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Wildfire strengthens the relationship between soil biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality in subtropical forests

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 1415-1427, May 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Wildfires are disrupting and regenerating forces in nature that affect all ecosystem components. However, the impact of wildfires on soil multitrophic biodiversity and the resulting consequences for ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) remain poorly understood.
Juan Zhou   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

DIY: A Practical Field‐to‐Sequencer Workflow for Metabarcoding the Diet of Terrestrial Carnivore Species

open access: yesMolecular Ecology Resources, Volume 26, Issue 4, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Metabarcoding of faecal samples is a powerful, non‐invasive approach for investigating the feeding ecology of carnivores, revealing prey diversity and unexpected dietary components with greater resolution than traditional methods. However, the approach remains technically demanding, as challenges and potential biases arise at every stage, from
Francisca A. S. Virtuoso   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The value of regeneration for insect fauna associated with leaf litter in the Brazilian savanna: A comparative study of biomass and trophic structure

open access: yesAnnals of Applied Biology, Volume 188, Issue 3, Page 875-888, May 2026.
This study demonstrates the ecological value of natural regeneration in the Brazilian Cerrado by analysing the biomass, richness and trophic structure of leaf litter insects across pasture (P), regenerating (R) and native (N) areas. We found that R areas supported insect communities more similar to N habitats than to Ps, with higher richness, greater ...
Thalita Moraes Miranda Ribeiro de Souza   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Afforestation of tropical savannas has mixed consequences for bird communities

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2026.
Moving beyond the prevailing binary perception of savanna afforestation being either ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for native biodiversity, our data suggests that plantations on the rainfall extremes should be viewed as important supplementary habitats for biodiversity.
Siddhant Mhetre   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Colour Polymorphism in Coconut Crabs Is Under Relaxed Selection From Conspecifics?

open access: yesEthology, Volume 132, Issue 5, Page 359-364, May 2026.
Coconut crabs are either red or blue irrespective of age or sex, are nocturnal and have very few predators. This experimental study shows that they do not use conspecific's colour but do use relative size to settle competitive interactions over food in the wild.
Tim Caro
wiley   +1 more source

Forest type influence on Heliconia‐dipteran interaction networks

open access: yesInsect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 19, Issue 3, Page 660-674, May 2026.
Responses to forest type depended on the developmental stage of dipterans. Bract traits and forest type influenced larval abundance, but forest type had no impact on adult alpha and beta diversity. Heliconia‐dipteran interaction networks showed a nested pattern for both forest types.
Diana M. Méndez‐Rojas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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