, Alberto Muñoz, Rafael Barrientos, Álvaro Gaytán, Lucía Cano, Pablo Quiles, Luis Sánchez, Alejandro Redondo, Alexander Cisneros, Raúl Bonal   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A New Burrower Bug (Heteroptera: Cydnidae) from the Paleocene/Eocene of Tennessee

, 1986
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Schaefer, Carl W. (Carl Walter), Crepet, William L.   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources