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Who Is Paying the Extinction Debt? Phylogenetic and Functional Structuring on Greek Islands Is Shaped by Sea‐Level Rise Since the Last Glacial Maximum

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.
Since the Last Glacial Maximum, sea‐level rise has isolated, fragmented, and shrunk islands, supersaturating squamate communities and triggering ongoing community relaxation. Integrating a paleo‐coastline model with community data from 163 islands, we show that phylogenetic overdispersion dominates insular squamate communities and increases with island
Nathan M. Michielsen, Cyril Hammoud, Johannes Foufopoulos, Kostas Kougioumoutzis, Amandine Vidal‐Hosteng, E. Emiel van Loon, Johannes de Groeve, Kenneth F. Rijsdijk   +7 more
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No evidence for Bergmann's rule in Otodus megalodon

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 4, July/August 2026.
Abstract It has been proposed that Otodus megalodon exhibits a Bergmann‐like size pattern, with individuals growing larger in cooler waters, an interpretation used to challenge the existence of fossil nursery assemblages. Here, we reanalyse the dataset used to support this claim, restricting analyses to upper anterior teeth to control for dental ...
Humberto G. Ferrón, Jose L. Herraiz, Carlos Martínez‐Pérez, Héctor Botella, Joan Ribé   +4 more
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Asymmetric niche partitioning in large omnivores in response to anthropogenic disturbances within subarctic ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 95, Issue 7, Page 1220-1234, July 2026.
Anthropogenic disturbances associated with mineral extraction influenced space use and activity patterns in grizzly bears, and to a much lesser extent in black bears, in a subarctic ecosystem, signalling an asymmetric response. Abstract Niche partitioning is an evolutionary process that allows the coexistence of multiple species in a landscape. However,
Ludovick Brown, Chrystal Mantyka‐Pringle, Joël Potié, Pascale Savage, Megan Hornseth, Jason T. Fisher   +5 more
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Complete elliptic Fourier descriptor normalization and its application in quantitative morphological analysis

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 7, Page 2123-2134, July 2026.
Abstract Elliptic Fourier analysis (EFA) is often employed in geometric morphometrics (GM), but the normalization of elliptic Fourier descriptor (EFD) has persistently posed challenges for obtaining unique and comparable results, especially in the application of outline‐based GM methods, which limits the implementation in automated analysis of numerous,
Hui Wu, Jia‐Jie Yang, Ping Wu, Chao‐Qun Li, Jin‐Hua Ran, Ren‐Hua Peng, Xiao‐Quan Wang   +6 more
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Corrigendum to "Paralysis efficiency (PD₅₀) scales linearly with lethality (LD₅₀) in spider venoms" [Toxicon: X. Volume 30 (2026). 100256]. [PDF]

Toxicon X
Keith Lyons, Leonard D, McSharry L, Martindale M, Collier BL, Vitkauskaite A, Dunbar JP, Dugon MM, Healy K.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Chironomids as Indicators of Biodiversity and Isolation Patterns in a Balkan Karst Biodiversity Hotspot

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 32, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Our research aimed to assess the beta diversity of Chironomidae (Diptera) and faunal connections across springs, streams, and rivers within the Skadar Lake basin, a Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot, using DNA barcoding. Location Skadar Lake basin—a Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot. Methods We analysed mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase
Piotr Gadawski, Tomasz Rewicz, Robert Sobczyk, Vladimir Pešić, Tomasz Mamos, Jayme E. Sones, Evgeny Zakharov, Paul D. N. Hebert, Michał Grabowski   +8 more
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The macroecological dynamics of sojourn trajectories in the human gut microbiome. [PDF]

mSystems
Shoemaker WR, Grilli J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Reply to: Beyond carbon sequestration: The critical oversight of emission avoidance in restoration of wetland ecosystems. [PDF]

Environ Sci Ecotechnol
Tölgyesi C, Csikós N, Temperton VM, Buisson E, Silveira FAO, Lehmann CER, Török P, Bátori Z, Bede-Fazekas Á.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Determinants of Soil Microarthropod Community Biodiversity in the Svalbard High Arctic: Locality or Vegetation Community? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Seniczak S, Seniczak A, Kaczmarek S, Iturrondobeitia JC, Marquardt T, Coulson SJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Diversity Regulation in Local Communities: Colonization and Extinction Dynamics in North American Birds

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 35, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Species richness of local communities may be regulated via negative diversity dependence of colonization or positive diversity dependence of extinction rate. We explore whether and how bird communities are regulated and what determines extinction and colonization rates across communities.
Eliška Bohdalková, David Storch
wiley   +1 more source