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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Urbanization is a major threat to biodiversity, ultimately influencing ecosystem functions. Fungi, a highly taxonomically and functionally diverse group of organisms, underpin many of these ecosystem functions from nutrient cycling to symbiotic interactions.
Carlos A. Aguilar‐Trigueros +2 more
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Re-examining aggregation in the Tallis-Leyton model of parasite acquisition [PDF]
arXivThe Tallis-Leyton model is a simple model of parasite acquisition where there is no interaction between the host and the acquired parasites. We examine the effect of model parameters on the distribution of the host's parasite burden in the sense of the Lorenz order. This fits with an alternate view of parasite aggregation that has become widely used in
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Reproduction and parasitism in the Unionidæ [PDF]
, 1910 George Lefevre, Winterton C. Curtis
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Below the leaves: Integrating above‐ and below‐ground phenology for earth‐system predictability
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Almost every aspect of biological systems has phenology—a pattern in activity or function linked to annual cycles. Most terrestrial phenology research focusses on leaves, the onset of leaf out or senescence.
Kendalynn Morris, Richard Nair
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Life history and mating systems select for male biased parasitism mediated through natural selection and ecological feedbacks [PDF]
arXiv, 2010 Males are often the "sicker" sex with male biased parasitism found in a taxonomically diverse range of species. There is considerable interest in the processes that could underlie the evolution of sex-biased parasitism. Mating system differences along with differences in lifespan may play a key role.
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, 2022 Melvillean Parasites addresses an aspect of Herman Melville’s authorship largely overlooked by previous scholars: the abundance of narrators and characters in his writings in search of food—an aim they typically pursue through sponging off the people they encounter.
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Competition for food and reproductive interference (negative interspecific sexual interactions) have been identified as major drivers of species exclusion. Still, how these biotic interactions jointly determine competitive dominance remains largely unknown.
Miguel A. Cruz +5 more
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Journal of Apicultural Science, 2019 Ceratina hieroglyphica nesting sites were located in dried tiny twigs of cashew trees, and the life stages were observed through periodical collection of nests. Nests were located in the pithy region up to a maximum of 20 cm deep, and individual cells of
Kaliaperumal Vanitha
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