An integrative approach to infer systematic relationships and define species groups in the shrub frog genus Raorchestes, with description of five new species from the Western Ghats, India [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 The genus Raorchestes is a large radiation of Old World tree frogs for which the Western Ghats in Peninsular India is the major center for origin and diversification. Extensive studies on this group during the past two decades have resolved long-standing
Sonali Garg +4 more
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Factors shaping the gut microbiome of five species of lizards from different habitats [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background Host-gut microbiota interactions are complex and can have a profound impact on the ecology and evolution of both counterparts. Several host traits such as systematics, diet and social behavior, and external factors such as prey availability ...
Diana S. Vasconcelos +4 more
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A unique mating strategy without physical contact during fertilization in Bombay Night Frogs (Nyctibatrachus humayuni) with the description of a new form of amplexus and female call [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Anurans show the highest diversity in reproductive modes of all vertebrate taxa, with a variety of associated breeding behaviours. One striking feature of anuran reproduction is amplexus.
Bert Willaert +5 more
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A Decade of Publication of the First Peer-reviewed Scientifi c Journal in Mongolia – Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences [PDF]
Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2012 Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences was founded in 2003 and has been continuously published, with main mission to promote the development of biology, and communication among biologists in Mongolia and around the world. MJBS
Badamdorj Bayartogtokh
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Nature Communications, 2022 The relationships that control seed production in trees are key to understand evolutionary pressures that have shaped forests. A global synthesis of fecundity data reveals that while seed production is not constrained by a strict size-number trade-off ...
Tong Qiu +102 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Nutritional geometry has advanced our understanding of how macronutrients (e.g., proteins and carbohydrates) influence the expression of life history traits and their corresponding trade‐offs.
Kristin R. Duffield +6 more
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Generalist Pollen-Feeding Beetles during the Mid-Cretaceous
iScience, 2020 Summary: The Cretaceous fossil record of amber provides a variety of evidence that is essential for greater understanding of early pollination strategies. Here, we describe four pieces of ca.
David Peris +5 more
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, 1995 Number of Pages: 4Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Beaman, Kent R. +2 more
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Frontiers in Zoology, 2018 Background Immature stages of many animals can forage and feed on their own, whereas others depend on their parents’ assistance to obtain or process food. But how does such dependency evolve, and which offspring and parental traits are involved?
Alexandra Capodeanu-Nägler +6 more
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A new species, Lasioglossum (Eickwortia) hienae, from Mexico (Apoidea: Halictidae) [PDF]
, 2013 A new species from Colima, Mexico, Lasioglossum (Eickwortia) hienae Gibbs & Dumesh, new species, is described and illustrated. Lasioglossum hienae is distinguished from related species based on a combination of morphological, geographical, and ...
Dumesh, Sheila, Gibbs, Jason
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