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Impacts of Quaternary Climate History on the Biogeography of Specialized Butterflies in the Great Basin of North America

open access: yesJournal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Dramatic Quaternary climate fluctuations impacted the evolutionary history and contemporary biogeography of many residents of the Great Basin Desert of western North America. This study investigates the historical biogeographic processes that shaped the contemporary distribution of genetic variation in a polytypic group of specialized ...
Sarah B. Bialik   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pollinator efficiency, rather than bee decline, explains a shift to hummingbird pollination in tropical montane forests

open access: yesNew Phytologist, Volume 251, Issue 4, Page 2237-2247, August 2026.
Hummingbird pollination is a hallmark of American plant diversity and has long been thought to evolve in tropical mountains due to declining bee activity. Using sister species of Costus specialized on bees (C. kuntzei) and hummingbirds (C. wilsonii), we show that this shift is not driven by reduced bee visitation with elevation, but by greater ...
Pedro Juárez   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance choline hydrogen phosphonate

open access: yesEFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State Belgium for the pesticide active substance choline hydrogen phosphonate and the assessment of an application for maximum residue levels (MRLs) are reported.
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)   +47 more
wiley   +1 more source

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