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Trophic plasticity and novel predator-prey interaction between two introduced snakes in a Mediterranean island

Acta Herpetologica
We report the first documented case of interspecific ophiophagy by the naturalised false smooth snake (Macroprotodon mauritanicus), observed preying upon the introduced horseshoe whip snake (Hemorrhois hippocrepis) in Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain).
Enrique Pantoja, Samuel Pinya
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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Advances in causal discovery methods for ecological time series

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent advances in data collection technologies (e.g. automated sensor networks, satellite remote sensing, and high‐throughput sequencing) have greatly expanded the availability of ecological time series, enabling new opportunities for causal analyses in dynamic ecosystems.
Kenta Suzuki, Masato Yamamichi, Yutaka Osada, Masayuki Ushio, Kohei Nakajima, Hiroshi Masuya, Shohei Shimizu   +6 more
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Exploring interspecific interaction variability in microbiota: A review

Engineering Microbiology
Interspecific interactions are an important component and a strong selective force in microbial communities. Over the past few decades, there has been a growing awareness of the variability in microbial interactions, and various studies are already ...
Zhong Yu, Zhihao Gan, Ahmed Tawfik, Fangang Meng   +3 more
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On the importance of including both sexes in animal studies – insights from home‐cage monitoring

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A review of behavioural studies using home‐cage monitoring (HCM) systems revealed that over 61% of studies used only male subjects, with only 24% including both sexes, despite evidence of substantial behavioural differences between male and female animals. This bias could influence the outcomes of biomedical research.
Maša Čater, Adam Dušek, Aleksandra Bartelik, Silvia Mandillo, Elisabetta Golini, Mara Rigamonti, Rasneer Sonia Bains, Hamish Forrest, Marion Rivalan, Melissa Long, Anna Kiryk, Lars Lewejohann, Nuno Henrique Franco   +12 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
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Interspecific Associations of Dominant Tree Species at Different Structural Levels and Community Stability in the Habitat of Endangered Plant Hopea hainanensis Merr. & Chun

Plants
The endangered plant Hopea hainanensis serves as both an indicator and keystone species in tropical rainforests, and its survival status is influenced by the interspecific relationships among coexisting tree species within the community. To explore these
Shaocui He, Donghai Li, Xiaobo Yang, Dongling Qi, Naiyan Shang, Caiqun Liang, Rentong Liu, Chunyan Du, Hao Ding, Binglin Ye   +9 more
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Dynamics of biotic resistance to plant invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biotic resistance, the reduction in invasion success caused by native communities, plays an important role in the long‐term dynamics of biological invasions. A large body of empirical research on biotic resistance has accumulated since the last comprehensive review on the subject 20 years ago, enabling us to achieve a refined understanding of ...
Christine S. Sheppard, Joshua I. Brian, Wayne Dawson, Petr Dostál, Franz Essl, Michal Gruntman, Tina Heger, Mark van Kleunen, Mialy Razanajatovo, Lena C. Reimann, Frank M. Schurr, Montserrat Vilà, Florencia A. Yannelli, Marina Golivets   +13 more
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Games on Cellular Spaces: How Mobility Affects Equilibrium [PDF]

In this work we propose a new model for spatial games. We present a definition of mobility in terms of the satisfaction an agent has with its spatial location. Agents compete for space through a non-cooperative game by using mixed strategies.
Pedro Ribeiro de Andrade, Antonio Miguel Vieira Monteiro, Sandra Sandri, Gilberto C�mara   +3 more
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Partners or passengers? Revisiting the association between diatoms and aquatic animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Numerous studies have revealed the importance of research on the communities capable of colonizing animal surfaces (epibionts) and the animals on which they live (basibionts). Very few studies have considered epizoic diatoms, and there are gaps and biases in our knowledge, including the choice of basibionts, the methods used, and the habitats ...
Gianluca Vacca, Elisa Falasco, Francesca Bona   +2 more
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