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An Overlooked Habitat‐Dependent Link Between Metabolism and Water Loss in Reptiles

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We measured the gas exchange of six lizard and six snake species, under high and low air humidity, and two intriguing patterns emerged. First, although desert species lose less water via evaporation than similar‐sized mesic species under similar conditions, water loss is virtually the same when each is exposed to its natural conditions.
Shahar Dubiner, Shai Meiri, Eran Levin
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogenetic and Morphological Analysis of Wing Base Articulation in Vespidae (Hymenoptera): A Cladistic Approach. [PDF]

Insects
Ullah H, Huang X, Zhang Y, Li J, Zhu D, Yang C, Hua Y, Xing LX, Tan J.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unravelling Evolutionary Dynamics of Female Sexual Cannibalism and Male Reproductive Strategies in Spiders

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Sexual cannibalism (SC), where one mating partner consumes the other in the context of mating, is especially prevalent among spiders. However, the evolution of SC in spiders is still not fully understood. We review key hypotheses for SC and explore how female‐initiated SC has driven the evolution of various male counter‐adaptations to mitigate its ...
Simona Kralj‐Fišer, Franco Cargnelutti, Daiqin Li, Matjaž Kuntner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A nature‐positive world is more than the sum of its parts

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Adoption of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM‐GBF) has led to further growth in attention being directed to the challenge of bending the curve of biodiversity loss to achieve a nature‐positive world. However, concerns have been raised that, unless progress towards achieving net gain in biodiversity can be measured ...
Simon Ferrier
wiley   +1 more source

From Surfaces to Spillover: Environmental Persistence and Indirect Transmission of Influenza A(H3N8) Virus. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Jin Y, Cui H, Jiang L, Li L, Zheng J, Zhang Y, Wang H, Li Y, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Zhang C, Yang Z, Zhang Y, Wang Z.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Generalized graphical mixed models connect ecological theory with widely used statistical models

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecological dynamics are often analysed across multiple sites, times, and variables. Ecologists typically represent interactions across space, time, and variables using generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs), generalized additive models (GAM), and structural equation models (SEM).
James T. Thorson
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Environmental Drivers Override Host Phylogeny in a Locoweed-Endophyte Symbiosis. [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel)
Zhang YY, Wang TT, Li YZ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Relationships Between European Wildcats and Domestic Cats in an Area of Sympatry: Exploring Key Conservation Questions on Hybridization and Disease Transmission

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
We have found evidence of behavioural barriers for both hybridization and disease transmission between European wildcats and domestic cats. This includes hierarchical interspecies exclusion enforced by wildcats, as well as sexual selection exerted by wildcat females.
Jose María Gil‐Sánchez, Elena Bertos, Mariola Sánchez‐Cerdá, Emilio Virgós, Marcos Moleón   +4 more
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Comparative anatomy of the thoracic muscles of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). [PDF]

PeerJ
Meira OM, Almeida EAB.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Embryonic Development of the Cotylean Polyclad Phrikoceros jannetae

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Polyclads exhibit distinct developmental modes ranging from direct to indirect development, with several transitional stages also recognised. The existence of an indirect developmental mode in polyclads with a planktonic life history stage in the form of a free‐swimming larva is unique among all free‐living flatworms and makes polyclads a ...
Mehrez Gammoudi, Bernhard Egger, Isabel L. Dittmann, Verónica N. Bulnes, Pavel Tomancak, Abdel Halim Harrath, Johannes Girstmair   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source