A combination of environmental and landscape variables drives movement and habitat use in two Anaxyrus toads. [PDF]
Mov EcolFerentinos AM +3 more
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An Overlooked Habitat‐Dependent Link Between Metabolism and Water Loss in Reptiles
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We measured the gas exchange of six lizard and six snake species, under high and low air humidity, and two intriguing patterns emerged. First, although desert species lose less water via evaporation than similar‐sized mesic species under similar conditions, water loss is virtually the same when each is exposed to its natural conditions.
Shahar Dubiner, Shai Meiri, Eran Levin
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Habitat factors and traits shape plant-pollinator interactions in a semi-arid landscape. [PDF]
BMC Ecol EvolMichael D, Joshi K, Krishna S.
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Soil drought imposes moderate, temporary costs on a strictly fossorial amphisbaenian reptile. However, these animals seem to cope with, at least, moderately short droughts thanks to their peculiar adaptations to living in an underground environment. ABSTRACT The physiological traits of animals can be strongly influenced by climatic fluctuations, and ...
José Martín +5 more
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Bat Colony and Cave Zone Shape Arthropod Assemblages in Levantine Caves. [PDF]
InsectsGanem Z +3 more
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Hox Gene Variation Drives Morphological Specialization of Humpback Grouper Cromileptes altivelis
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Cromileptes altivelis exhibits a distinctive “sunken head and humpback” morphology, formed through cranial remodeling. Genetic analyses identified unique amino acid variants in Hoxa7a and Hoxa10b, with functional tests confirming their role in enhancing osteoblast activity and driving cranial remodeling.
Xiaoying Cao +4 more
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Unraveling the Influence of Elevation on Moss Species-Area Relationships and the Effect of Spatial Scale on Elevational Richness Patterns in Mt Wutai With a Nested-Plot Sampling Design. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWang H +7 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Research on mosquito feeding preferences and the malaria parasites they transmit is essential for understanding the interactions between hosts, vectors, and parasites. In this study, vertebrate hosts were identified in 72 mosquitoes. Most blood meals (58.7%) came from birds, representing 25 species, while 40.0% came from mammals (13 species), and 1.3 ...
Qin Zhang +8 more
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Amplicon sequencing of anaerobic digester microbial communities following <i>Caldicellulosiruptor bescii</i> pretreatment of wastewater substrates. [PDF]
Microbiol Resour AnnouncNipko MA, Aanderud ZT.
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Extreme Silk Toughness in Caerostris Spiders Is Limited to Adult Females
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We ask whether species with exceptionally tough silk, like Caerostris bark spiders, show different developmental patterns in silk toughness between ontogenetic stages and sexes. We found that only large females produce exceptionally tough silk with higher initial stiffness, while juvenile females as well as adult and juvenile males produce inferior ...
Matjaž Gregorič +4 more
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