Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.In this study, we conducted investigations and monitoring on lakes during the wet season and dry season. We studied the structure, taxonomic/functional diversity, community assembly, and niche differentiation of plankton communities, analyzed the biogeographical patterns of plankton communities, and explored the driving factors affecting plankton ...
Lingli Jiang +6 more
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Sedimentary Metagenomics Reveal Avian Community Transitions From the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene. [PDF]
Ecol EvolSander MM +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.Offshore wind energy is rapidly expanding in the North sea foraging grounds of internationally important seabirds, with predicted impacts on their survival and productivity. Since reduction to breeding colony disturbance is a proposed compensation measure for these impacts, we used a seven‐year dataset of > 1400 black‐legged kittiwake nests at an ...
Patrick J. C. White +15 more
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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Urban and Rural Goshawks
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.We investigated genetic diversity and population structure of Eurasian goshawks (Astur gentilis) across urban, suburban, and rural habitats in Finland using microsatellite markers. Genetic diversity was similar across groups, while differentiation was generally low, with greater differentiation between temporally separated populations than among ...
Jaana A. Kekkonen, Tapio Solonen
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Assessing Birds of Prey as Biological Pest Control: A Comparative Study with Hunting Perches and Rodenticides on Rodent Activity and Crop Health. [PDF]
Biology (Basel)Ronen N, Brook A, Charter M.
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A Genetic Tool for Non‐Invasive Monitoring of Fennoscandian Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos)
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.We describe and validate a 96 SNP panel for golden eagles in northern Europe as a tool for monitoring and future studies. We show that it can determine sex, identify individuals, and assess relatedness with great accuracy. ABSTRACT Increasing human landscape alterations may negatively affect golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) populations, calling for ...
Benjamin Lindberg +8 more
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The Eye's Armour: Case Report of Cartilage in the Sclera of the Himalayan Golden Eagle and Focused Review of Vertebrate Ocular Skeletal Adaptations to Visual Ecology. [PDF]
Anat Histol EmbryolBhat GM, Aslam N, Syed F, Khan JA.
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.Metagenomic analysis of regurgitated pellets reveals that tropical barn owls act as critical environmental biosensors in paddy fields. Findings demonstrate these owls contribute significantly more to the beneficial redistribution of environmental microbes than to spreading zoonotic diseases, providing valuable ecological services to agroecosystems ...
Kamarul Zaman Zarkasi +7 more
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Crossing the Straits of Mackinac: over-water uplift, wind support and low wind speed facilitates water crossings by a soaring migrant during pre-breeding spring migration. [PDF]
Mov EcolAlioto NA +3 more
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Effects of wildfire on the distribution of mammals and birds in a working shrub‐steppe landscape
Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 9, September 2026.Abstract The intensity, frequency, and extent of wildfire have increased drastically in the sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecoregion within Washington, USA, over the last few decades. Wildfire on this landscape, already modified and fragmented by agriculture and other disturbances, may challenge the persistence of wildlife that depend on continuous ...
Katherine Burgstahler +4 more
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