Critical constraints to ecological buffering in a rapidly changing Arctic: A long‐term seabird study
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Drawing on two decades of research in East Greenland, this study shows that little auks, key seabird indicators of Arctic ecosystem health, can adapt to rapid environmental change through behavioural flexibility. However, increasing storms and mercury pollution are pushing resilience to its limits, providing an early warning of broader Arctic ...
David Grémillet +3 more
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Playing with fire: Wolf response to active wildfires, fire fronts and smoke
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.This study is one of the first, to our knowledge, to explicitly examine fine‐scale behavioural responses of a large carnivore to actively burning wildfires, fire fronts and smoke. The study found that wolves balanced the potential risks and benefits associated with wildfires, with implications for predator–prey dynamics in fire‐prone regions.
Skylar Boucher +3 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.This study identified a specific sequence of an extended drought followed by exceptional rainfall as a necessary precursor for mouse plagues in southeastern Australia. Long‐term rainfall anomalies interact with ecological processes to reset population dynamics, creating conditions that support rapid mouse population growth following periods of ...
Peter R. Brown
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Photosynthetic performance of photobionts under intense visible and UV-A radiation in lichens with light-absorbing or light-reflecting fungal pigments. [PDF]
Photosynth ResOsyczka P +2 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.This study provides novel insights into the biogeographic patterns of the Sichuan golden snub‐nosed monkey, particularly in terms of habitat suitability and spatial‐use strategies. We found that habitat suitability has expanded over the past decade, with substantial shifts in the environmental factors influencing habitat suitability, from terrain and ...
Xueyu Wang +9 more
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Amplicon sequencing reveals host-associated lineages of <i>Cystobasidiomycetes</i> (<i>Basidiomycota</i>, <i>Pucciniomycotina</i>) in <i>Arthoniales</i> (<i>Ascomycota</i>, <i>Arthoniomycetes</i>), but no association with thallus architecture. [PDF]
IMA FungusBorgato L +4 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.A total of 435 non‐redundant metagenome‐assembled genomes (MAGs) were obtained from fecal samples of Taihangshan macaque across all four seasons. The alpha diversity of the gut microbiome in spring and winter was significantly higher than in summer and autumn. Furthermore, marked differences were detected in functional pathways and carbohydrate enzymes
Yanyan Zhou +6 more
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Atranorin Fluorescence: A Possible Photoprotective Role in Lichen Defense Against UV and Blue-Violet Radiation. [PDF]
J Fungi (Basel)Prokopiev IA +5 more
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Environmental Drivers of Geographic Isolation in Three Pika Species in Northeast Asia
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Using bias‐corrected species distribution models, we found that geographic isolation among three northeastern Asian pika species (Ochotona coreana, Ochotona mantchurica, and Ochotona hyperborea) reflects both divergent environmental preferences and potential competitive interactions. O.
Yuxi Peng +11 more
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