Spatial‐Scale Evolutionary Bias Sheds Light on the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.Using Escherichia coli as a model species, our experimental findings reveal that populations in high‐fitness‐gain geographic regions undergo rapid expansion, competitively excluding populations from low‐fitness‐gain regions. This results in adaptive evolution that is biased toward areas with higher fitness potential.
Haoyuan Wu, Donghui Xu, Yonghua Wu
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Social fish have larger brains and greater relative telencephalon sizes: support for the social brain hypothesis from wild, intraspecific comparisons. [PDF]
Proc Biol SciMa B +6 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.Using 25 years of capture data from Fort Campbell Military Installation, we evaluated whether white‐nose syndrome (WNS)‐driven declines in susceptible bats were followed by increases in non‐susceptible species (ecological release) versus shifts driven by land use change, at the installation and site specific spatial scales.
Dakota J. Van Parys +2 more
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Divergent Egg-Rejection Strategies Between Laying and Incubation Periods in the Green-Backed Tit (<i>Parus monticolus</i>). [PDF]
Ecol EvolYe P, Yang C.
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A Lizard Predation Experiment Demonstrates Batesian Ant Mimicry in Camponotus lateralis
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.Adaptiveness of ant mimicry was tested in an experimental terrarium with eight glass bowls with three ants each using lizards as real predators (dotted lines show holes; full lines show barriers). Bowls 1, 2, 7, and 8 were stocked with inaccurate and accurate mimics, Bowls 3–6 with the model.
Herbert C. Wagner +3 more
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Intraspecific higher order interactions enhance ecological community stability. [PDF]
Sci RepMougi A.
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.The reproductive biology of the yellowfin snapper Lutjanus xanthopinnis, recently identified as a new species, was first examined across all seasons in the southwestern South China Sea. Spawning in both female and male L. xanthopinnis was observed over the years.
Takaomi Arai +2 more
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How can life-history traits influence dispersal ability? A commentary on 'Intraspecific variation in seed dispersal between annual and perennial populations'. [PDF]
Ann BotCiarle R, Burns KC.
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Natrix natrix (Grass Snake) Intraspecific predation
Herpetological Bulletin, 2002 de Wijer, P., Janssen, I.
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Urbanization Drives Patterns of Individual Specialization but Not Dietary Diversity Among Coyotes
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.Niche partitioning and resource specialization can lead to spatial heterogeneity in trophic dynamics, but little is known about how these dynamics may change across landscapes of varying complexity. Urban ecosystems are characterized by a wider array of both natural and anthropogenic food sources, which can increase predator densities compared to ...
Samantha Erin Sophia Kreling +6 more
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