Results 161 to 170 of about 33,476 (200)

Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Insects in Nigeria: A GBIF‐Based Appraisal

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
Insect diversity in Nigeria is high, with 5880 species. Diversity differs between biomes. Current diversity represents ~21 of the estimated ‘true’ diversity. ABSTRACT Insects provide essential ecosystem services and are key indicators of ecosystem health.
Emelie Obi, Mikaelison da Silva Lima, Kelechi Amadi, Maduamaka C. Abajue   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Repeat-associated heterochromatin expansion in Acyclania tenebrosa, a noctuid with one of the largest lepidopteran genomes. [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Gasparotto AE, Ferretti ABS, Alves-Gomes RT, Soares FA, Orsetti A, Clarindo WR, Cabral-de-Mello DC.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Shifts in Southeastern Bat Communities Driven by Landscape Composition Rather Than Ecological Release

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, Sarah C. Williams, Catherine G. Haase   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal two novel entomopathogenic species of Hypocreales (Polycephalomycetaceae and Cordycipitaceae), from China. [PDF]

MycoKeys
Dong QY, Zeng NK, Zhou JN, Gao SY, Xu CD, Wang ZJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring the Quality of Historic DNA From Pinned Beetles

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
Dry‐preserved museum specimens offer valuable but degraded DNA for genomic studies, making extraction method choice crucial. We found that an oligo‐focused silica‐column protocol yielded higher‐quality short DNA fragments than standard silica or precipitation methods, and that specimen age mainly reduced fragment length and locus recovery, while DNA ...
Daniel Lukic, Malte Petersen, Jeel Patel, Rama S. Krovi, Dirk Ahrens, Roland Gerstmeier, Jonas Eberle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Floral Scents of Deceptive Arum maculatum L. (Araceae) Shape a Taxonomically Diverse Visitor Community of Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) That Affects Its Reproductive Success

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
We identified lesser dung fly (Sphaeroceridae) visitors of the deceptive Arum maculatum and asked, whether the communities of these flies vary geographically, are shaped by floral scents, and predict the reproductive success of this plant species. Our data revealed that sphaerocerid visitors of A. maculatum are taxonomically highly diverse (20 species,
Danae Laina, Eva Gfrerer‐Burgschwaiger, Jindřich Roháček, Sigrid Mulitzer, Marc Gibernau, Hans Peter Comes, Anja C. Hörger, Stefan Dötterl   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combining Time-Stamped Insect Sampling With eDNA-Metabarcoding of Guano to Reconstruct Community Interactions. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Hartke TR, Wittenhorst M, Koch M, Scherber C, Twietmeyer S, Bourlat SJ, Böhme M, Kirse A.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Signals of Paleotemperature in the Age Structure and Seasonal Distribution of Pollination Syndromes Across a Temperate Region

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
Species with wind & insect pollination syndromes show distinct age structure patterns. Splitting insect pollination into different categories show constrasting age structure. Modern flowering seasons track paleotemperature signatures. ABSTRACT Across the planet, angiosperm diversification has been shaped by palaeoclimates and biotic interactions ...
Thomas Leclère, Igor Bartish, Pille Gerhold, Andreas Prinzing   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Of Epistemes and Insects: How Drosophila and Butterflies Shape Our Understanding of Radiation Risk. [PDF]

J Hist Biol
Goldstein DM, Stawkowski ME.
europepmc   +1 more source

Food Availability Cannot Explain Dispersal and Settlement Decisions of a Grassland Bird

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
We test a commonly assumed explanation for animal movements—namely that food availability shapes where animals disperse to. Based on the results of four strong predictions, 3 years of data, and hundreds of individual birds, we show that food cannot explain breeding dispersal in this system, and we propose alternative explanations consistent with our ...
Emily J. Williams, Theo K. Michaels, W. Alice Boyle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source