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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 +7 more
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Cultivable marine fungi from the Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard and their antibacterial activity. [PDF]
Mycology, 2019 Hagestad OC +4 more
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Assessing Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes Through Drone‐Based Environmental DNA Sampling
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.We developed a drone‐based environmental DNA (eDNA) swabbing method to assess hexapod diversity in agricultural fields under three management types (conventional, organic, and IP‐Suisse), detecting 75 taxa across 19 families. eDNA replicates showed consistent within‐field results, though no significant differences in diversity were found between ...
Camille Albouy +12 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.We synthesized 360 studies on environmental heterogeneity (EH) across taxa, regions, and disciplines. Only 10% of studies explicitly defined EH, and definitions were predominantly descriptive. We identify four operational interpretations of EH and propose a Research Roadmap linking EH metrics to five mechanistic hypotheses with testable predictions ...
Iván Hérnandez‐Chávez +3 more
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Effects of Long‐Term Thinning on Soil Nematode Communities in Pinus taiwanensis Plantations
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.Moderate thinning (20% tree removal) optimizes soil resource distribution and boosts soil nematode community diversity and stability in Pinus taiwanensis plantations. Fungivorous and omnivorous‐predatory nematodes are enriched under moderate thinning, indicating trophic cascading effects in soil food webs. Moderate thinning drives nematode life‐history
Ruohan Wang +6 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.Predators are important regulators of grassland biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, but their top‐down effects on detrital food webs under global change remain poorly understood. Using a field mesocosm experiment in a temperate grassland, we show that drought and nitrogen addition independently altered the effects of wolf spiders on soil fauna and ...
Bingchuan Zhang +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.This study explored microbially mediated seed defense in fig (Ficus) species through inoculation experiments. We show that priority effects from endophytic fungi contribute to increased seed survival in the presence of fungal pathogens. ABSTRACT Soil‐borne fungal pathogens are known to be major causes of seed mortality in tropical forests; however, not
Sumashini Sundararajan +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.Ephemeral salt lakes in arid Australia contain hidden macroinvertebrate biodiversity in sediment egg banks, but traditional artificial rehydration surveys may miss taxa with specific or poorly understood hatching requirements. This study found that sugar‐flotation followed by DNA metabarcoding greatly improved detection of resting‐stage taxa compared ...
Angus D'Arcy Lawrie +10 more
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iMeta, Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2026.The gut microbiome can be conceptualized as a distributed organ‐like functional system with spatially structured organization, broad biochemical capacity, and continuous bidirectional communication with the host. By transforming dietary, host‐derived, and environmental substrates into bioactive metabolites with endocrine‐like, immunomodulatory, and ...
Yang Bi +22 more
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iMeta, Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2026.From ecological principles to precision engineering of plant microbiomes for sustainable agriculture. The plant holobiont integrates diverse microbial niches (including rhizosphere, endosphere, phyllosphere, seed, and aerial‐root mucilagesphere), host genetics (namely M genes), and host metabolites. Furthermore, molecular dialogues, including rhizobial
Mi Wei +26 more
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