Divergent trajectories of genome architecture and chromosome evolution in ferns and angiosperms
New Phytologist, Volume 252, Issue 1, Page 427-442, October 2026.Variation in key fern genomic traits across families, mapped onto a summary phylogenetic tree. Summary Ferns and angiosperms represent the two largest vascular plant lineages but exhibit striking genomic and ecological contrasts. We investigated whether differences in genome size, chromosome architecture, GC content, and stomatal traits reveal ...
Petr Bureš +14 more
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Tradeoffs Among Predator Control, Moose Harvests, and Trophy Antlers: Principles Pertinent to Managing Alaska's Wildlife. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Bowyer RT, Miller SD, Person DK.
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T(w)o Patch or Not T(w)o Patch: A Novel Biocontrol Model
Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, Volume 49, Issue 13, Page 14697-14743, 15 September 2026.ABSTRACT A number of top‐down biocontrol models have been proposed where the introduced predators' efficacy is enhanced via the provision of additional food (AF). However, if the predator has a pest‐dependent monotone functional response, pest extinction is unattainable. In the current manuscript, we propose a model where a predator with pest‐dependent
Urvashi Verma +2 more
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Effects of Alternative Prey Density on Cannibalism in Adult Female <i>Neoseiulus californicus</i>. [PDF]
Ecol EvolZhang FX +4 more
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Ecological Applications, Volume 36, Issue 6, September 2026.Abstract Global species observations from community science platforms offer an unprecedented opportunity to analyze large‐scale patterns of biodiversity. This holds great promise for developing data‐driven metrics to measure species' responses to landscape‐level environmental changes, essential for ameliorating the ongoing biodiversity crisis.
Joscha Beninde
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Mechanical traumatic injuries as a cause of death in free-ranging neotropical non-human primates living in anthropogenic matrices. [PDF]
PrimatesBarros RM +7 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.We investigated ontogenetic variation in diet composition of the Amur softshell turtle (Pelodiscus maackii) from a temperate large‐river system using stomach content analyses of field‐collected individuals. Dietary composition differed markedly across body‐size classes, indicating pronounced ontogenetic trophic differentiation and shifts in resource ...
Xiaochen Hou
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Habitat Selection and Heterospecific Flocking Associations of a Single Male Scaly-Sided Merganser (<i>Mergus squamatus</i>) over Three Winter Seasons in Northern China. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Zhao Y +5 more
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Loners Have It: Insights on Breeding and Non‐Breeding Individuals of Sloth Bears in Central India
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.Dynamics of breeding biology, such as intraspecific sexual segregation, indicate avoidance of infanticide and/or reduced resource competition, which are reported for some bear species but are lacking for Sloth bears (Melursus ursinus). We found that mother bears with cubs segregate themselves from lone adults spatio‐temporally by avoiding resource‐rich
Sankarshan Chaudhuri +2 more
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Trans-Generational Morphological Trait Plasticity in Parthenogenetic Offspring of Two <i>Brachionus dorcas</i> Morphotypes Induced by <i>Asplanchna</i> Kairomones. [PDF]
Ecol EvolGe Y +6 more
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