Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.We tested the preference–performance hypothesis in the butterfly Aricia artaxerxes by comparing oviposition preference and larval growth on its two host plants Geranium sylvaticum and Geranium sanguineum in Uppland, Sweden. Females preferred G. sylvaticum despite slightly lower larval growth relative to G. sanguineum.
Vanda Larsson Åberg +3 more
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Taste Preferences Shape Disease Susceptibility via Heritable Nutrient Predispositions: A Behavior-Gene Coevolution Framework. [PDF]
Genes Brain BehavYan X, Zhang L, Shen Y, Song J, Li J.
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Trait‐Based Drivers of Host Specificity in Freshwater Mussel–Fish Parasitic Interactions
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.Freshwater mussels (Unionidae) rely on an obligate parasitic larval stage on fish hosts, yet their host specificity remains poorly understood in a broader ecological and evolutionary context. By integrating phylogenetic, life‐history, and host‐use data, we show that host phylogenetic specificity is conserved but varies systematically with mussel life ...
Irene Sánchez González +2 more
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Structural ontogeny of protein-protein interactions. [PDF]
ScienceYang A +12 more
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Reexamining Sexual and Species Recognition in Butterflies: The Partner‐Hazard Space Framework
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.Our review found no evidence that butterflies recognize the same sex or their own species. Behaviors previously interpreted as sexual or species recognition are indistinguishable from those interpreted as mate choice. Butterfly interactions can therefore be explained by assuming a sexual‐partner template that elicits mating behavior and a hazard ...
Tsuyoshi Takeuchi, Daisuke Muramatsu
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Experimental Coevolution Reveals That Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum PhcA Contributes to the Infection of Filamentous Phage RSCq. [PDF]
Mol Plant PatholLiang H +6 more
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Mutualism and Antagonism in a Post‐Extinction Hawaiian Bird–Lobelioid Pollination System
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.Species loss can restructure plant–pollinator interactions, but the functional consequences of altered interactions remain unclear. Using camera observations and experimental manipulations in Hawaiian lobelioids, we show that nectarivorous birds differ in whether visits result in pollen contact or nectar robbing, with robbing altering nectar dynamics ...
Samuel B. Case +9 more
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Community Complexity Does Not Weaken Pairwise Coevolution in a Soil Bacterial Community. [PDF]
Ecol LettErdos Z +4 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.Species with wind & insect pollination syndromes show distinct age structure patterns. Splitting insect pollination into different categories show constrasting age structure. Modern flowering seasons track paleotemperature signatures. ABSTRACT Across the planet, angiosperm diversification has been shaped by palaeoclimates and biotic interactions ...
Thomas Leclère +3 more
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Coevolution Dynamics of Beneficial and Pathogenic Microbes in Plant-Microbe Interactions. [PDF]
Biology (Basel)Adedayo AA, Olorunkosebi MT.
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