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Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón, José A. Sánchez‐Zapata, Travis L. DeVault, Wayne M. Getz, Zebensui Morales‐Reyes, Daniel Redondo‐Gómez, Lara Naves‐Alegre, Solange A. Batista‐Nunes, Esther Sebastián‐González, Juan M. Pérez‐García, Kelly A. Waters, Thijs van Overveld, Craig Smith, Nuria Selva, Thomas A. Schlacher, Graeme Ruxton, Jesús Rodríguez, Martina‐M. Quaggiotto, Paula L. Perrig, Norman Owen‐Smith, Thomas M. Newsome, Isabel Navas, Yoshihiro Nakashima, Ana Mateos, Carlos Martínez‐Carrasco, Daniel Martín‐Vega, Berta Martín‐López, Antoni Margalida, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Adam Kane, Kevin Healy, Akane Hashizume, Antonio J. García‐Fernández, José A. Donázar, M. Eric Benbow, James C. Beasley, Philip S. Barton, Kathleen A. Alexander, Eneko Arrondo   +38 more
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Climate‐driven resource availability drives medium‐ and broad‐scale temporal changes in owl–prey interactions over 24 years in a semi‐arid ecosystem

Ecography, EarlyView.
Predator–prey interactions are vital to ecosystem functioning but may be disrupted by climate change. We investigated a food‐web network involving three owl species over 24 years in a semi‐arid ecosystem at Bosque Fray Jorge National Park, Chile.
Jazmin M. Quiroz‐Calizaya, Adriana Lozada, Douglas A. Kelt, Alejandra J. Troncoso, Peter L. Meserve, M. Andrea Previtali, W. Bryan Milstead, Julio R. Gutiérrez, Craig Weideman, Nicolas Gouin, Tyler R. Kartzinel, Karin Maldonado, Angéline Bertin   +12 more
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Occurrence and distribution of Perichaena (Trichiaceae, Myxomycetes) in the Brazilian Northeastern Region

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2016
The known distribution of Perichaena calongei, P. chrysosperma, P. corticalis, P. depressa, P. microspora, P. pedata and P. vermicularis in the nine states that comprise Brazil's Northeast Region (1,548,672 km2) is presented herein, enhancing our ...
Laise de Holanda Cavalcanti, Andrea Carla Caldas Bezerra, David Itallo Barbosa, Leandro de Almeida Neves Nepomuceno Agra, Nestor Valente Powell, Vitor Xavier de Lima, Antônia Aurelice Aurélio Costa   +6 more
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Disentangling controls on animal abundance: Prey availability, thermal habitat, and microhabitat structure

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
The question of what controls animal abundance has always been fundamental to ecology, but given rapid environmental change, understanding the drivers and mechanisms governing abundance is more important than ever. Here, we determine how multidimensional
Emma A. Higgins, Doreen S. Boyd, Tom W. Brown, Sarah C. Owen, Adam C. Algar   +4 more
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Global distribution of avian plumage coloration and patterning: the relative influence of climate, ecology, and sexual selection

Ecography, EarlyView.
Animal coloration exhibits substantial biogeographic variation, reflecting complex adaptations to both abiotic and biotic environments. Although the evolutionary mechanisms underlying avian plumage coloration have been widely studied, geographic variation in plumage patterning has received far less attention.
Yuqing Han, Ying Zeng, Tien Ming Lee, Long Wang, Chen Zeng, Pengfei Fan, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Weini Huang, Yang Liu   +8 more
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Macroevolution of arboreality in salamanders

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Evolutionary theory predicts that selection in distinct microhabitats generates correlations between morphological and ecological traits, and may increase both phenotypic and taxonomic diversity.
Erica K. Baken, Dean C. Adams
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The gut microbiome organ

iMeta, EarlyView.
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, Weibin Song, Maria Glymenaki, Jie Hu, Xiru Li, Heng Huang, Yousong Peng, Shuaishuai Ni, Ornuma Haonon, Zhu Liu, Krai Daowtak, Xiaotao Shen, Huadong Peng, Jutarop Phetcharaburanin, Huiru Tang, Yulan Wang, Jia V. Li, Mizu Jiang, Nick Powell, Victor W. Zhong, Elaine Holmes, Yunlei Xianyu, Zhigang Liu   +22 more
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Highly compartmentalized microbiomes in blueberry microhabitats

Frontiers in Microbiology
Introduction Blueberries are considered a superfood because of their rich content of vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber, supporting multiple health benefits. Plants host complex microbiomes that play crucial roles in resistance to pathogens, productivity, and stress tolerance.
Giese, M., Stefani, E., Larger, S., Pindo, M., Farneti, B., Ajelli, M., Cattani, M., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Coleine, C., Donati, C.   +9 more
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The plant microbiome: From ecological foundations to precision microbial engineering for sustainable agriculture

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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, Tengxiang Lian, Liying Chen, Lanxiang Wang, Junjie Ye, Xiaofang Yao, Shilong Duan, Ziyu Lu, Jinji Tu, Hongfu Li, Xin‐Yue Xu, Jie Zhou, Junliang He, Feiying Zhu, Paola Bonfante, Lam‐Son Phan Tran, Zhiqiang Pang, Xin Zhou, Zhihui Xu, Lin Zhang, Mengcen Wang, Xiaolin Wang, Chang‐Fu Tian, Yong‐Xin Liu, Kai Sun, Ertao Wang, Xianan Xie   +26 more
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Macrobenthic Assemblages and the Influence of Microhabitat in a High-Mountain Lake (Northwest Italy)

Diversity
High-mountain lakes are freshwater ecosystems situated above the tree line which are known for their remote locations and limited accessibility. These ecosystems host simplified biotic communities primarily concentrated in the littoral zone and dominated
Alice Gabetti, Alessandra Maganza, Camilla Mossotto, Barbara Rizzioli, Giuseppe Esposito, Marco Bertoli, Elisabetta Pizzul, Elena Bozzetta, Marino Prearo, Paolo Pastorino   +9 more
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